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Folk live and alive in Dumfries!

THE Bawbee Folk Club has proved to be a great success with local folk and blues enthusiasts, performers and the general public alike since its re-opening on December last year after some 20 years.Read

Lyndsay named winner of Home Scotland gardening competition for Dumfries area

A GREEN-fingered woman from Dumfries has landed a top horticultural award.Read

Charity challenge for Red Arrows in region

PILOTS from the world-famous Red Arrows zoomed through Dumfries and Galloway at the weekend.Read

Knights create merry hell at Drumlanrig medieval fayre

THE age of chivalry was found to be well and truly alive at Drumlanrig Castle on Sunday.Read

Riding into history to mark Lockerbie’s centenary

AN HISTORIC ride-out to Joe Graham’s Monument near Dalton took place on Saturday, July 10.Read

Howffers honour Jean Armour

MEMBERS, guests and friends of Dumfries Burns Howff Club recently paid homage to a famous housewife.Read

Brass concert to raise funds for charity

CARSPHAIRN Church will be resonating to the sound of brass on Saturday.Read

Craft fair being held in Lochmaben to help community groups

LOCHMABEN Action Group has come up with a crafty idea to raise funds for local groups.Read

Lochmaben Children’s Gala hailed a success

LOCHMABEN partied in the sunshine on Saturday for its annual children’s gala.Read

Annan’s 62nd Queen of the Border is crowned

AILSA Sharkey stepped into history on Friday by being crowned Annan’s 62nd Queen of the Border by Dumfriesshire MP David Mundell.Read

Moffat Mountain Rescue Team’s charity challenge success

ALMOST 100 charity walkers took to the Moffat Hills in wet and misty conditions on Sunday.Read

Kids to take one giant leap into summer reading scheme

CHILDREN across the region are set to take one giant leap into their local libraries.Read

Entries for Dumfries Run 4 Health races towards 500 mark

More than 425 women have already registered to take part in the Dumfries Women’s Run 4 Health event at the Crichton on Sunday, June 27.Read

Honoured for devotion to church

THREE members of St Andrew’s Church in Moffat were honoured for their devotion at a service on Sunday.Read

Great time had by all at the annual Moffat Duck Race

THERE was plenty of fun by the banks of the River Annan on Sunday as the annual Moffat Duck Race took place.Read

Young swimmers make a splash

YOUNGSTERS from across the region picked up a haul of medals at Dumfries Splash Club’s 16th Annual Disability Swimming Gala recently.Read

Lochside Baton Twirlers in national competition at Portsmouth

LOCHSIDE Baton Twirlers took part in the British National Championships held in Portsmouth.Read

Sugarcraft meeting at Lockerbie

AT THE May meeting of the Sugarcraft Club Lockerbie branch, chairman Alan Brunt introduced fellow member Addie Clarkson who took the evening as the demonstrator was ill.Read

Dumfries teen wins good citizen award

A CARING teenager who raised hundreds of pounds in aid of her friend who suffers from cystic fibrosis has been given a good citizenship award.Read

Summer celebrations for Sanquhar

MAJOR celebrations will be taking place in Sanquhar this summer when the Royal Burgh marks the 100th anniversary of its Riding of the Marches event.Read