COMMUNITY groups have been awarded more than £230,000 from Inverclyde Council to support their work providing sport and recreational opportunities for residents. | Read more

NEW Port Theatre Company is bringing Dolly Parton’s hit comedy 9 to 5 The Musical to Port Glasgow next month, just weeks after the death of the country music legend who wrote its songs. | Read more

A MUSICAL instrument borrowing service is starting soon at Greenock Central Library. | Read more

FORSYTH Street, Greenock, will be closed between Union Street and Finnart Street, Monday to Friday next week (5 to 9 October) for carriageway resurfacing by Inverclyde Council.

EAR wax removal appointments are available in Gourock with an NHS-trained practitioner. | Read more

REVISED plans for a coaching pitch in Greenock’s East End have been drawn up. | Read more

INVERCLYDE’S recycling centres at Pottery Street, Greenock, and Craigmuschat Quarry, Gourock, switch to winter opening hours from Thursday (1 October), 8am to 6pm each day. Last entry is 15 minutes before closing time.

GREENOCK welcomes its last large cruise ship of the year on Tuesday (29 September). | Read more

BIRKMYRE blew away their opponents Wigtownshire on Saturday with a statement win by 55 points to 29. | Read more

PARTS of the Watt Institution in Greenock are to reopen next week, nearly a year after the venue closed for installation of a lift, but there is still no confirmed date for the whole museum area being back in action. | Read more

THE misery continues for Morton with another defeat, this time away to Inverness Caledonian Thistle. | Read more

GREENOCK and District Scouts have honoured a volunteer who has served locally for four decades. | Read more

GET two suppers for £10 at Fritto’s, Captain Street, Greenock, every Monday and Wednesday. | Read more

PG Paper has an exciting opportunity for an experienced marketing manager to lead its marketing function during a period of maternity leave, with potential for the position to become permanent as the business continues to grow. | Read more

WALK Wheel Cycle Trust and Inverclyde Council are inviting local people to share their views on proposed improvements to the path at Devol Glen, Port Glasgow. | Read more

PLANNING permission has been given for changes at the office block which is to become Greenock’s new police station. | Read more

ST John’s Church in Gourock is hosting an event to explore the conflict in Israel and Palestine. | Read more

ONE of the tallest cargoes ever floated down the Clyde was the Dunbar oil and gas rig built at the UiE yard in Clydebank for Total. | Read more

REHAB charity The Haven wants permission to operate a coffee trailer next to the B788 road, between Greenock and Kilmacolm. | Read more

THE multi-million reshaping of central Greenock continues, with the A78 High Street flyover now gone and land cleared for the Oak Mall’s new eastern entrance. | Read more

LINKS to news items involving Inverclyde and the surrounding area | Read more

COMMUNITY groups have been awarded more than £230,000 from Inverclyde Council to support their work providing sport and recreational opportunities for residents. | Read more

NEW Port Theatre Company is bringing Dolly Parton’s hit comedy 9 to 5 The Musical to Port Glasgow next month, just weeks after the death of the country music legend who wrote its songs. | Read more

A MUSICAL instrument borrowing service is starting soon at Greenock Central Library. | Read more

FORSYTH Street, Greenock, will be closed between Union Street and Finnart Street, Monday to Friday next week (5 to 9 October) for carriageway resurfacing by Inverclyde Council.

EAR wax removal appointments are available in Gourock with an NHS-trained practitioner. | Read more

REVISED plans for a coaching pitch in Greenock’s East End have been drawn up. | Read more

INVERCLYDE’S recycling centres at Pottery Street, Greenock, and Craigmuschat Quarry, Gourock, switch to winter opening hours from Thursday (1 October), 8am to 6pm each day. Last entry is 15 minutes before closing time.

GREENOCK welcomes its last large cruise ship of the year on Tuesday (29 September). | Read more

BIRKMYRE blew away their opponents Wigtownshire on Saturday with a statement win by 55 points to 29. | Read more

PARTS of the Watt Institution in Greenock are to reopen next week, nearly a year after the venue closed for installation of a lift, but there is still no confirmed date for the whole museum area being back in action. | Read more

THE misery continues for Morton with another defeat, this time away to Inverness Caledonian Thistle. | Read more

GREENOCK and District Scouts have honoured a volunteer who has served locally for four decades. | Read more

GET two suppers for £10 at Fritto’s, Captain Street, Greenock, every Monday and Wednesday. | Read more

PG Paper has an exciting opportunity for an experienced marketing manager to lead its marketing function during a period of maternity leave, with potential for the position to become permanent as the business continues to grow. | Read more

WALK Wheel Cycle Trust and Inverclyde Council are inviting local people to share their views on proposed improvements to the path at Devol Glen, Port Glasgow. | Read more

PLANNING permission has been given for changes at the office block which is to become Greenock’s new police station. | Read more

ST John’s Church in Gourock is hosting an event to explore the conflict in Israel and Palestine. | Read more

ONE of the tallest cargoes ever floated down the Clyde was the Dunbar oil and gas rig built at the UiE yard in Clydebank for Total. | Read more

REHAB charity The Haven wants permission to operate a coffee trailer next to the B788 road, between Greenock and Kilmacolm. | Read more

THE multi-million reshaping of central Greenock continues, with the A78 High Street flyover now gone and land cleared for the Oak Mall’s new eastern entrance. | Read more

LINKS to news items involving Inverclyde and the surrounding area | Read more