Elaine Watterson: Last News

Callander Community Council and former members rumbled on this week after it was alleged that the ex-councillors quit in a bid to collapse the group. The Observer last month told how the community council was thrown into turmoil after five of its members quit in a row over the town’s community development trust.Community councillors Richard Johnson, Brian Luti, Mike Luti, Elaine Watterson and Roger Watt took the decision to step down, citing a rift between long-standing community councillors and newer members who were elected to the council almost three years ago.

Councillor Elaine Watterson has been appointed as the new Provost of Stirling Council.

Get the stories that matter to you sent straight to your inbox with our personalised newsletter.Plans to redevelop an iconic Callander landmark, the former St Kessog’s Church, as a community hub have been drawn up by a group of residents and Stirling Council.For the last few years the B-listed Ancaster Square building, erected in 1883, has been lying vacant.Three Callander Community Council members Elaine Watterson, Richard Johnson and Sue King however have been working on a scheme to convert St Kessog’s into a £1m community facility.Stirling Council services including library, registrar’s office and public toilets would be based there – as well as a community centre, visitor centre, heritage centre and business centre, or ‘digital hub’.It