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Shore Road plan set out by council

DEAR Editor, – It was disappointing to read your headline in last Friday’s Perthshire Advertiser which alleges that I have “ducked” debate about the planning application at Shore Road in Perth.Read

Waverley Hotel, ‘For goodness sake’ indeed!

Dear Editor, – I am glad to see that in these days of gloom, recession and repossession, the PA has not lost its, albeit ironic, sense of humour, as indicated by prominently printing Bridget McGregor's letter regarding the Waverley Hotel!Read

Reminder to wear pink for Breast Cancer Awareness month

DEAR Editor, – October is Breast Cancer Awareness Month which marks the fact that breast cancer is the most common cancer in the UK with around 45,500 new cases every year and around 12,000 deaths.Read

Run-down blight on landscape

Dear Editor, – Why does your newspaper continue to refer to the Waverley Hotel as a “flagship” homeless shelter (Page 3, PA Tuesday, September 8) ?Read

Backlash over an opinion about Editor’s homestead

DEAR Editor, – With reference to the Opinion Column (PA, August 21), I feel I must take you to task on this latest report.Read

New developments at Murray Royal Hospital

DEAR Editor, – I am writing as a member of the Perth and Kinross public partnership group, who has been following the developments at Murray Royal Hospital.Read

Incinerator plan is a health risk

DEAR Editor, – Since the proposal for an incinerator to be built at Friarton came to light, there have been continuous articles and letters in the local Press, with strong rhetoric from MP Pete Wishart (SNP), local Councillor Peter Barrett (Lib/ Dems), Peter Lyburn (Conservative candidate) – and now we have Perthshire Chamber of Commerce joining the fray.Read

Candidate is under fire

DEAR Editor, – I wish to commend the commitment and engagement of the Bridgend Gannochy and Kinnoull Community councillors in response to threats posed to the whole of Perth by the proposal from Grundon Waste Management to build a massive waste-burning power station in the heart of our community.Read

No further plans for Fernhill site?

DEAR Editor, – I read with interest the article in last Friday’s edition of the Perthshire Advertiser concerning Edinmore’s proposals for a small area of land at Fernhill, in the Kinnoull Hill area of Perth.Read

Let’s add colour to Perth history

DEAR Editor, – I would recommend to you the recent publication ‘Historic Shopfronts of Perth’ – available from the Tourist office – which has been recently published by the Perth anjd Kinross Heritage Trust with assistance from the Perth Civic Trust and the Guildry Incorporation of Perth.Read

Trees felled on college site

Dear Editor, – Today is a sad day. The trees near the college nursery at the Crieff Road “reputed to be only 20-years-old” are being felled. Yet another woodland gone. What is even more upsetting is part of the nursery's garden will also be taken away which the children worked so hard on.Read

Special charity tattoo

DEAR Editor, – As founder of Safe-Tay, I would like to pay a special thanks to everyone who came along to Trev’s House of Tattoos to lend support to the Safe-Tay/ Tattoofest 24-hour event which was organised by Liam Mason.Read

Pictures of the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

Dear Editor, – The photograph on page 12 of PA, Friday, July 10, was captioned as being of “45 Commando Marines”. The group in this photograph are not Royal Marines. The Royal Marines, when on ceremonial duties, wear white topped caps. Their caps also feature a bright red band. These caps are very distinctive and immediately apparent to anyone showing even a little interest.Read

The ‘biggest disaster’ to hit the Fair City for centuries

Dear Editor, – Yesterday, Perth’s Development Control Committee granted permission to Perth College to erect 110 dwellings with associated access, car parking and landscaping on their site on the Crieff Road despite a valiant effort, which has lasted over a period in excess of four years, by concerned objectors.Read

Litter, loos and no information!

Dear Editor, – I was delighted to make my first appearance at T in the Park on Sunday and was impressed by the quality of the performers and many of the arrangements, including, in particular, the highly efficient bus service to and from the venue.Read

Community councils bare their teeth

Dear Editor, – I am sure that I share the view of the silent majority throughout Highland Perthshire and further afield in supporting the recent submission of ‘no confidence’ in the chief executive of Perth and Kinross Council.Read

Take a bow!

Dear Editor, – I wanted to write and congratulate Our Lady's Primary School, Goodlyburn Primary School and Letham Primary School for another excellent year of teaching and community within Letham Parish.Read

Correct history of St John’s

Dear Editor, – While it is wonderful to see an article about St John’s Scottish Episcopal Church, pictured, in the Know Your Perth section of the Perthshire Advertiser, I feel I must correct some of the given facts.Read

Suspicious minds at work over supermarket

Dear Editor, – What is it about contentious planning applications that kindles in the mind a form of suspicion so strong that inevitably gives rise to mistrust of local authority, akin to the national sentiment over a government which has “lost all moral authority?” (Quote Caroline Lucas, Green Party, whose aspiration was towards “government not overshadowed by corporate lobbying.”)Read

Reward after break-in

Dear Editor, – I had my car broken into on Sunday while at the Scottish Downhill race at the Hermitage just outside Dunkeld.Read

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