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9/3/2010 - Carnoustie Goes Tartan! Famous Golfing Town All Set to Enjoy Its Biggest-Ever Tartan Day Celebrations!

Carnoustie Business Association (CBA) is pulling out all the stops to ensure the town enjoys its biggest-ever Tartan Day celebrations this year.

9/3/2010 - Innovative Local Tourism Initiatives Are Awarded Over £30K in Funding

Five local tourism initiatives are to share over £30,000 of funding from The Innovation and Development Fund, which is jointly-funded by Destination Dundee and Angus and Dundee Tourism Partnership.

9/3/2010 - Spring Brings Daily Opening Hours for Montrose Basin Visitor Centre

A popular Angus tourist attraction, which is estimated to draw in over 12,000 visitors each year, is now preparing to extend its opening hours in a bid to appeal to even more visitors over spring and summer-time this year.

8/3/2010 - First Angus Farmers' Market of 2010 in Forfar Opens on Saturday 13 March

As a new season begins stallholders from the Angus Farmers' Market are hoping for spring like weather for market day. There is no doubt a good day brings a buzz to the Myre Park with traders and customers enjoying friendly exchanges and banter.

8/3/2010 - Pictish Arts Society Lecture: 'Why Medieval Cemeteries and Play Parks Don't Mix' - Friday 19 March at Pictavia

The next talk of the 2009/10 series of Pictish Arts Society lectures will be held at Pictavia near Brechin at 7.30 pm on Friday 19 March.

5/3/2010 - Angus Caravan Parks All Set to Open for the Holiday Season

Caravan parks in Carnoustie, Montrose and Forfar, formerly operated by Angus Council, will soon re-open under the new operators who successfully tendered for the leases.

5/3/2010 - The Retreat Visitor Centre at Glenesk Prepares to Open Its Doors for Spring and Summer Season of Events

Spring is a magical time in Glenesk. As the hills shake off their mantles of snow, plants and creatures welcome longer days, and The Retreat visitor centre opens for a new season.

4/3/2010 - Angus Arts Announce Exciting Programme for 2010 Puppet Animation Festival

Over Easter the Stracathro hall, at Inchbare will once again welcome people of all ages to enjoy puppets of all kinds, as Angus Arts holds its seventh fabulous festival of puppets.

2/3/2010 - Tartan Day Angus - What's On!

With the full calendar of Tartan Day Angus events now available online at www.tartandayscotland.com, there will be a host of different ways for the people of Angus to join in with the week of celebrations, which starts on Friday, April 2 with an eagerly-awaited concert in Montrose - The Kilt Is Our Delight.

1/3/2010 - Royal Montrose Golf Club Launch Competition for Montrose Youngsters - One Year's Free Golf for the Winner!

Royal Montrose Golf Club has launched a competition for Montrose school pupils with great prizes for the winners - and a free golf lesson and one year's free Junior membership of the Club for all entrants.

1/3/2010 - Award-Winning Saxophone Quartet Aim to Spread a Little Sax Appeal in Angus with Workshops and Concerts

There is a bright new sound to the stirrings of Spring this year as four shiny saxophones come to Angus with workshops in schools and a concert at the Retreat Glenesk on Friday March 19th.

1/3/2010 - Planning for the Year of the Light - the 200th Birthday of the Bell Rock Lighthouse

The Arbroath and Area Partnership is currently planning a number of events to celebrate the Year of the Light 2010/2011 - commemorating the 200th anniversary of the construction and subsequent lighting of the Bell Rock Lighthouse.

26/2/2010 - 'From Dundee to Abbey Road': Exhibition of Beatles Photographs by Iain MacMillan Opens at Discovery Point on Saturday 27 February

The first ever major retrospective of Dundee-born photographer Iain Macmillan was officially opened by Murray Chalmers at Discovery Point, Dundee on Friday 26 February 2010.

25/2/2010 - Proclaimers to Play Montrose Music Festival in June 2010 - Tickets on Sale on 27 and 28 February

Cult pop group, The Proclaimers, have confirmed they will be playing the Montrose Music Festival.

