Like many organisations, the Dumfries and Galloway branch of the Scottish Green Party has taken to the internet during life under lockdown. Branch meetings are being held using Gotomeeting, a remote meeting platform similar to Zoom. This enables our widely…
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Living in the digital age, it seems like we have never been better connected. We can communicate with each other in an instant, wherever we are on the planet. We can find out what’s happening in the world, sign an…
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New Galloway Community Shop is looking forward to welcoming customers to its first Green Week in February. Since being saved from closure in 2017, the Royal Burgh’s only shop has been committed to an expanding policy of stocking locally produced…
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