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Parents have been left blind-sided by the sudden decision to mothball a school which was hit by an oil leak more than two years ago.
At a closed-door meeting on Thursday, families were officially informed that Gartly School, near Huntly, will temporarily close in August this year.
The announcement also came as a shock to local councillors, who said they had been kept in the dark about how and when the decision was made.
The future of the school has been a hot topic since it first shut in 2018, after children and staff started to feel sick and went home smelling of kerosene.
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Stolen Alford defibrillator replaced thanks to local company donation
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A life-saving defibrillator that was stolen from an Aberdeenshire village has been replaced thanks to a generous local business.
Nicola Sedgwick, chairwoman of the Donside Community Council, said the stolen device had been originally purchased for the community’s use by a kind-hearted individual named Gavin Slessor, making the theft particularly disappointing.