Proposed core paths for Strathmiglo, Ladybank, Gateside, Falkland, Auchtermuchty and the Lomond Hills have been drawn up after two years of consultation. Fife Council invites your comment re major omissions or errors prior to the formal statutory consultation stage which will probably take place from the beginning of April 2008. See web link below for more.

Get the latest from the Fife Ranger Service on visitors the Lochs in December 07.

JANUARY arrived with a vengeance this week as winds of up to 80mph battered north east Fife, leaving a trail of destruction in their wake.

Fife Council is currently carrying out a study to identify areas of landscape which should be recognised, celebrated and protected by a local landscape designation.

Take a look!

Pedestrian dies in collision - police call for witnesses

Volunteers wanted for 'Bums off Seats' scheme

FALKLAND man Keith Jackson has been appointed chairman of the Beautiful Scotland campaign group.

FALKLAND woman Fiona Lawrenson is at the forefront of reminding older and disabled people in Fife not to miss the bus on a free Scotland-wide travel scheme.

Get the latest from the Fife Ranger Service on visitors to the Lochs in January 08.

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results

Healthyliving award

Grants for craft workers

Rural gateway photo competition

match report

Big Tent Festival 08 shaping up to be bigger and better.

lottery results

Close of the Big Conversation coming soon.

Get the latest from the Fife Ranger Service on bird and wildlife at the Lochs in February 08.

Falkland fights to save village loo

Lottery results

Headline acts of King Creosote and the Fence Collective and the Peatbog Faeries have just been announced

Fife Council plans to withdraw free dog dirt bags

East Stirlingshire 0-3 East Fife

Lottry results

Get the latest from the Fife Ranger Service on bird and wildlife at the Lochs in March 08.

Iain Smith, North East Fife MSP gets guided tour of SCF web portal

New web portal launches officially today in Freuchie

Chicca needs rabbit friend

New Forth bridge ‘ready by 2016’

Match Report

Match report

Support the on-line petition to keep Scottish football on free to air tv

Volunteers wanted

Ten Fife Craftspeople Awarded Grants

Eco campsite at Big Tent

Birnie Loch and Gaddon Loch Newsletter May 08

North Fife artists open their studios

Falkland Village Hall AGM - Urgent appeal for new committee members

Today Fife's First Outdoor Access Festival was given a boost with the announcement of funding from the Fife Events Strategy Group and Scottish Natural Heritage.

Falkland safety measure has created lorry 'danger'

Big Tent seeks old curtains and sofas!

Wildflower Meadow at Big Tent needs your help!

Birnie and Gaddon Loch News Update, June 08

Football fun for the under 16s and over 16s

A TINY orphan roe deer found curled up on the Lomond Hills near Falkland is now well on the way to recovery in the tender care of the Scottish Deer Centre near Cupar

Seedlings wanted for Fife Diet garden

Match Report: Cupar Hearts 1-1 SUAFC (AET Strath won 4-2 on penalties)

Balmblae grassland now safe Water vole habitat

Complimetary Health expert to visit Falkland in July - tickets available

If you're a keen photographer, why not enter the Rural Gateway website's photo competition? Following the success of their 2007 competition, this year's is bigger and better.

An amateur football team is heading to Poland for a friendly against one of the country's professional sides.

On 5&6 July trains from the north and Fife will terminate at Dalgety Bay Station with Rail Replacement Bus Services providing connections to Inverkeithing, North Queensferry, Dalmeny, Haymarket and Edinburgh.

Community groups in NE Fife are being urged to apply for new funding from the Climate Challenge Fund

Visitors and residents in Falkland enjoyed all the fun of the fair on Saturday as the village's annual festival drew to a close.

Falkland's fish pond is cleared and restored to its former glory.

Get to know bell baxter and joinin new opportunities

TIME IS running out for individuals or groups hoping to have their events featured in the next edition of the Events In Fife publication.

Fife Council has been officially awarded five European blue-flag awards for its clean beaches. The Leven East beach was handed the accolade for the first time, with flags also going to Aberdour, Burntisland, Elie Harbour and St Andrews west sands.

Local anglers have welcomed a £9.3 million investment to refurbish four waste water treatment facilities near the River Eden. The projects are being undertaken by Scottish Water as part of its £62 million investment programme across Fife.

Falkland's huge success in floral competitions could be emulated by communities across Scotland. Thanks to the Falkland in Bloom committee, 28 communities stretching from Crail to Coupar Angus took advantage of a 6000 plant giveaway.

Grassroots Zimbabwe will be bringing its Zimbabwean experiences to share with the audience and participants this weekend at the Big Tent Festival in Falkland.

Falkland festival 5-aside winners and Lomond United's trip to Poland.

The third Big Tent festival of stewardship, Scotland’s largest eco-gathering, came to an end last night at Falkland after two days of activity.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) warned yesterday that the weather forecast for the next few days indicated more rain and possible outbreaks of thunder and lightning on the east coast, with the risk of further flooding.

Fifers are being invited to gve their views on proposed core path routes over the next 12 weeks as part of the draft core path plan public consultation process.

Thanks to the Howe's floral volunteers and an update on Scotland and Britain in Bloom competitions.

Congratulations to Falkland, which has been names as a finalist in the Scottish Calor Village of the Year Awards 2008.

Council update on industrial action disruptions Wed 20 Aug

Fife, including many parts of the Howe came to a stand-still yesterday as more than half of Fife Council's employees went on strike.

Britain in Bloom judges visit Falkland after the floods

Details of Door open events in east Fife on 21 Sept

Although three-years worth of 'seedcorn' funding to get the event up and running has now ended, organisers have confirmed they can raise enough revenue through other funding sources to ensure the weekend-long event in the grounds of Falkland Palace remains a firm fixture on the Scottish festival scene.

Known as the 'festival for musicians and music lovers', this year's Collessie Music Festival gets underway at Fife Animal Park tomorrow (Saturday).