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New mobile post office service for Pulteneytown By Jean Gunn Published: 19:30, 12 February 2021
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Glyn Jackson on the last day of the mobile post office service he provided recently at Wick s riverside car park. Picture: Alan Hendry
A temporary mobile post office is set to start in Pulteneytown next month to restore service to the community.
Introduced by Post Office Ltd, the service is scheduled to begin on Monday, March 1. The previous branch at the Pulteney Centre in Huddart Street closed in September 2019 due to the resignation of the postmaster.
How community spirit came to the fore during Operation Snowdrop By Contributor Published: 20:06, 20 January 2021
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WICK VOICES: An update on the Wick Society s online oral history project by Doreen Leith
Operation Snowdrop was the military operation to deliver food and medical supplies during the relentless snowstorm of 1955. Picture: J McDonald, Wick / Nucleus: The Nuclear and Caithness Archives
One of the most severe winters in the north of Scotland was in January 1955 when heavy snowstorms led to blocked roads and deep drifts of snow.
By Alan Hendry Published: 07:54, 15 January 2021
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Dr Betsee Parker at Ackergill Tower, which she bought in early 2019.
The American owner of Ackergill Tower has been praised for her commitment to the Caithness community after sending a £40,000 donation to Pulteneytown Peopleâs Project (PPP).
Dr Betsee Parker, an Episcopalian minister and philanthropist from Virginia, said she was keen to help the Wick-based charity because of its support for those in need.
She has also donated £10,000 to the Episcopal Diocese of Moray, Ross and Caithness towards its Covid-19 response.