Forres Local 
Mount Dora Pipe Band will play alongside their twin town band during a one-day visit next week when they travel from Florida to Newtonmore, Inverness and Forres. The pipes and drums from across the pond arrive on 3 August to play at the Newtonmore’s annual gathering. They will then spend a day touring the Highlands … Read more
More than 100 gleaming motorcycles gathered at Mr Moto’s bike centre at the weekend for their first ‘Poker Run’. The event was held to give bikers a chance to meet and socialise in a mass ride-out which took them on a circular route through Nairn, Grantown, Ballindalloch and Aberlour, and scheduled stops at distilleries. Participants … Read more
The Findhorn Foundation has announced that it will end its education operations this autumn after revealing it is no longer financially viable in its current configuration. The ecovillage and spiritual community will undertake a consultation to move forward, but warns that there is a risk it may have to make up to 50 staff redundant. … Read more
A family who are walking nearly 2000 miles around Scotland to raise money and awareness for autism, are back in Forres for a second time. Eight-year-old Eve Alderman, and parents Ian and Sarah arrived in Forres yesterday, to start the Moray Coast Trail. It’s just one of the 29 trails they’re walking in a year … Read more
An event to get your antiques valued, while giving to charity at the same time, is coming to Forres. Lyon & Turnbull, one of the UK’s premier fine art and antiques auctioneers, is holding a valuation day in the town to raise funds for Chest Heart & Stroke Scotland. The valuation day is the ideal … Read more
A new car wash business is coming to Forres offering a hand wash and valeting service. And it’s yet another tenant in the former Pedigreed Cars garage, bringing a total of four new ventures to start here in recent months, and the expectation it will create five new jobs. Mr Bubbles already has a site … Read more
Findhorn beach has been ranked top in Scotland by a travel writer who has spent eight weeks touring the UK to whittle down the best of the best. The Times and Sunday Times publish what they call the only gazetteer of the coast. In this, the 15th edition, Findhorn takes the title for best beach … Read more
A mum-of-two who had nowhere to take her toddlers to let off steam has opened a play centre that fills that gap. Former hairdresser Ania Kanafek has moved into the old fishing tackle shop, and converted it into a safe play area for infants and toddlers, with a small cafe for mums and dads. My … Read more
An outbreak of avian flu is thought to be the reason for a swathe of dead birds around Forres, Findhorn and the along the Moray Coast. A post in our Forres Loves Local Facebook Group asking for people to take down their bird feeders in Pilmuir has prompted more than 50 comments from other locals, … Read more
A children’s book that celebrates the historical landmarks of Forres has gone on sale in shops around town, and our own website. Fantastic Forres was written by local musician Ewen Watson, and illustrated by his girlfriend Sathya Schlosser, and the result is a beautiful book that also shows off Forres as the historical town that … Read more