PET owners have been warned to keep their animals on leads near cliff tops after a dog died at the Kilt Rock.
HM Coastguard responded to a 999 call on Friday (Nov 28) that a cocker spaniel had run over the top of the cliff, which attracts thousands of visitors each year.
Rescue teams from Portree and Dunvegan, plus the Portree RNLI crew, raced to the scene.
A coastguard member was lowered down the 200-ft cliff in the search for the dog.
However, the animal’s ...
Continue Reading ? ShareSTAFFIN youngsters have been invited take part in a festive parade and big Christmas tree switch on.
This year’s Christmas tree in Portree will be illuminated on Monday night (December 1).
Any children who wish to participate in the lantern parade before the switch on should meet at the Portree Community Centre at 5.30pm. The youth pipe band will then lead the procession to Somerled Square for the start of the Christmas festivities.
There will be entertainment in Somerled Square before the lights go on and ...
Continue Reading ? ShareA DUNTULM man who has strong Staffin ties is the Skye Camanachd Player of the Year.
Ally MacDonald from Aird received the coveted honour for the 2014 season at the club’s annual awards dinner dance in Portree at the weekend.
Skye won the Marine Harvest North Division One this season, eight points clear of their nearest challengers Newtonmore.
Ally, a defender, has been a stalwart in the first team this season and was one of only two players to not miss a game. ...
Continue Reading ? ShareYOUNG people in Trotternish are being urged to provide a creative spark in their own community.
The Highland Youth Arts Hub (HYAH), backed by the national agency Creative Scotland, is seeking entrants for an exciting new project called Creative in Your Community.
It aims to encourage young people to get involved in creative activity and wants to support those aged between 12 and 25-years-old develop their own project, within their own district.They would be supported by experienced figures from the arts world.
A spokeswoman ...
Continue Reading ? ShareMOVES to set up an emergency First Responders scheme and a new gym in Staffin have taken important steps forward, it has emerged.
The very latest updates on both unconnected developments are documented in the latest edition of the Staffin Autumn Newsletter which can be read online or hardcopies picked up from the two shops, the Post Office and Columba 1400.
The community council has worked hard with the Scottish Ambulance Service to investigate the appetite within the district for the volunteer ...
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THE names of the men from Staffin who lost their lives in conflicts were read out at two Remembrance Sunday services in the district.
Staffin residents Donald MacLeod, Culnacnoc, and Lachie Gillies, Stenscholl, read out the full names of the men who perished in the First and Second World Wars, including their home townships and rank in the military.
Donald did the honours at the Valtos War memorial where more than 20 people gathered. A two-minute silence was held after the last name was read ...
Continue Reading ? ShareSTAFFIN will fall silent this weekend to honour those who left the district, and never returned home.
A century on from the start of the First World War and the Staffin firefighters of the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, who will be in full uniform, will join representatives from the Staffin Community Council and Staffin Community Trust to pay their respects on Remembrance Sunday
Two services will be held. The first one starts at the Valtos War Memorial at 2pm where wreaths will ...
Continue Reading ? ShareSTAFFIN can partially lay claim to the 2014 Gold Medal winner, it has been confirmed.
Inverness-based solicitor Angus MacLeod won the blue riband event for singers at the Royal National Mòd earlier this month.
Angus, who is also a member of the Inverness Gaelic Choir, won the competition on his home turf but revealed at the time he had a strong Skye and Western Isles family background.
Angus’ grandfather Alec Fraser, who hailed from Clachan, was a former headmaster of Staffin School in the post-war period. Angus’ mother ...
Continue Reading ? ShareA HUGELY popular Staffin candle-making business has been put up for sale.
But the owners have stressed it is business as usual as they gear up for the busy festive period.
Skyelight Candles, which is run by Nick Wakeham and Kevin Topping, has been trading for 14 years.
It started off from humble beginnings in a small garage next to their home at the Old Mission House, Garafad, but Skyelight’s reputation quickly grew, largely through word of mouth. The company’s ...