2/Jun/08

Ferryport Festival 2008. Chloe, Rachael and Tamara were elected by their classmates and children from P5 and P6 and they are looking fo... more

23/May/08

Antarctic ridge named after Tayport scientist. A little bit of Tayport can now be found in Antarctica with the naming of a ridge after ... more

1/Nov/07

Tayport Pensioner Fundraises For Gurkha Veterans. Dorothy Baird of Tayport is organising a Big Band Concert featuring the Woodlands Da... more

28/Oct/07

Unauthorised Land use by Travellers / Gypsies. As you may be aware, land is being occupied by members of a Travelling Community near to... more

7/Oct/07

As a result of interest shown following an open day at Scotscraig Bowling Club during the school health week where some 76 pupils from ... more

28/Sep/07

Tayport tennis club win the Annual Centenary Trophy, a competition which involved nine tennis clubs from around Tayside and Fife. Taysi... more

18/Sep/07

A new drama group is being launched on Sep 26th at Leuchars Primary School. They intend to meet every wednesday (school term-time) thereafter ... more

20/Jul/07

Tayport Primary School has been awarded a School Travel Plan Charter. The charter marks the school's achievement in producing a plan of... more

20/Jul/07

Jack and Jill did not fall down that hill in vain when a group of Tayport youngsters held a sponsored nursery rhyme time. Ferryport Nursery... more

15/Jul/07

Fife Fire and Rescue Service offer all householders a free Fire Safety Visit. A Community Fire Safety Officer can visit your home free of char... more

15/Jun/07

Karen Dewar memorial Garden update... because of the generosity of so many people the sum to date has reached just over £43,000. This ... more

15/Jun/07

A new [property] development proposed for Tayport could help ease north east Fife's affordable housing crisis. more

13/Jun/07

Photo Competition. The Theme is "Your Tayport". All entries will be displayed at the Auld Kirk Art & Photo Exhibition from 16th -20th July as ... more

11/Jun/07

Ferryport Festival Programmes are now for sale in the local shops, pubs and clubs in and around Tayport. As well as being filled with ... more

1/Jun/07

Auld Kirk arts centre project in support plea. Ambitious plans to tramsform a historic Tayport landmark into a cultural and arts venue ... more

15/May/07

re the proposed development of a community & sports centre by patrial conversion of the vacant Abertay Works site in Shanwell Road. As ... more

5/Apr/07

In June 2006 a group of local people formed a committee to organise a Festival for Tayport in 2007. The plan was to hold the Festival ... more

2/Feb/07

A TAYPORT man has been buried next to the grave of a young child whose body he discovered more than 35 years ago. John Robertson (75), who was... more

9/Jan/07

The Scottish Screen Archive now offers a number of Tayport films for lending to the public on VHS tape. The list of Tayport titles incl... more

8/Dec/06

The Auld Kirk Charitable Trust has now acquired ownership of the Auld Kirk from the Church of Scotland for community use. They are se... more

20/Nov/06

2007 TAYPORT CALENDARS FOR SALE -- designed and published by Dawn Brooks and Kevin Dixon A4 size, illustrated with 12 monthly pain... more

28/Oct/06

The Charity Shop first opened in 1989 in tiny premises in Castle Street. 10 years later it reached the £50,000 donation mark. Unfortuna... more

13/Oct/06

Tayport 20 mph Speed Limit and Speed Cushions proposal. Fife Council have given notice (13th October 2006) that they propose to impose ... more

14/Aug/06

The Auld Kirk Preservation Committee present the Ferryport Fashion Show in the Auld Kirk on Friday 25th August at 7:00pm.  Ticke... more

29/Jul/06

A committee has been formed to organise a Festival for Tayport in summer of 2007 known as yeah you guessed it "Ferryport Summer Festiva... more

25/Jun/06

Over fourty new photos were added to the "recent photos" section today. They include scenes towards the south east, tentsmuir forest, and more... more

3/Jun/06

Local artist Eric Mcintosh has launched a new website. Born and brought up in Tayport, Eric's love of art stems back to his earliest ch... more

12/Oct/05

A recent addition to our section on things to do nearby is Boat Trips. Bob Richmond got in touch to let us know that boat trips from Wo... more

1/May/05

A new community group called Tayport Local Plan Action Group wish to voice concern over a proposal by Fife Council for 444 new houses t... more

22/Apr/05

Tayport Film Group are pleased to announce that their new short film, Autum, by Yvonne Ferrier and Paul Barclay, is now on sale followi... more

11/Mar/05

Tayport are bidding to reach the semi-finals of the OVD Scottish Junior Cup for the fourth consecutive season. They Make the long trip to Ayrs... more

