Fife Council Executive committee has approved a £5 million investment through the Community Investment fund as part of a £7.2 million school extension and new sport and leisure hub for Kelty. As well as an extension on to the Kelty Primary School with four classrooms, the […]
Lochore Meadows is to receive an annual increase in its running budget of £120,000 as part of the proposals contained within the Fife Council Labour Administration draft budget published last week. The proposal states; “Lochore Meadows Country Park is due to transfer from the Council […]
Fife’s Elected Representatives Briefing Note Welfare Reform in Fife Background This paper sets out the current position of the major reforms in welfare benefits and gives an up to date position with regard to the implications for the Fife area. To date only around 20% of […]
Fife Labour’s draft budget has focussed on getting more resources into sport and leisure and the Council leader says this is part of a strategy to drive up the numbers participating in sport and leisure across the Kingdom. Earlier this week Mr Rowley met up with Gordon Brown […]
Fife Council Leader Alex Rowley has paid Tribute to Helen Eadie MSP for Cowdenbeath who died today. He said; “Helen Eadie will be mourned in every community of Fife grateful for her 30 years of faithful and dedicated service first as a community worker then as […]
The tenants of Graham Court Sheltered Housing in Lochore are celebrating the reopening of the complex following extensive refurbishments. Over the last year, Fife Council has made a significant investment to convert outdated bedsits into 20 units of modern flatted accommodation, along with replacing the roof and updating the fire […]
ST NINIAN’S opencast mine near Kelty has a new start, with news that coaling and restoration operations will resume. Hargreaves Services PLC has reached an agreement with Fife Council and the other regulatory bodies to win the remaining coal and fully restore the site which […]
As part of a programme to replace the councils existing care homes in Fife the council executive has agreed to proceed with a Cowdenbeath area care village and the site chosen is at Cedar Crescent, Lumphinnans. The proposal is the replace the current Jenny Gray in […]
Today it was a great honour to welcome Malala Yousafzai to Fife where she carried out the Topping Out Ceremony at the new Burntisland Primary School. She also unveiled a plaque for the Malala Library which will be in the new school. Over 200 local people also gave Malala a very warm welcome to Burntisland […]
Superfast broadband is to be rolled out over Fife in the next year. Lochs Ward Kelty Fibre to the Cabinet (broadband speeds in excess of 24Mbps to most premises) set to arrive by 31st March 14 and Exchange now opened to other Broadband […]