Plans for a £6million “extra care” housing development at Stirches have been welcomed by Councillor Stuart Marshall as another great investment in the town. The proposal – which will be designed with the elderly in mind – is part of a £110million spend in the Borders by Eildon Housing Association. A needs-assessment study for extra...
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The town’s tourist information kiosk at Tower Mill is likely to shut in 18 months’ time, The Hawick Paper can reveal. According to a wellplaced source, the three members of staff at the VisitScotland facility were given the bombshell news last week. We reported in our October 13 edition that Live Borders, which already runs...
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Residents in Bonchester Bridge are disappointed that the long-awaited resurfacing work to a dangerous bridge in the village hasn’t included an anti-skid surface. Hopes were raised that an 18-month campaign to have the road surface to the bridge on the A6088 south of the village improved was at an end last week when a £50,000...
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John Telfer Blacksmith’s ceased trading last Friday with the loss of nine jobs. Workers discovered the fate of the historic familyrun business when they turned up for work. The Hawick Paper has learned that cash flow problems lead to the closure, despite a bulging order book. Speaking this week, an employee who did not wish...
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Allowing free access to the public toilets at the Common Haugh by wedging the door open has been slammed by a local councillor. Councillor Davie Paterson also questions why this always happens on Saturday market days....
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Sixteen-year-old prospective councillor Harry Ebdon is confident he can represent the views of young people as he bids to become the youngest and latest member of his local community council. The sixth year high school student is standing for the upcoming Burnfoot Community Council byelection. His nomination is fuelled by a desire to help his...
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News that Mansfield Road faces a three-month closure for gas supply works, will impact heavily on one of the town’s major employers. Johnstons of Elgin managing director Nick Bannerman says the lengthy disruption will undoubtedly affect trading, and lambastes the lack of consultation. “The first I knew of the closure was seeing a sign on...
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A local councillor is calling for a concerted community effort to improve the appearance of the town’s High Street. Hawick and Denholm Councillor Clair Ramage said: “I walked along the High Street and was appalled at the state of many of the buildings. “There was vegetation growing out of gutters and many of the buildings...
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Campaign for Borders Rail, whose membership reached new heights when the 1000th member joined the effort to see the railway reach Hawick and Carlisle, is on track for a full-house AGM on Saturday. Guest speaker at the event will be recently appointed ScotRail Alliance managing director Alex Hynes, who is looking forward to taking charge...
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Hawick’s Catholic church waved a fond farewell to Father Jeremy Milne on Friday night with a party attended by more than 100 people. The congregation at Ss. Mary and David’s gathered to say goodbye to the popular priest, whom after threeand-a-half years in charge of Hawick and parishioners in Selkirk, has taken up a new...
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Hawick and District Railway Society was formed 50 years ago this week on the northbound platform of the town’s station. After a brief ban from the station was imposed on trainspotters in 1967, a local signalman suggested they get together and form an official group. As a result the long-standing club was born – and...
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A new ‘bump to baby’ group at the Congregational Hall is going from strength to strength. New co-ordinator Ros Mundell, has seen a real difference in group members since she began work in June. She said: “The group is a great support network. The babies are able to socialise, develop skills and play together.” The […]
Celebrating the end of a 40-year career with the NHS, Liz Sykes, third from the right in the front row, enjoyed a retiral party at Buccleuch Bowling Club surrounded by family, friends and work colleagues. Liz was formerly an auxiliary nurse at Drumlanrig Nursing Home, then Crumhaugh House, and latterly at the Community Hospital.
Residents’ fears over a tree lodged between rocks in the river near Slitrig Bank, have been allayed with news it will be removed by the end of next week. Councillor David Paterson raised constituents’ concerns, pressing for immediate action....
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Policing in Hawick and the Borders is being controlled by budget and not by the needs of the community, resulting in hard-working local officers striving to do their best without adequate government support. That is the view of town councillor and ex-police chief, Watson McAteer, who voiced his concerns in a recent letter to the Scottish...
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Local railway historian and author Ashley Butlin looks to be on track for another literary success. His latest book is an informative, picturepacked publication– British Scenic Railways: The Waverley Route. The 96-page tome focuses in great detail on the rebuilding of the former Waverley Line south from Edinburgh to Tweedbank....
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