23/2/2010 - Speakers Announced for Tartan Day Scotland Business Lunch

With less than a month to go before the start of the Tartan Day Angus 2009 celebrations, finishing touches are currently being made to arrangements for various Tartan Day events across the county.

17/2/2010 - Angus Residents Are Invited to Put Their Best Foot Forward and Join a Free Walking Group

Steps Tay Health is an Angus walking project which is aimed at increasing the public's physical activity levels as well as improving mental and physical health. Walking groups have been set up in Monifieth, Forfar, Carnoustie, Letham and Arbroath.

16/2/2010 - Angus Glens Walking Festival Joins in With JM Barrie 150th Anniversary Celebrations!

Fans of JM Barrie will be able to discover much more of his lifelong links to Angus at this year's Angus Glens Walking Festival, which runs from June 3-6.

16/2/2010 - Taster Sessions at Angus Archives

This month sees the return of Angus Archives’ popular Scotland's People taster sessions for beginners in family history.

16/2/2010 - A Memorable Tyme Indeid for Royal Montrose

Royal Montrose Golf Club's bicentenary celebrations continued on Friday, February 12 with the launch of 'A Golden Tyme Indeid', the fascinating book about the Club's 200 years of golfing history.

16/2/2010 - New Events to Add Extra Colour to Tartan Day Celebrations!

Three exciting new events have just been added to the Tartan Day Angus 2010 calendar – a film festival, a fashion show and a talent competition.

15/2/2010 - Neighbours Share Tartan Fame - and Fortune!

A family-run woollen business in Angus has won a lucrative contract to produce a tartan for a town in neighbouring Perthshire, and is already receiving orders from all over the world.

9/2/2010 - What's Cooking? The Search Begins for the Best Local Recipe in Angus

The search is on across Angus for the best local recipe - whether it's a family favourite passed down the generations, a traditional dish with a contemporary twist or a totally unique eating concept based on locally-sourced ingredients.

9/2/2010 - James Watterston Herald - The Complete Collection on Show at The Meffan

The latest exhibition at The Meffan in Forfar is by the popular Angus artist James Watterston Herald, who was born in Forfar in 1859.

2/2/2010 - Seven Days of Tartan Day Celebrations!

How will you be celebrating Tartan Day 2010? The Tartan Day Angus team are looking for families, friends and small groups who are holding tartan-themed events during the week of Tartan Day celebrations, which runs from Saturday 3rd to Saturday 10th April.

26/1/2010 - Tartan Day 2010 - Join in the Celebrations!

22/1/2010 - 'Visit the Museum in the Library Day' at Montrose

Montrose Museum may be closed for access works, but staff are still keen to hear from people who are interested in local history.

19/1/2010 - Plans Are Underway for Tartan Day 2010

With Tartan Day 2010 less than three months away, the organisers are currently putting the finishing touches to the programme of events and have put out a call for late additions to the programme.

18/1/2010 - Angus Glens Walking Festival 2010 Opens For Bookings

Online booking is now available for the 2010 Angus Glens Walking Festival, which runs from June 3 until June 6, 2010.

4/12/2009 - Angus Book Award 2010 to be Launched in Montrose on Monday 7 December

The 15th Angus Book Award will be launched in Montrose on Monday 7 December, attended by around 450 third year pupils from the eight secondary schools in the county.

1/12/2009 - Carnoustie Country Launches Two New Golf Tourism Products

Carnoustie Country has just announced the launch of two new golf products - the 'Angus Nines Golf Pass' and the 'East of Scotland Experience'.

6/11/2009 - Launch of Scottish Golf Pairs Challenge 2010 – a New Golf Tournament in East Perthshire and Angus

A new golf event for amateur golf across the country is coming to Angus and East Perthshire. The Scottish Golf Pairs Challenge was launched at Blairgowrie Golf Club. Helping launch the event were Walker Cup player and recent winner of the Irish Open, Gavin Dear, and former Scottish Amateur Strokeplay and Match Play Champion, Kevin McAlpine.