3/Mar/05

A new website has just been launched to promote Tayport's Auld Kirk. A new body, Chaired by Dr Christine Barker, is in the process of f... more

14/Jan/05

GRAMPIAN Television is to screen a programme about Tayport's 'Unknown Bairn', who was found on the banks of the Tay 34 years ago. The d... more

1/Sep/04

Three Tayport artists (Dawn Brooks, Eric McIntosh and Kevin Dixon) have formed together as 'Cynicus Art Group'. They have had painting... more

18/Jul/04

High speed ADSL broadband internet is now available in Tayport. This is welcome news as is will permit local residents who have an inte... more

9/Jul/04

Six months ago or so the idea of swimming the Tay for charity seemed like a great idea - July would be sunny and the water would be warm. Sure... more

4/Jul/04

We have added functionality to the site which enables visitor to post a comment about any of the articles on a trial basis. It is intended tha... more

30/Jun/04

We have dropped the background images from the website on a trial basis. Visitors on slow connections will notice that the pages load that bit... more

7/May/04

St Andrews University management students have been thinking about how problems faced by Madras college can be alleviated. They suggest buildi... more

7/May/04

Sponsor forms are now available for anyone wishing to make a splash for cash and help the Fife Herald raise as much money as possible for Magg... more

7/May/04

Tayport councillor, Margaret Taylor is urging residents to complain to Fife Council after a local bus driver went out of business. Davie Donal... more

30/Apr/04

A number of budding young tennis stars attended Howe Tennis Coaching's Easter Tennis week over the Easter holidays. The children enjoye... more

20/Mar/04

BT have set an activation date of July 7th [2004] to enable our local BT telephone exchange for ADSL broadband internet. This is welcome news ... more

16/Mar/04

Thanks to everyone for their support and to those who have made enquiries over the year since this project [www.tayport.org.uk] started in Apr... more

29/Dec/03

David Sunderland has been in touch asking if anyone remembers Geordie the coalman with his horse and cart? David used to live in Tayport (36 T... more

30/Nov/03

Vera Milne has recently published a book titled 'By Yon Bonnie Banks By Yon Bonnie Braes'. The book starts with an armchair tour of Tay... more

27/Oct/03

The Elmwood College Community Learning Team will be running courses at the Dolphin Centre. These are to include: Introduction to Spanis... more

25/Oct/03

A local Preservation Trust has been established for the Old Kirk (Parish Church), which was built in 1607. The Trust is proposing to br... more

21/Sep/03

Help influence development & services in our Area. Come along to East Fife Community Consultation on Wednesday October 1st, at the Greg... more

17/Aug/03

The Tayport Community & Sports Action Group was formed in 1994 as a sub-committee of the community council with the aim of creating a L... more

1/Jul/03

Scottish Junior Cup winners Tayport have launched a video celebrating their success. Entitled 'Port and a double OVD', it's a professionally p... more

6/Jun/03

Messages of congratulations have poured in to Tayport Juniors this week after their memorable triumph in the OVD Scottish Junior Cup. T... more

29/May/03

ADSL broadband pre-registrations have now reached 100 which is good news for people in the community who are eagerly anticipating the a... more

26/May/03

Tayport will be like a ghost town on Sunday, June 1st. There will be a mass exodus to Glasgow to support the local football team's bid ... more

26/May/03

NEFDA is looking for volunteers to form themselves into a local history group in the Tayport/Newport area. The group will act as the of... more

26/May/03

Our local Library seems in good order these days. My memories of visiting it as a teenager were that I never really appreciated it as i... more

10/May/03

Tayport Tennis club are having an open day on Sunday, May 18th, to mark the start of their summer season. Tayport Brass band will be pe... more

9/May/03

Did you know? The Fife Herald newspaper is Fife's longest established weekly, dating back to 1822! It's sister newspaper, the St Andrew... more

2/May/03

The Scotsman newspaper reported today that Tentsmuir Sands, by Tentsmuir Forest was included in the Marine Conservation Society's Good ... more

25/Apr/03

Our Community Website was publicised for the first time in the local Fife Herald newspaper. The article also draws attention to our cam... more

11/Apr/03

Tentsmuir Forest cycle. Cyclists are being encouraged to take part in a sponsored event on Sunday, May 18th, from 11am. This is to help... more

5/Apr/03

Local Governmennt Elections are coming up on Thursday, May 1st.

5/Apr/03

Car Boot Sales resume Sunday April 13th at the Tayport Football ground. 10am - 3pm. This popular event is held every fortnight througho... more

29/Mar/03

The Harbour Shop has made 3 computers available to the public for internet access via the Scottish Executive's Open Scotland scheme. more