At yesterday’s Full Council Meeting Liberal Democrat Councillor for Dunfermline South James Calder the delays in installing the CCTV at the Duloch Tesco Recycling Point. The Council Administration responded that the Council now has the equipment and it should be installed imminently. Cllr. Calder has said, At last there seems to be an end in […]

At today’s City of Dunfermline Area Committee it has been indicated that there is still no significant progress in putting in place CCTV at the Duloch Tesco Recycling. Local Liberal Democrat Councillor for Dunfermline South James Calder is unhappy at the delays. Cllr. Calder has said, Many constituents are rightly furious that it is taking […]

A number of Councillors and Council staff attended a meeting at Amazon today. Liberal Democrat Councillor for Dunfermline South James Calder asked about issues regarding lorries in the area. Cllr. Calder has said, Today’s visit to Amazon was very positive. Over the past year a number of constituents have raised issues regarding lorries driving through […]

The West Fife Common Good Subcommittee met yesterday and a number of grants were made. The first two grants were for picnic tables in Townhill and also towards thge Lammas Fair in Inverkeithing. The final application was in Dunfermline South for helping to expand the Dunfermline East Church Annexe. I was very supportive of this […]

At the most recent Dunfermline and West Fife Sports Council meeting, which I sit on as one of the Councillor represenatives, a number of interesting issues were discussed and some positive action is being taken forward. One of the recent decisions was to grant funding for Abbeyview Bowling Club to get a chair for wheelchair […]

After the Summer break Council business has resumed, starting with the Dunfermline Area Committee. Community funding, transport issues and complaints were discussed. The meeting began with traffic regulation orders in Dunfermline North and also the town centre. We then moved onto various funding issues. This included funding to help reopen Abbot House, which I welcomed […]

On the weekend of the 18th and 19th August we had the treat of 2 family friendly events in Dunfermline South. On Saturday we had the South Dunfermline Gala in the grounds of Pitreavie Primary School and on the Sunday the Abbeyview Festival took place in Abbeyview Park, and I had the pleasure of attending […]

Over the last few years residents in the estate on the Abbeyview side of Aberdour Road have been left in limbo over the proper maintenace of trees. After a recent motion that I put forward progress appears to have been made. I have made the following statement: For too long the residents of the estate […]

Just over a week ago I attended the second Fife Pride along with fellow Lib Dem Councillor Jonny Tepp and a number of North East Fife and Dunfermline Liberal Democrat activists. It was a great day and was wonderful to see so many take part in the festivities. It was clear that the event is […]

After being told at a public meeting last week that Abbeyview would not receive funding for a new Community Centre, this decision was reversed by Fife Council. There was a clear public outcry at the event that there would be no application for funding from the Scottish Government for Abbeyview but instead just Templehall. However […]