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August 27, 2012August 27, 2012

Adrift historic tug awaits rescue on Ardentinny sandbank

Vintage tugboat Golden Cross is this afternoon lodged on a sandbank off Ardentinny beach. The historic ship which has been moored off Ardentinny since April appears to have broken free from its mooring overnight and drifted towards the beach. According to a villager, an MOD police launch was seen in the vicinity of the marooned boat early …

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July 18, 2012

Planning, semantics or something else?

[pullquote]THERE WILL BE A COMMUNITY COUNCIL OPEN MEETING ON TUESDAY 17TH JULY 2012 AT 7.30. P.M. AT THE VILLAGE HALL TO DISCUSS THE PLANNING APPLICATION. ALL WELCOME[/pullquote] At a meeting held in the Village Hall on 17 July 2012, it was initially unclear if the issue under discussion was one of planning, semantics or …

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June 16, 2012

Ardentinny.org: Dunoon Observer ‘Correction’

In its 9 June edition the Dunoon Observer copied and printed our article 'MOD needs to listen to its neighbours in Ardentinny says Argyll MSP' almost in its entirety and without our knowledge or permission. The Observer also added its own erroneous introduction to the article without checking with the source of the article. We …

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June 6, 2012June 6, 2012

MOD needs to listen to its neighbours in Ardentinny says Argyll MSP

Given recent media reports of safety concerns at HM naval Base Clyde, of which Coulport is part, plus the sounding of the emergency alarms outwith the regular Monday morning alarm tests, we contacted the Ministry of Defence with the suggestion that the Coulport facility liaise with Ardentinny.org and other neighbouring communities to provide regular information …

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May 4, 2012May 4, 2012

Argyll & Bute Council Elections 2012 – Cowal Ward 6 results

1. Gordon Blair (SNP) 2. Bruce Marshall (Ind) 3. Alex McNaughton (Ind) First preference votes received for each candidate: William Gordon Blair (SNP) 570 Alex McNaughton (Ind) 543 Bruce Marshall (Ind) 375 Ron Simon (SNP) 353 Lewis MacDonald (Con) 343 Stephen Johnston (Ind) 282 Chris Talbot (Ind) 169 Russell Weir (Ind) 151 Chris Lambert (Ind) …

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