NEW environmentally friendly methods for laying housing foundations on peatland could help economic development in parts of the Highlands and islands, it has been claimed.

The Virginia Department of Transportation has announced an emergency bridge closure in Prince Edward County along Route 612.

New England Forestry Foundation and consulting forester Martin Curnan will offer a tour of the organization’s current timber harvest at the Phelon Memorial Forest here on March 22, at 8 a.m.