We have lots of interesting stories and great photographs for you in this week’s Oban Times.
One of Oban’s longest running dentist surgeries is facing recruitment challenges and is now considering closure, with this potentially leaving patients not requiring emergency or specialist treatment with difficulties in finding another practice to join. The Shore Street surgery says it has been hit by the acute shortage of dentists, but that all options are still open.
The Rockfield Centre has sold 70 per cent of the community bonds they wanted to sell to allow it to progress with exciting new developments. They had set themselves a deadline of raising £200,000 worth of bonds by the end of this month and have so far sold £140,000 of them.
Find out how a former Rockfield Primary School pupil also ended up producing award- winning whisky and gin in the Arctic Circle.
We also have marvellous photographs from the Mull Mòd and find out what happened when a ’Big Baby’ bird finally flew the nest on the Isle of Mull.
Elsewhere, council planners have recommended plans for a café and playpark in Connel for refusal, despite more than 100 expressions of support from the public.
Kilchrenan’s mothballed primary school is also moving closer to closure after surveyed parents said they were happy to send their children to Taynuilt primary, five miles away.
In other news, the census revealed that the population of the Western Isles experienced the largest fall in Scotland over the last decade.
And it is also now safe for more than 100,000 Benbecula and South Uist homes to drink their tap water after a fuel leak into their pipes.
Meanwhile, divers have carried out a thorough check of a high risk lochan in Glencoe, and it is your last chance to visit the Glencoe Folk Museum before its £2 million revamp begins.
In the sport, Oban Camanachd suffered late heartbreak in the Camanachd Cup final against Kingussie in Inverness.
Oban Lorne RFC are making their last preparations before the Amateur World Cup kicks off in France this weekend, with a full preview of the global competition in this week’s paper and online.
Both Oban Lorne’s men and women sides were also in action, while it was a good weekend for Oban Saints FC as they progressed to the next round of the West of Scotland Amateur Cup.
Two teams of Rotarians also contested the hotly-anticipated annual pairs bowls competition earlier this month and Connel’s John McPhee has joined a new motorcycling team as a replacement rider.
You can read all these stories and more by visiting www.obantimes.co.uk or by picking up a copy of our newspaper in local shops and petrol stations.
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