Young golfers from all over Scotland have been travelling to Banchory for the Paul Lawrie Scottish Golf Championships being held this week.
Over the last few weeks 230 children from Banchory, Hill of Banchory, Durris, Drumoak, Crathes and Strachan Primary Schools have been busy making posters illustrating the damage caused to the environment and wildlife by plastic bags.
Co-op Charity Banchory have just announced the grand total for their fundraising in aid of Aberlour Child Care Trust. A cheque for £3457.76 was handed over to Aberlour this week.
As part of St Ternan Fair week, pupils from the Hill of Banchory Primary School will be hearing about the history of Banchory on a special visit to Banchory Museum, they will learn more about the Fairs and Markets dedicated to St Ternan and look at some of the many photographs of old Banchory held by the Museum and Banchory Heritage Society.
Banchory's popular St Ternan's Fair is to be the pilot for a new concept of Heritage Fairs across the Shire prior to the celebration of Homecoming 2009.
Aberdeenshire Council is carrying out a public consultation on its draft Marr Community Plan 2008 - 2012.
The Banchory bags Campaign (BbC) would like to thank the following organisations for their support in sponsoring the Banchory Bags which will be handed out in various locations around Banchory in June:
Spring is nearly here and people are thinking about heading to the countryside to enjoy the great outdoors. For those of you heading outside with your dogs, please be especially considerate of wildlife and farm animals at this time of year.
Aberdeenshire Council has issued a Post Office Closure Consultation Programme Update to help make communities aware of the consultation and how it will be handled.
Teams of dogs will be racing the circuits at Fetteresso Forest this weekend on both the 22nd and 23rd March.
Campaigners trying to reduce plastic bag usage in Banchory say they are delighted with the results of their shoppers’ survey carried out over the last couple of weeks.
If you have any interesting winter photos of Banchory and District please consider sending them in for inclusion in the Your Photos section of this website.
For some time a group of Banchory residents has been concerned about the litter caused by plastic carrier bags and the damage they cause to the environment. Banchory bags Campaign [BbC] have recently started a campaign aimed at encouraging the Banchory community to change from using plastic carrier bags to, instead, using reusable bags in their daily business.
The RSPB's Nationwide Big Garden Birdwatch - the world's largest bird survey - will be taking place on 27th and 28th January. It's easy to take part!
Photos submitted for the December Gallery are now available here. But if you have a good photo depicting life in or around Banchory over the Christmas period or for anytime in 2007 its not too late to send it in.
Banchory and District Initiative would like to thank PictureNature, Inchmarlo Golf Club, Stagecoach Bluebird and DeesidePhysiotherapy and Sports Injuries Clinic.
More festive lights will appear this week in Scott Skinner Square, Postie's Walk, the West End of the High Street and further into Dee Street and Bridge Street, thanks to the efforts of the Banchory Business Association, local businesses and Banchory and District Initiative.
A new website promoting Banchory as the Gateway to Royal Deeside was launched this week.
A Deeside tree has been transported to Orkney where it will be transformed into a decorative totem pole helping mark the island's celebrations of Scotland's Year of Highland Culture.