'It is of great importance to everyone, particularly those involved in trade, and Regional Councillor Ian B. Robertson, who is very close to the situation, has agreed to give us the facts." Association chairman Mr Edward MacRae, said this week.
The Association, which plans to hold an open meeting for all members after the a.g.m., is also shortly to meet with the town's community council, to discuss the by-pass and signposting for Stonehaven.
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LINES of traffic tailed back for miles on either side of Stonehaven on Wednesday, after the A92 trunk road to and from Aberdeen was blocked by an accident involving a bus, a lorry and a car – the latter being "sandwiched" between the other two vehicles and almost flattened.
The collision, beneath the Den of Logie railway bridge, immediately adjacent to the road leading into Stonehaven Golf Course, occurred at noon, just as the "Leader" was going to press.
Almost unbelievably the incident was not of a fatal nature, the three occupants of the car – trapped for over an hour in the wreckage – being rushed to the emergency unit at Aberdeen Royal Infirmary, Foresterhill, where their condition was later reported to be "stable".

50 YEARS AGO
Friday October 10 1958

STONEHAVEN schoolchildren are once again on vacation for the annual potato-lifting holiday.
Possibly, due to the lateness of the grain harvest, rather fewer than usual appear to be at the "tatties" but nevertheless a number of squads have been out during the week.
Unfortunately, as the season has turned out, it is quite on the cards that labour will be required after the scholars have returned to their books.

100 YEARS AGO
Thursday October 8 1908

SATURDAY in Stonehaven proved to be as warm a day as has been recorded this summer, the thermometer showing 84 degrees in the sun and 72 in the shade.
The great heat seems to have infused new life into a swarm of bees, which, escaping from some hive, made their way inside the grocer's shop of James McGregor and Son, in the market square, and took possession of the window.
For some tome the grocer and his assistants were somewhat nonplussed by such a large and unexpected body of visitors, but some time after two experienced apiarians appeared upon the scene, who, after much trouble and careful handling, gradually caught the bees – a few at a time – and took them out to the open air. The proceedings were watched with interest by many passers-by.