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October 4, 2015October 4, 2015

Popup ‘SolidarityStudio’ promotes #RefugeesWelcome

As part of Amnesty International's Refugees Welcome campaign, ardentinny.org created a popup '#SolidarityStudio' at Saturday's Glenfinart Walled Garden Harvest Fair. In support of the #RefugeesWelcome message, a steady stream of visitors were photographed with a background of refugee images kindly provided by photographers @BartVanEijden and @Xandra_Photo. Each was presented with a complimentary souvenir print. The images were …

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September 30, 2015September 30, 2015

Larach Quarry Blast – 6 October

Forestry Commission Scotland has advised us of a blast being carried out at Larach Quarry as detailed below: Date: Tuesday 6th October 2015 Time: Approximately 1300hrs Restricted access: 0800 to 1700hrs Temporary avoidance zone: 1100 to 1500hrs. All times are local. OS X (Eastings) 215880 OS Y (Northings) 692226 Nearest Post Code PA23 8SG Lat …

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September 23, 2015

Superfast broadband coming to Ardentinny!

It looks like fibre broadband is finally on its way to Ardentinny. This week, BT Openreach posted the following information on the village notice board: KN Networks Services on behalf of Openreach will be carrying out works to facilitate the installation of superfast fibre broadband. These works will involve excavating for the installation of a …

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September 20, 2015

Glenfinart Walled Garden Masterclasses get underway

Glenfinart Walled Garden held the first of this season’s Masterclasses today. Resident expert horticulturalist and gardener, Franziska Schmidt, ably took participants through the importance of good soil maintenance with natural fertilizers to ensure healthy crops; and the intricacies of identifying and preparing natural pesticides to keep plants as bug-free as possible. There were lots of …

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September 18, 2015September 18, 2015

Community Council notice board ban on 38 Degrees refugee poster

The following has been posted on Ardentinny’s Community Notice Board: “The notices about refugees produced by a political activist group “38 degrees" have been removed by members of the Ardentinny Community Council. This noticeboard belongs to and is administered by the community council, which, by the definition of Argyll and Bute Council, has to remain …

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