Recent reports to Pencaitland Community Council about the poor state of the playground equipment in Pencaitland Park prompted East Lothian Council to pull out the paintbrushes and tidy them up. ELC is also looking at the unsafe hedge behind the playpark, allowing access to the main road.
As many villagers will know, parts of Pencaitland Parish Church are in a parlous state. In an effort to address the problems before they get any worse members of the church, along with David Torrance, have launched a programme of events to help to raise £70,000 to make the building wind and watertight before the onset of winter.
The Pencaitland World’s Biggest Coffee Morning managed to raise £700 for Macmillian Cancer Support.
Macmillian Cancer Support is running a UK-wide fundraising coffee morning on the 30th September and you can take part. Pencaitland’s Bowling Club is the venue for this year’s event and it will be open from 9am to 1pm.
The gusting winds which began in earnest on Monday afternoon have thus far left little obvious mark on the environment, other than large piles of leaves. However, sometime during the …
You are invited to attend a public meeting organised by RELBUS – Rural East Lothian Bus Users – to be held in Haddington Town House on Wednesday 31st August at …
This year the East Lothian Archaeology & Local History Fortnight will run from 1st to 18 September and promises two weeks of archaeological and historical treats. The event kicks off …
East Lothian Heritage Forum recently held a meeting informed by a recent battlefield inventory undertaken by Historic Scotland. Reference was made to the Battle of Prestonpans, the Battle of Dunbar …
As part of the Council’s commitment to improving services a review of libraries in the County has taken place. This has resulted in changes to the opening hours of most libraries. Haddington Library continues to operate the same opening hours, but changes have been made at Ormiston and Tranent. More…
As part of the ongoing development of the SDP, SESplan has made Development Plan Scheme No.3 available for public reference. More…