A Burnfoot-based two-year community project aiming to address climate change through gardening and reducing food waste has proved a huge success....
Lovat Mill has been given planning approval to extend its Commercial Road premises. A 62sq m extension housing a new loom is planned for the booming factory – last extended back in 2015....
Following meetings in Hawick in 2008, Living Streets Scotland discovered that significant factors affecting many people in the town were steep hills, the lack of somewhere to rest and getting to and from bus stops....
Major John William Joseph Paton MBE, who died in Aberdeenshire in November was born in Hawick on June 8, 1924. His parents were Isabella, nee Graham, and Archibald, an electrical engineer’s labourer who had served as a medic in the First World War. John was one of seven children....
A public meeting is in the pipeline in a bid to progress longstanding road safety issues at the Dunk corner....
Residents in the Liddesdale Road area of Hawick are invited to make their views known on the issue of speeding motorists at a special drop-in session this Thursday (January 23)....
Manufacturing socks fit for a member of the royal family is no mean feat, so marks a real coup for a local firm....
Plans for a fast-food restaurant in Commercial Road – destined to bring welcome economic and employment benefits to the town – are a step closer....
The “iconic” green hut at the top of Wilton Lodge Park has been given a new lease of life....
Louise Sharp celebrated her 50th birthday at her home in Park View with friends and family last Sunday....
Teries will be delighted to learn that tins of their favourite sweet, Hawick Balls, will be back on the shelves in the town from January 20....
Fund-raising for the newly formed Oliver’s Trust is gathering pace. Local athlete Mark Young, 31, is the latest kind-hearted supporter looking to generate income....
A youngster who has battled a brain tumour faces a heightened risk of infection – after her mum’s mobility car was badly damaged this week....
Denholm Community Council believes the affordable housing scheme given the green light on land next to Jedward Terrace has been badly handled....
A drive to bring electric cars to the town is accelerating with two vehicles about to hit the road....
The author of a new book depicting the last epic voyage of a clipper ship wrecked off the coast of south Wales in the 19th century is calling on readers of The Hawick Paper to help solve the mystery of the stricken vessel’s name....