A new Post Office in Tarland, to replace the one closed last year, will open at it’s new location in the village square on Tuesday (May 28).

A former training college for Roman Catholic priests in Deeside could be turned into a hotel under ambitious new plans.

Workers at a Dyce business were in for a shock as they started their shifts with the discovery of a poisonous black widow spider.

A black tie auction is due to be held to raise funds for a boy with a medical condition that affects fewer than 1,000 people worldwide.

A North- east MSP has tabled a motion to the Scottish parliament congratulating a Donside group on forty years of custodianship.

Residents of Braemar and the surrounding area this week got to look at detailed plans for a new £2.5 million Highland Games Centre in the village.

Aberdeenshire West and Kincardine MP Sir Robert Smith, a regular contributor and reader of the Deeside and Donside Piper, is supporting Local Newspaper week.

Forget about a mere bucket ‘list’ there is now the opportunity to write your life wishes on a whole wall in a new Deeside project.

Police are appealing for witnesses after homes in Banchory’s St. Nicholas Road and St. Nicholas Drive were targeted by thieves last week.

Members of the Banchory British Legion have strapped on their hiking boots and marched the West Highland Way for a Deeside charity.

There will be a community council consultation meeting on the proposed crematorium in Crathes on Wednesday, May 15.

Advertising watchdog the Advertising Standards Authority has ruled that a leaflet distributed by a Donside wind farm campaign misled the public by including an image which suggested that the wind farm proposals were situated next to Craigievar Castle.

Results from the Aberdeenshire council survey into broadband speeds have shown that nearly 99% of residents who responded wanted a faster service in the area.

Banchory’s Air Cadets have been selected as one of the best in Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Tributes have been paid to a “true friend of Scotland” after Aberdeen Donside MSP Brian Adam passed away from cancer this week.

A SMALL seed planted by Angus Councillor Lynne Devine to ‘Get Forfar Blooming’ is steadily growing into an exciting community project which will benefit local residents and visitors to Forfar alike.

The opposition SNP group of Aberdeenshire Council have expressed disappointment following the defeat of their bid to rule out evictions for tenants affected by the so-called ‘bedroom tax’.

Since last week’s issue, Piper readers have taken to social media to express their support for the betting shop application for Banchory High Street.

MORE than 100 Banchory residents have tipped the odds against a new bookie’s shop in the town centre.

Work is set to get under way on a new development of family homes in Westhill.