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Parking suspension on High Street
Parking will be suspended on Linlithgow High Street from 8am on Monday 29 March to 5pm on Monday 30 August, between the junction with Lion Well Wynd and the roundabout at High Port.
The suspension is required to allow the safe replacement of footway surfaces.
No traffic diversions are needed, and walkways and signage will be provided to create pedestrian diversions.
Greyfriars Bobby exhibition at library
An exhibition at Linlithgow Library will recall the story of Greyfriars Bobby.
The exhibition runs from Saturday 27 March to 17 April.
Bobby guarded his master?s grave in Greyfriars churchyard in Edinburgh for 14 years. He left the grave only once a day at one o'clock to eat the dinner provided for him at a nearby coffee house. Crowds gathered to watch him run through the gate when the one o'clock gun was fired.
In Eleanor Atkinson's famous novel about Greyfriars Bobby, Colour Sergeant Scott - the keeper of the one o'clock gun - befriended Bobby. Scott will visit Linlithgow with Blue, the Association's mascot. The little dog will fire a model one o?clock gun to open the exhibition at 10.30am on 27 March.
The exhibition is organised by the One O'clock Gun and Time Ball Association of Edinburgh.
Helping hand for Haiti appeal
Staff and users at Clarendon Support Service, Linlithgow, have raised more than £167 for the Haiti appeal.
Staff donated more than 100 items for a tombola stall.
And everyone had an enjoyable morning while the draw was taking place.
The staff would like to thank everybody who took part in the fundraising.
A cheque for £167.20 has now been paid into the Bank of Scotland in Linlithgow.
Race for Life at Hopetoun House
The 2010 Race for Life event takes place at Hopetoun House on Sunday 9 May.
Last year, 2,000 women took part in the 5k walk, jog or run for Cancer Research UK, raising a total of £169,000 for the charity.
Linlithgow Climate Change Challenge:
March 27: - Earth Day, and on that day we'd like the council and all residents and businesses in West Lothian to turn off lights in the evening for 1 hour. See the WWF website for more details. Linlithgow, Historic Scotland and WLC focused on Earth Hour last year by having the Palace lights turned off, while the local photography club helped us draw in the dark with a torch.
Update appeal for community website
A Linlithgow community website that receives up to 12,000 unique visitors every month is urging local groups, businesses and organisations to make sure their information is up to date.
Pride and Passion, Linlithgow provide the popular website www.Linlithgow.com (new window) under the banner of Linlithgow - a Great Visit.
Groups are also asked to check that their website addresses are correctly highlighted within www.linlithgow.com (new window). Business details can be checked in the Virtual High Street section at http://linlithgow.com/high_street.htm (new window) with Voluntary Groups, Organisations shown under the http://linlithgow.com/organisations.htm (new window) section.
Updates needed should be sent to mail@linlithgow.com at the earliest opportunity.
Sunrise shot marks end of Martine's mission
A Linlithgow woman has now completed her mission to photograph the town's loch every single day of the year.
"My first photo was of a steely blue and purple sunset," said Martine Stead, "and I marked the end of the year with pictures of the sunrise.
"what an experience. It was fascinating for revealing the true murky greenness of the water and for opening up new perspectives on the town, such as the curve of the High Street east of the Cross, and how close we are to Fife - just across the water."
Despite completing her mission, Martine has promised to keep the website open. "I'll update it every now and then with information about new developments," she added.
Martine's photos can be viewed at: http://linlithgowlocheverydayoftheyear.shutterfly.com/ (new window)
Crack European football team to send youngsters to Linlithgow
One of Europe's top football teams is to send its best young players to Linlithgow to hone their skills.
Paris Saint-Germain is currently ranked in the top ten clubs of the French Ligue 1 and has stayed in the top league since its first game at the Parc des Princes in June 1974.
Now its budding young stars are heading to Linlithgow in 2010, for both the Easter and summer holidays.
The Language Room, based in the West Lothian town, is bringing the young players over from PSG, along with their coaches, to study English and practice their football skills.
Every day for two weeks the kids will have intensive English lessons and some football training.
The PSG coaches, along with local coaches, will be taking the young footballers through their footballing paces every afternoon, while mornings will be reserved for intensive English with The Language Room teachers.
The training will take place at Falkirk football club.
Elodie Milne, director of The Language Room, will fly out to Paris in November for an honorary signature ceremony at Parc des Princes to officially start the partnership between Paris Saint-Germain football club and The Language Room.
Website that's hub of the local community
A community website has a single point of access to everything that Linlithgow has to offer.
Linlithgow Web www.linlithgow.com (new window) was developed by Pride and Passion Linlithgow, part of a national initiative.
It is essentially a 'portal' that links to many other websites containing details about Linlithgow.
Linlithgow Web is managed and maintained by local people who care about the town and who want visitors to get the most out of their visit and locals to get the most out of their town.
You can contact Pride and Passion Linlithgow either through the website, or by contacting the secretary, Ken Richardson, at 07770-266379.
Section of Cross road to close for 18 months
The northern section of Linlithgow Cross will be closed to traffic for 18 months to allow refurbishment work to be carried out to the Burgh Halls.
The section of road, in front of the Burgh Halls, is due to reopen on Wednesday 31 March, 2010.
No diversions are required and pedestrians are unaffected.
