Fiona Howard

The £357,157 bills for Loch Lomond piers

KEEPING Loch Lomond’s tourist offering afloat will cost £357,157. That is the estimated cost of repairs that will keep the loch’s major piers open for business.

Infested

A HORDE of rats is causing concern in Helensburgh's pier car park.

Use it or lose it

THE Craigendoran Community Flat is in danger of closing unless people start using it - even though it does not meet disabled access standards.

Search for Mediaeval Clues

THE possibility that Rosneath has been a permanent settlement since the mediaeval period has long been a subject of discussion in the archaeological world.

Suzy's insight into living with pain

AN insight into self harming and the compulsion that drives it was provided by a Helensburgh woman in a Radio Scotland programme on Wednesday.

Park Success celebrated

A GATHERING of the fans took place at Cove Park on Saturday as the artists' retreat opened its doors to the public.

Low tide stops Waverley visit

GLASGOW Fair Saturday was always synonymous with a visit to Helensburgh by the Waverley ... but not this year.

Skate project go-ahead

YOUNGSTERS from Garelochhead and the Peninsula are being offered a chance to visit a top skatepark FREE of charge.

Highland high times at Rosneath

TORRENTIAL rain overnight on Saturday was a real worry for the organisers of Rosneath Peninsula Highland Gathering, but by 10am on Sunday the sun was out and the visitors to the 31st annual games basked in glorious sunshine throughout the event.

Discover Mackintosh on board the Waverley

HELENSBURGH'S long connection with the paddle steamer Waverley is being further enhanced through a series of special visits to the town next month.

Bill, 81, injured at'problem' junction

AN 81-year-old man was badly injured, and narrowly escaped death, in a fall at a controversial junction in Rosneath on Saturday.

Stephen's last post

KILCREGGAN'S little Post Office was packed for a special ceremony recently.

Falling into ruin

THERE is concern over future of three A-listed Leiper mansions in Helensburgh.

Beach is used as a toilet

An impromptu campsite recently appeared at the end of Ferry Road in Cardross.

£1.4 million investment in marina

RHU Marina is to be transformed with a £1.4m investment by owners The Crown Estate.

Flashpoint reached in dispute over crossing

UNWANTED and pointless - that's how many people in Kilcreggan view the new pedestrian crossing in the village

Superfit sisters plan 1,000-mile bike ride

TWIN sisters from Helensburgh will set off on Sunday to cycle the length of the UK in just 14 days.

Work in historic woods to start

THE Kilmahew Restoration Project will begin work in the field this summer.

We're right behind wee Mackenzie!

LITTLE Mackenzie Cameron is only nine months old but already he has endured more than most people will in their entire lives.

Off to Mongolia in a fire engine

A GARELOCHHEAD man, his sister and some friends are Mongolia bound ... in an old fire engine.