Funding keeps Cupar farmers' market in Crossgate
Cupar farmers' market is set to stay in its popular new location in the main shopping street until the end of the year thanks to temporary funding from Fife Council. (...)
Plunging visitor numbers put Craigtoun Park's future in doubt
The future of Craigtoun Park on the outskirts of St Andrews is again in doubt as visitor numbers and income continue to decline. (...)
Clatto Hill turbines plan concerns Scottish Natural Heritage
Questions have been raised about issues of "national interest" and the quality of a wind turbine environmental statement for a prominent site overlooking a large part of the Howe of Fife. (...)
Council warning of threat to single-site St Andrews school
An internal Fife Council briefing note contained a stark warning the new single-site secondary school planned for the west of St Andrews could be at risk if development plans were to be significantly changed. (...)
Revealing the true picture of Fife's traditional orchards
A survey of traditional orchards on Fife's Tay coast has recorded over 1500 trees on 75 different sites, and says Newburgh has such a significant concentration that it must be better recognised as a unique orchard town. (...)
Fife Folk Museum celebrates accreditation
Fife Folk Museum in Ceres has been officially "accredited" by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council. (...)
Fortnightly bin collections for rural areas mooted
A Fife councillor has suggested that risks to bin lorry drivers could be reduced and some collection costs could be halved by introducing fortnightly collections in rural areas. (...)
Better late than never for Newburgh plum market
The first of this season's Newburgh plum markets takes place in the town on Saturday. (...)
Kingsbarns housing plan comes under fire
A planned housing development in the picturesque conservation village of Kingsbarns is "disjointed" and will not meet Scottish Government objectives. (...)
Preservation trust wants 'high-level' probe into Feddinch U-turn
A preservation trust has demanded a "high-level investigation" into Fife Council's change of heart over a golf and leisure development at Feddinch, near St Andrews. (...)
Tourist lodges plan fails to get the green light
Controversial plans for a new equestrian-related tourist development near St Andrews have been turned down by a Scottish Government planning appeals reporter. (...)
Council forced into Feddinch golf U-turn
Fife Council officials have been forced into an embarrassing U-turn over a planned major golf and leisure development near St Andrews. (...)
Four killed in black weekend on roads
Four people were killed and 13 injured in a black weekend on Scotland's roads. (...)
International Leica User Forum's talents benefit AICR
A St Andrews charity has been the focus of global fund-raising by owners of the iconic Leica camera. (...)
Campaigner set for new legal challenge to structure plan
The future of Fife's structure plan has been thrown into doubt once more with the news that it is to be the subject of a further legal challenge. (...)
Accused shone laser beam at RAF Leuchars Tornado
The pilot and navigator of an RAF Leuchars Tornado fighter were distracted on three occasions as a green laser beam was shone into their cockpit from a farm near Cupar. (...)
Quarry appeal rejected to protect wood's squirrels
A controversial planning application involving extraction of around one million tonnes of sand and gravel from a site near Ladybank has been stopped in its tracks by a Scottish Government planning appeals reporter. (...)
Fife provost speaks out over plan
A leading north-east Fife councillor has spoken out in the strongest possible terms about the situation facing the area as a result of provisions in the St Andrews and East Fife local plan. (...)
Ceres anti-social behaviour crackdown
An appeal has been made to residents of Ceres to help police in their efforts to tackle recent anti-social behaviour in and around the village and to clamp down on underage drinking. (...)
Motorist would have been quicker crawling
An interesting perspective on Cupar's much-debated traffic difficulties came this week from Callander man Bob Johnson — who has claimed that as he passed through the town a few days ago he could have beaten the queue by travelling on his "hands and knees." (...)