The legacies of two well-known Musselburgh families were commemorated this week as a new pub opened in Bridge Street.

Enthusiastic voting by local residents has helped to secure funding of £6,000 for East Lothian Roots and Fruits through the RBS CommunityForce initiative.

A SURPRISE service of celebration was organised in honour of Brownie Guider Alison Black last month to mark her 30 years’ service with the 1st Prestonpans (Salvation Army) Brownie Pack.

Freezing cancer patients in East Lothian who can’t afford to heat their homes due to rising fuel bills are increasingly relying on charity handouts to keep warm.

Children in East Lothian have been learning about wildlife crime.

Plans to create a community garden in Tranent will be high on the agenda when Muirpark Tenants and Residents Association meets this week.

An Aberlady dad has applauded the Sick Kids Friends Foundation for funding the UK’s first hospital-based disfigurement specialist.

Police are ready to take action to deal with parking problems in Dunbar Road in North Berwick when football and rugby games are on in the Recreation Park.

The 2012 Muirfield Riding Therapy calendar has raised a bumper £13,400 to support the charity’s work at its base near Gullane.

The state of a kitchen at the council-owned Corn Exchange in Haddington, which is used for a pensioners’ lunch club, has been branded “an absolute disgrace.”

The local impact of youth unemployment and welfare reforms were outlined to East Lothian MP Fiona O’Donnell during her recent visit to the Roots and Fruits healthy eating project.

New work by wildlife artist Carol Barrett from her field trips to Africa, above, will be on show at the Donald Watson Gallery in Waterston House, the HQ of the Scottish Ornithologists’ Club, near Aberlady, from Saturday, February 25, to Wednesday, April 4.

Community councillors want North Berwick to be flushed with pride with more public toilets provided in the town.

A FORMER champion bowler from Musselburgh has celebrated her 100th birthday.

It’s the most important meal of the day — particularly on a sundae.

East Lothian’s education chief has invited parent councils and head teachers in North Berwick to meet him in the wake of concerns about the impact 500 new houses planned for Gilsland and Mains Farm.

A DUNBAR flight attendant is planning to take part in the highest commercial abseil in the world to raise cash to help send sick and disabled children on the holiday of a lifetime.

A MEETING of local Labour candidates and supporters was held in Haddington last weekend as the party gears up for the local government elections in May.

County MP Fiona O’Donnell is warning that tax credit changes will see low income families in East Lothian lose almost £4000 per year.

Plans for a new medical centre and pharmacy in Ormiston have been approved by East Lothian Council.