Community Councils were introduced mainly to gather public opinion and pass these opinions on to local authorities and other public sector bodies. For example, they have a right to be consulted about planning and licensing applications. They are part of Dumfries and Galloway Council’s winter resilience scheme, and many Community Councils have been issued with equipment such as salt bins Read more…

At an initial community meeting the following suggestions were made by the community as potential activities that may take place in a community hub should the project be successful. The building was a Community Asset Transfer to from the Dumfries and Galloway Council to the Community Group in 2019: After School Club Art and Crafts Centre, Artists hub similar to Read more…

The Lockerbie Disaster of December 1988 is marked by a Memorial in the town and an exhibit at the Dryfesdale Lodge Visitors Centre, 1.5miles west of Lockerbie on the A709, heading to Dumfries. The Visitor Centre is in the grounds of the Lockerbie Garden of Remembrance. Read more…