Johnston Press - publishers of the Buchan Observer, Fraserburgh Herald, Ellon Times and Inverurie Herald - announced today the launch of The SmartList Scotland.

The Scottish Environment Protection Agency has lodged a formal objection against plans to create an eight-turbine windfarm at Hill of Braco near Hatton.

Peterhead Lifeboat Museum Trust members are to look at alternative sites for housing the Julia Park Barryof Glasgow, following a barrage of complaints from South Road residents.

Fishermen in Scotland are facing a brave new world in light of the recent agreement by European Fisheries Ministers to ban the wasteful practice of discards.

The widely-publicised news confirming that cod stock recovery is well underway in the North Sea should not mask the fact that the majority of other assessed fish stocks are increasing too.

A two-day ‘hands-on’ course will be held at The Scottish Traditional Skills Centre, Fyvie Castle, later this month on thepractical use of lime in building.

Hundreds of seized items of counterfeit clothing, worth around £50,000, have been given to a Christian organisation to put to good use instead of being destroyed.

The responsible fishing practices of Scotland’s pelagic fishermen has been underlined by the latest scientific evidence on North Sea herring.

CHEP, the pallet and container pooling solutions provider, has divested an initial 20% share in its Fishbox business which serves the Scottish fishing industry.

Aberdeenshire Provost, Jill Webster, recently visited a council-run nursery project which helps to keep towns and villages beautiful.

Claims that the development of the Energetica corridor has stalled have been dismissed by the partners in the project.

Most young people have an interest in mobile devices, apps and computer gaming, but statistics suggest that is where their enthusiasm for IT ends.

Peterhead ‘s 1715 Jacobite Tricentenary is set to be celebrated with a series of events in 2015.

Traffic speeds on a stretch of Peterhead’s South Road could be reduced in a bid to improve road safety.

With the main points of the basic regulation of the reform of the Common Fisheries Policy having been agreed after two days of intense negotiations, the Scottish Fishermen’s Federation (SFF) is warning that the final implemented policy must adopt a practical approach to fisheries management that doesn’t contain unworkable measures that could ‘wreck’ the fishing industry.

A cancer support charity is appealing for new volunteers to help with the provision of free services for anyone affected by cancer in the Fraserburgh area.

TV celebrity chef Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has admitted that North Sea cod stocks appear to be rising towards healthy levels.

Peterhead Lifeboat Museum Trust is to meet with members of the public over controversial plans to site a maritime museum at the town’s Lido.

Peterhead Port Authority’s bid to erect two giant wind turbines on land at Keith Inch and Green Hill is well on track.

A commitment has been given to deliver the best possible leisure and sporting facilities for Banff and Macduff, as a deal to bring a major supermarket to the area closes.