Newtonhill’s village shop is to reopen after being closed for more than three months.

The 100-year-old shop in Skateraw Road closed late last year as business declined. Now new management is taking over and aim to open it as a “Best-One” convenience store on Monday 31 March. A “Best-One” store has recently opened in King Street, Stonehaven.

The Newtonhill shop will be open from 6am to 10pm Monday to Saturday and from 7am to 10pm on Sundays.

A great number of people in the older part of the village have missed having their local shop. There had been many rumours circulating over the past months about what landlords Scotmid would do, ranging from hairdresser to dentist.