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EXTERNAL funding worth a total of £650,000 has been offered so far for a new 3G synthetic turf pitch at the Clickimin in Lerwick. The Scottish Football Association (SFA) is ready to put £500,000 into the Shetland Islands Council project, with sportscotland offering £150,000....

A LOCAL man who assaulted his partner in the early hours of Up Helly Aa night at an address in Lerwick has been remanded in custody while reports are prepared. Barry Coutts, of no fixed abode, admitted a charge of assault when he appeared at Lerwick Sheriff Court on Wednesday....

AN ORDER prohibiting new jury trials in Scottish island courts has now been lifted. An order imposed in July prohibited new jury trial business in the Scottish islands, including at Lerwick Sheriff Court, due to staffing challenges experienced by prisoner escort agency GEOAmey....

Wet and heavy snow caused widespread power and phone outages Tuesday.In Columbia and Montour County, lines to reach emergency crews went dead because of a Verizon outage, and power was cut to thousands.PPL Spokeswoman Tracie Witter said 2,350 customers in Columbia County and 1,641 in Montour County were without power Tuesday afternoon.Those figures do not include the borough

MONTOUR TWP. — A person died after an SUV crossed two lanes on Route 11 and smashed into the vehicle the person was driving, witnesses said.Someone was headed toward Bloomsburg in a white Nissan Rogue around 3 p.m. when a red Jeep Renegade headed toward Danville crossed over the center turning lane and into oncoming traffic.The wreck trapped the man driving the Jeep in the

The perhaps ill-named Lerwick Lanes Project 'consultation' (really? Read on) is actually about the space between Pitt Ln. and Burns Ln. or for many the former swimming pool and its car park site, not the plethora of other lanes, some leafy, where tourists now oft reside....

A former police officer in Luzerne and Schuylkill counties cheated customers and forged paperwork while running a used car dealership in Columbia County over the past 10 months, according to

THERE was plenty of debate at Lerwick Community Council last night (Monday) as progress on the town’s lanes masterplan project was brought before members. Chairman Jim Anderson even raised the suggestion of a multi-storey car park - but given that the site is a conservation...

THE SLIDES which were shown at Monday’s public events on the Lerwick Lanes masterplan have now been uploaded online. They show the three potential options for the area that architects 7N have presented for discussion and further consultation. Anyone who was not able to attend...

BERWICK – State Police have charged car dealer Jeremy P.