Police and family members are continuing to appeal for information to trace 45-year-old Paul Connelly who has not been seen since Wednesday, 20 November on the Isle of Bute. And fear he may have come across the Firth of Clyde to Dumbarton the Helensburgh area.
Peace, love and happiness should be on the agenda for West Dunbartonshire Council with all that money they have received for selling off land to house-builders in the bank. They have negotiated a cool £10 million for the site of the old council offices at Garshake in Dumbarton. And that tranche of money and the cash from a few other (big) bits and pieces of real estate should mean that Santa’s satchel should be full and running over.
Time to face the truth about your sister’s awful husband. You know you’ve been defending him only because your even more ghastly parents can’t stand the air he breathes. Lunatics in MAGA hats took endless digs at The Last Jedi, the previous film in the Star Wars cycle, for supposedly bowing down to the Woke Ascendency. There were women in it. Luke wasn’t sufficiently badass. Those sorts of things. Only a total cad would, thus, decline the opportunity to offer some support.
Jackie Baillie MSP for Dumbarton welcomed the news that the last historic paddle sea-going steamer, the Waverley, will sail again. Waverley Steam Navigation Co. Ltd, the charity which owns the boat, and Waverley Excursion, the company which operates it on a not for profit basis, have reached their fundraising target of £2.3 million for a new boiler.
Caring pupils at Clachan Primary School have been hard at work over the last few months, preparing 48 Christmas cakes to give to retired residents in the local community. The annual school tradition dates back more than two decades and sees the children bake, package and hand-deliver the cakes to elderly people in the village.
Catherine Frances Campbell, who lives at the Ach-an-Eas care home in Island Bank Road, Inverness, celebrated with relatives including her niece, who had travelled all the way to the city from Australia. Cathie was born in Dumbarton and her parents were John, a wine and spirit merchant, and Ann, who was a housewife. Miss Campbell was one of 11 children and her twin sister Margaret enjoyed similar longevity by reaching the age of 97.
