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Press and Journal
25-05-2025
- Business
- Press and Journal
Neighbour complaints force luxury apartments vision for former Johnston Carmichael headquarters to be scaled back
Welcome to Planning Ahead – our weekly round-up of the latest proposals across Moray. Sit back and enjoy all of the most interesting planning news. In this week's edition, we move a step closer to the transformation of a former office above Costa in Elgin into a church. Plans to build a swimming pool at a home near Lhanbryde have been given the go-ahead. Meanwhile, proposals to transform an Elgin town centre building have been reduced after neighbours raised objections. But first, we look at a whisky giant's work inside a former home to create offices. Gordon & MacPhail wants to transform an unused attic at Benromach House in Forres into offices and breakout area. According to a building warrant, the work could cost around £30,000. The former home is located right next to the Benromach Distillery on Invererne Road. Last year, Moray Coastal Baptist Church moved into premises above coffee giants Costa in Elgin town centre The entrance for the space at 1 Commerce Street is at the side of the coffee shop. This church is described as a 'Bible-preaching Baptist Church'. Now a building warrant has been approved for £7,500 work to make internal changes to transform the unused office into a church and provide use for associated social activities too. However, the church is still waiting for planning permission and listed building consent. In February, we previously exclusively revealed the transformation. Christopher Roberts has given the go-ahead to build a domestic swimming pool at Greenfields, Bogton Farm near Lhanbryde. The drawing shows there will be a changing room, sauna and steam room. This swimming pool will have a capacity of around 65,000 litres. S Reid Design represented him in the proposals. In December, we revealed Tulloch of Cummingston wanted to transform Commerce House on South Street to house 28 new apartments. The proposals included 18 luxury flats and six serviced apartments. Meanwhile, the existing flat roof access structure would have been replaced with a mansard roof to accommodate four penthouse apartments with roof balconies. The transformation also included a basement area gym facility for residents. The traditionally-built three-storey office block had previously been leased by Johnston Carmichael before the accountancy firm left for Elgin Business Park. In November, the building was sold for £500,000 at auction. Auctioneers Acuitus had promoted the building as a 'potential redevelopment opportunity' with a guide price of £100,000. Five months on, the four penthouse apartments proposed as part of the plans have been removed. This has reduced the number of apartments planned from 28 to 24. It comes as neighbours have raised privacy concerns with 15 objections have been lodged. One said the balconies would affect people's privacy by overlooking gardens and homes. Meanwhile, another claimed another storey to the building would make it 'even more imposing and ugly'. It is hoped the proposals will breathe new life into the Elgin town centre building.
Yahoo
11-05-2025
- Politics
- Yahoo
Potsdam village board back to full roster
May 11—POTSDAM — The Board of Trustees is back to a full slate. The board unanimously appointed Joshua Tulloch to full former trustee Monique Tirion's unexpired term on April 28. He joins Trustee Ryan Deuel, who was appointed in March to complete the unexpired term of former Deputy Mayor Steve Warr. Tulloch's term, like Deuel's, will run through Dec. 1. Tirion resigned in January after voicing frustration with her inability to get relevant details on village finances and alleged facing pushback from village employees when pressing for financial information. Warr resigned in January, a week after Tirion, which he attributed to the village moving in the "wrong direction" with its handling of the village recreation program and other issues. Village Mayor Alexandra Jacobs-Wilke noted that Tulloch's selection followed a "lengthy search." Due to a family emergency, Tulloch was unable to attend the meeting. He is expected to be sworn in at the next regular meeting on May 19, the mayor said. "I know he's very excited to get started here on the board," Jacobs-Wilke said. A local resident and graduate of Canton High School, Tulloch served in the U.S. Marine Corps as an amphibious assault and operations officer for six years following college. "He completed two deployments out of Camp Pendleton and Quantico before honorably being discharged at the rank of captain after his military service," Jacobs-Wilke said. Wilke also said Tulloch received a Fulbright Scholarship to the U.S. State Department in Prague, Czech Republic, and later earned his master's degree as a physician associate. He now works as a primary care provider for the Department of Veteran Affairs. Tulloch is a member of New Hope Community Church, and is a husband and father to a 7-month-old daughter. "So congratulations, Joshua, and we look forward to working with you on this board and we look forward to having the swearing in ceremony very soon," Jacobs-Wilke said. "Once again, I want to thank Josh and all of the members of our board for your willingness to step up and serve our community." "I did want to say we talked to so many people in this search and there's some just wonderful people in our community who serve in all different ways and it's wonderful to have another person to work alongside," the mayor said. "And it says a lot to have a veteran and a healthcare provider and a native son of Potsdam who returned to build a life here wanting to serve on our board alongside everyone else. Having that variety of viewpoints and life experiences on our board and in all of our committees makes us all stronger."
