ANGUS Council has launched a new, free service to help young people aged 16-25 to find, keep and maintain their home.

TAYSIDE Police have provided traffic advice for those attending the Glamis Jubilee celebrations on Sunday.

A MONTROSE painting trainee has been highly placed in the prestigious Dulux Apprentice of the Year contest held.

THERE are serious fears for the future of Scout groups at Hillside.

Award-winning author Kevin Brooks will visit Montrose Academy on Tuesday to discuss his work with pupils.

A CHANCE encounter at a Scripture Union meeting more than 60 years ago led to a lifelong partnership for Montrose couple Stewart and Isobel Nicoll.

LOCAL Liberal Democrat councillor David May has warned that government plans to centralise emergency services could have serious consequences for Montrose.

A MONTROSE academic will next month receive of the first ever honorary fellowships of the University of the Highlands and Islands (UHI) from HRH The Princess Royal.

ROSEMOUNT School will host a combined coffee morning, car boot sale and car wash this Saturday, May 19.

HMS MONTROSE returned home on Friday to a rousing welcome after more than six months on deployment in the South Atlantic.

LOCAL teenager Hamish Murray will be part of history next month when he takes part in one of the largest flotillas ever on the River Thames.

KIRSTY McIntosh, from Montrose, who owns Odyssee Hair Design in Johnshaven, has been responsible for another donation to the Little Princess Trust.

Community groups across Scotland running projects encouraging the management and enjoyment of nature can now apply for a new Community Action Grant.

MOTORCYCLISTS are being warned that Montrose’s newest cycle path is off-limits for off-road biking.

MILL of Benholm Trustees were without the funds or knowledge as to how the watermill could be repaired to run again during the 2012 visitor season.

WITH exam season now under way school, college and university students are being encouraged not to suffer in silence when it comes to dealing with stress.

THE international award-winning hit Legally Blonde The Musical runs at His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen from Tuesday, May 22 to Saturday, June 2.

A LADY walking her dogs at Montrose beach was shocked to be the victim of a violent verbal attack by a male, and horrified when the man kicked one of the dogs so hard it crashed into a rock.

THE MARYKIRK Raft Race on the North Esk at noon on Sunday, May 20, looks like being well attended by the brave people of the local area with their rafts.

MONTROSIANS are being encouraged to get behind World Fairtrade Day this Saturday, May 12, to help ensure continued production of their favourite goods.