Readers have had their say this week online in the Fraserburgh Herald’s weekly poll.

The Scottish Land Fund which will help more rural communities buy their land was launched this week by Environment Minister and Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP Stewart Stevenson.

POLICE have carried out a series of early-morning raids in Aberdeenshire, seizing illegal drugs and recovering more than £2,500.

Fraserburgh Academy’s pitch was the scene of a last-16 S4 Scottish Cup clash on Monday, with a team from Paisley making the long journey North.

A local councillor is looking into starting a new initiative to tackle rowdy behaviour outside takeaways.

Invasive fungal infections are responsible for around 1.5 million deaths worldwide each year.

Peterhead Academy teacher Michael Doig has been selected by SNP members in the Peterhead North & Rattray ward to join councillors Anne Allan and Fiona McRae in seeking election to Aberdeenshire Council.

In 2010, the Aberdeenshire Alcohol Drugs Partnership North Forum supported a partnership with Banff and Buchan College and local charity Children 1st to deliver a digital photography course at SVQ standard.

Aberdeen College is one of the largest colleges in Scotland. It has also widely recognised as leading the way in terms of educational innovation and business organisation.

Nineteen pupils from Lochpots Primary School in Fraserburgh are the first to be awarded the Young Aberdeenshire Volunteer Award within the whole of the Aberdeenshire area.

Last year’s record attendance was broken at Banff and Buchan College’s annual oil and gas event last Thursday, February 16. The event showcased career options made available to those interested in the oil and gas industries.

The Orphan Shop is returning to Fraserburgh and is back by popular demand.

A new scheme is underway to help groups in North East Scotland get out and enjoy nature, reports Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH).

The North East will benefit from an £8 million cash injection into two key transport schemes as a part of a wider package of transport investment for Sctoland, it has been revealed.

It is an accolade presented to the world’s top pop and rock stars, but now an Aberdeen academic has joined an exclusive club of platinum disc holders.

With the property market still sluggish in many parts of Scotland, homeowners are tending to look at improving and extending the house they are in rather than moving.

The First Minister Alex Salmond welcomed the Secretary of State for Scotland Michael Moore to St Andrew’s House to continue discussions on the holding of the independence referendum.

Following a visit to the Fraserburgh Lifeboat Station last year one member of the New Deer Young Farmers was so impressed that he applied to join the crew.

Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill today launched a new Aberdeen project which will see teams of low level offenders on community sentences being sent out to fix fallen cemetery headstones.

A final chance to put in place a deal to ensure mackerel is sustainably fished has failed to secure international agreement.