Chilly dipping for refugee families
A St Andrews University professor is taking chilly dips in the North Sea to help refugee families in Athens.
Professo...
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StARLink fails in latest bid for funding
St Andrews Station in 1965, a week before the closure of the line around the Fife Coast to Leven.
At the recent meetin...
Fife Council to consult on regulating HMO numbers in St Andrews
Fife Council has announced plans to consult on proposals to limit the growth in HMOs in St Andrews [1].
Convenor of t...
Children’s cancer charity wins tax relief
The charity, Tayside Children with Cancer and Leukaemia, has won a 50% reduction in the council tax bill for its lodge l...
One-way scheme for Queen’s Gardens agreed
At its meeting in Cupar today, the North East Fife Area Committee set aside objections to a one-way scheme in Queen's Ga...
Possibly the world’s oldest teaching wall chart of the Periodic Table found in St Andrews
During a clear out of the of the Chemistry Department's storage area at St Andrews University, a very old and tattered r...
Community Council concern about loss of trees
In her report to the Community Council, the Chair of the Planning Committee, Penny Uprichard, expressed concern about pl...
Repairs to Leuchars Station bridge scheduled
Following an agreement with Fife Council in June, the footbridge is now the sole responsibility of Network Rail.
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Threat to music tuition in Fife Schools
Members of the Education Institute of Scotland (EIS) have voiced concern at proposals from Fife Council's Education Serv...
Shocking levels of Poverty in Kirkcaldy
Statistics published by HMRC last month reveal that in the Sinclairtown area of Kirkcaldy 71% of children under the age ...
Community Council Minutes: December 2018
http://www.standrewscc.net/archive/03-12-2018minutes.pdf...