News & events
News & Updates
What the Community Council has been doing, what is coming up, and anything worth passing on to the two villages.
Latest news
Posts appear here as we publish them. For anything urgent, such as a power cut or a road closure, look for the coloured alert bar at the top of the page and check our Live Updates.
- Thank you Arctane Digital
The Community Council says thank you to Ethan Copping of Arctane Digital. - Carrutherstown playpark: funding applications under way
Following meetings with Dumfries and Galloway Council’s park development officer, concept sketches for improvements to the Carrutherstown playpark were compiled to visualise what might be possible through regeneration…. - Community resilience plan: draft approved
Work on a Community Resilience Plan for Dalton and Carrutherstown is well under way. Members of the Community Council met Dumfries and Galloway Council’s resilience officer to ensure… - Community Council casual vacancy election
The Community Council recently held a casual vacancy election. Following the process three new members were welcomed onto the team, taking the number of members to eight. To… - Local grant scheme adopted and open for applications
At the meeting of 9 June the Community Council formally adopted its Local Grant Scheme Applications policy, by six votes to none. The policy has been shared with… - Next public meeting: Tuesday 13 October
Our next public meeting will be held on Tuesday 13 October at 7pm. The venue is still to be confirmed, and will be posted here as soon as…
Other ways to keep up
Not everything makes it into a post. Our Facebook group tends to move fastest, the noticeboards in both villages carry meeting dates and posters, and the newsletter gathers everything up once a quarter.
Live Updates
Power cuts, road closures and severe weather, posted as we hear about them. See live updates.
Newsletters
Every issue as a PDF you can read anywhere. Read the newsletters.
Local Events
Meetings, litter picks and village celebrations. See what is on.