21/10/2009 - New Book Will Commemorate the Forthcoming 150th Anniversary of the Birth of Sir J M Barrie

On 5th November 2009, the first celebratory book to commemorate the forthcoming 150th anniversary of the birth of Sir J M Barrie in Kirriemuir will be launched.

14/10/2009 - Angus Glens Film Club Announces Winter 09-10 Programme

The Angus Glens Film Club has announced an exciting programme of films for its winter 2009 to 2010 season. The films are shown in the Memus and Glens Community Hall, and the admission price is £4, including refreshments.

2/10/2009 - Montrose Golf Links Announces that Artificial Mats Will Not Be Required for Winter Play in 2009-10

Golfers will be able to enjoy play on the Medal and Broomfield Courses at Montrose throughout the whole of the winter this year without the hindrance of using astro-turf mats for any shots, after a change of policy at the famous Angus links.

28/9/2009 - The Luck of the Irish! Winner of Carnoustie Country Prize Draw Jets In to Play the Carnoustie Championship Course

The lucky winner of the 2009 Carnoustie Country prize draw, Ronan O’Driscoll from Dublin, claimed his free round at Carnoustie Championship last week.

17/9/2009 - Opening A Portal To Angus's Past

Angus has opened this portal to its past by digitising the burial records of nearly 200,000 burial lairs in 71 local cemeteries; and is the first local authority in Scotland to put this wealth of local history online.

19/8/2009 - Hospitalfield House in Arbroath Stars in 'Child of the Dead End' Movie

The mansion-cum-castle, Hospitalfield House (in Arbroath), is playing a starring role in the newly-released film, 'Child of the Dead End'.

1/7/2009 - Scottish Screen's Film Location of the Month - Hospitalfield House, Angus

The mansion-cum-castle, Hospitalfield House (in Arbroath), is playing a starring role in the newly-released film, 'Child of the Dead End'.

11/5/2009 - New Kirriemuir Trail Guide Leaflet Launched

The latest edition of the popular Kirriemuir Trail Guide went on sale on Saturday 9 May in Kirriemuir Gateway to the Glens Museum and Kirriemuir Library.

2/4/2009 - Haggis Hurling and Tartan Family Fun at Arbroath

There's something for all the family on offer this Saturday (4 April) in Arbroath as the town kicks off its Tartan Day celebrations in style.

29/1/2009 - Homecoming at Signal Tower

Visitors are being invited by Arbroath's Signal Tower Museum to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the birth of Scotland's national bard Robert Burns.

16/12/2008 - River South Esk Public Meetings Hailed A Success

On Wednesday, November 19 and Thursday November 20, members of the public were given the opportunity to air their views about the South Esk Issues Document.

15/12/2008 - Air your views at the South Esk Issues Document meetings

The South Esk Catchment Partnership is seeking views on the ‘Issues Document’ - a 30-page document which describes the key environmental, social and economic issues facing the river South Esk and its surroundings.

4/12/2008 - Angus Ambassador Awards 2009 - The Winners!

The winners of the 2009 Angus Ambassador Awards have been announced.

4/12/2008 - Angus Ambassador Awards 2008 – The Winners!

The winners of the 2008 Angus Ambassador Awards have been announced.

28/10/2008 - Research shows Angus College Students Still Finding Jobs Despite Construction Downturn

Angus College say recent analysis of their figures has shown just how successful their construction students are in finding employment.

17/9/2008 - Planning An Event - Get A Pack!

If you are planning an event, whether it's a small coffee morning or a county wide road race, a new easy to use pack from Angus Council will steer you through the relevant rules and regulations to ensure your event is safe and legal.

25/7/2008 - Sea Dog Bamse - World War II Canine Hero

In wartime people need a hero, someone who gives them hope to get through the darkest days.

2/6/2008 - Have Your Say On The South Esk

If you use the River South Esk, whether for business or pleasure, your views are important to a group of organisations keen to help protect and enhance the river through the development of a Catchment Management Plan.

8/5/2008 - Kirriemuir Heritage Trust

The Angus town of Kirriemuir, and the surrounding area, has a unique heritage – and Kirriemuir Heritage Trust has been established to protect, record, promote and celebrate all aspects of this heritage.