A crisp meeting of Newtonhill, Muchalls and Cammachmore Community Council tonight which covered a wide variety of topics. Only just quorate though – any volunteers who would like to join? Some snippets: 

• There are plans for more electrical boxes for the sewage pumping station at the Braehead at the foot of Skateraw Road, Newtonhill. No objections. 
• Vandals daubed graffiti under the railway bridge at the south end of Muchalls. One irate resident took on the task of scrubbing the paint off. 
• The community council will be invited to join a liaison committee for the Aberdeen bypass and the Fastlink. Work should start later this year and be opened in 2018. 
• A “Songs from the Shows” event is being held in the Skateraw Hall, Newtonhill on Friday 6 June. Tickets, costing £10, are being sold to raise funds for the hall. 
• Applications for grants from the Meikle Carewe wind farm community fund will be open from 1 July to 30 September. Community council secretary Edith Stephen will be one of the panel members. 
• Police officers told the meeting there had only been three reportable offences in the area in the past month – vandalism, shoplifting, and a vehicle with a faulty light. This does not include drivers who were booked from inconsiderate parking, for example on the approaches to the pedestrian crossing on Newtonhill Road.