Community / New plans in for replacement Fair Isle Bird Observatory
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Education / Big interest in Fair Isle school vacancy – even from people with no teaching qualificationsA preferred candidate for the headteacher role has been picked and is due to move to Fair Isle soon
Community / Plans to bring 4G masts to Foula and Skerries back on
Marine / SIC seeks contractor for Fair Isle harbour work despite ferry funding bid setback
Community / Fair Isle ferry funding bid unsuccessful – but council told to try again
Transport / Touchdown! Large drone lands in Fair Isle after flying from OrkneyWatch a video of the drone’s approach and landing below
Community / Work expected to start on new Fair Isle Bird Observatory next year after £2.35m funding boost
Community / Large drone to fly between Orkney and Fair Isle as part of new trialDrone company Windracers also aims to carry out further test flights to Shetland in March next year
Community / Progress in bringing fibre broadband to Fair Isle
Nature / Fair Isle sea cave wildlife documented for the first time
Education / Fair Isle primary seeks new head teacher
Arts / New town shop’s exhibition highlights lace knitting and Fair Isle chairsSophie and Eve using space to increase awareness of two endangered crafts
Transport / Fair Isle ferry now able to accept passengers againPassengers have been unable to travel on the MV Good Shepherd IV since the start of the pandemic
Transport / Full steam ahead for new Fair Isle ferry funding bidLocal resident Eileen Thomson says ‘we desperately need a ferry suitable for life in the 21st century, to continue to attract visitors and prosper as a community’
Community / More grants given out from Viking Energy community fund
Transport / ‘Let’s get this over the line’: transport partnership supports Fair Isle ferry funding bid
Transport / SIC lines up £25m funding bid for Fair Isle ferry improvements
Arts / Fair Isle chairs exhibition goes online
Features / Fair Isle Times – keeping the remote community and beyond informed since 1978
Also in the news / Vaccination, planning, Foinaven, awards, ANZAC, Saltire, Northwards and marine plan
Transport / SIC to examine if new £4.8bn fund could pay for replacement Fair Isle ferry
Business / Fair Isle knitting designer expands thanks to HIE funding
Health / Work ongoing with outer island communities over nursing provision after resignations
Community / Plans for new Fair Isle bird observatory stall after building work proves too costlyA new building will now not be ready before at least 2023
Community / Money worries behind ‘extremely difficult’ decision to make bird observatory staff redundant
Community / Fair Isle Bird Observatory staff made redundant after 10 years in the job
Community / Museum happy to take slides saved from the dump‘The way these photos have gone down a hit with the public is very much to do with nostalgia’, curator Ian Tait says
Transport / Government minister invited to Fair Isle to explain ferry replacement delaySNP councillor Robbie McGregor says he has held talks with government officials on the matter
Arts / Fair Isle chairs go on display in museum
Transport / Councillor calls wait for progress on replacement Fair Isle ferry ‘despicable’
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