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Extensive refurbishment of the Picky running track was completed this week, with the painting of the white lines. 

An untitled painting by one of Orkney’s best-known artists – Stanley Cursiter – has been gifted to the Orkney Museum to go on public display in its original island context. 

The date for the Orkney Matters 2 Kirkwall event has been announced.  

Orkney residents are being urged to check their electoral registration details or risk losing their chance to vote on decisions that affect them. 

Chair of the Orkney Towns Board, Stephen Hagan, has said that work on the Orkney Towns Fund is continuing, despite follow-up information from the UK Government remaining outstanding.  

Orkney Islands Council has received £80k from the National Heritage Memorial Fund (NHMF), on behalf of the Sanday community, for a huge freshwater tank to house shipwreck timbers discovered on the island’s shores earlier this year - protecting them for future research.

A summing up of road delays and closures due to works and events, underway or soon to start in the county - for the week starting Monday 9 September 2024.

If you are a contractor or farmer with plant equipment for hire that could assist during periods of extreme weather or for civil engineering works, then the Council wants to hear from you.