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Yahoo
Supreme Court won't opine in Dartmouth murders resentencing
The state's highest court declined to weigh in on constitutional questions surrounding the resentencing of a man who is serving two life sentences without the possibility of parole for killing two Dartmouth College professors when he was a teenager. Robert Tulloch pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the 2001 slayings of Dartmouth College professors Half and Susanne Zantop inside their Hanover home. He was 17 at the time. Tulloch's lawyers said the life sentence without the possibility of parole is unconstitutional since the U.S. Supreme Court declared such mandatory sentences for juvenile murderers unconstitutional in 2012. Judge Lawrence MacLeod ordered the transfer of disputed questions to the high court after concluding that the 'constitutional issues in this case are significant and complex and have not yet been addressed by the New Hampshire Supreme Court.' The two sides disagree over whether the state allows life sentences without parole for minors, according to MacLeod's order. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case prior to resentencing. 'Prior to resentencing, the trial court shall rule upon the defendant's 2018 motion to declare life sentences without the possibility of parole unconstitutional for juvenile offenders,' the order reads. In 2001, Tulloch, alongside James Parker, who was then 16, planned to rob and kill someone that day to get money to travel overseas. Tulloch was the mastermind behind the scheme. Parker, who was sentenced to 25 years, has since been paroled. Tulloch's lawyers, Richard Guerriero and Oliver Bloom, called keeping the sentence of life without parole cruel and unusual punishment for a man who was a juvenile at the time of the crime. At a hearing on Sept. 25, both sides agreed that if the state Constitution allows a sentence of life without the possibility for parole for minors, a court must find the child is incapable of change before imposing such a sentence. No further court hearings have been scheduled as of Tuesday afternoon. jphelps@
Yahoo
23-04-2025
- Yahoo
Supreme Court declines resentencing case for Dartmouth murders
The state's highest court declined to weigh in on constitutional questions surrounding the resentencing of a man who is serving two life sentences without the possibility of parole for killing two Dartmouth College professors when he was a teenager. Robert Tulloch pleaded guilty to two counts of first-degree murder in the 2001 slayings of Dartmouth College professors Half and Susanne Zantop inside their Hanover home. He was 17 at the time. Tulloch's lawyers said the life sentence without the possibility of parole is unconstitutional since the U.S. Supreme Court declared such mandatory sentences for juvenile murderers unconstitutional in 2012. Judge Lawrence MacLeod ordered the transfer of disputed questions to the high court after concluding that the 'constitutional issues in this case are significant and complex and have not yet been addressed by the New Hampshire Supreme Court.' The two sides disagree over whether the state allows life sentences without parole for minors, according to MacLeod's order. Earlier this month, the Supreme Court declined to hear the case prior to resentencing. 'Prior to resentencing, the trial court shall rule upon the defendant's 2018 motion to declare life sentences without the possibility of parole unconstitutional for juvenile offenders,' the order reads. In 2001, Tulloch, alongside James Parker, who was then 16, planned to rob and kill someone that day to get money to travel overseas. Tulloch was the mastermind behind the scheme. Parker, who was sentenced to 25 years, has since been paroled. Tulloch's lawyers, Richard Guerriero and Oliver Bloom, called keeping the sentence of life without parole cruel and unusual punishment for a man who was a juvenile at the time of the crime. At a hearing on Sept. 25, both sides agreed that if the state Constitution allows a sentence of life without the possibility for parole for minors, a court must find the child is incapable of change before imposing such a sentence. No further court hearings have been scheduled as of Tuesday afternoon. jphelps@
BBC News
19-04-2025
- Sport
- BBC News
Glamorgan Women win Sussex opener by 53 runs
Metro Bank One Day Cup Women League 2 - Glamorgan v Sussex SharksGlamorgan 178-5 (25 overs): Gammon 72; O'Neill 3-14Sussex Sharks 125-9 (25 overs) : Gibb 24; Tulloch 4-28Glamorgan win by 53 runs Scorecard Glamorgan Women won their historic opening fixture, beating Sussex by 53 runs in a rain-hit match in Beth Gammon led the way with 72 as Glamorgan racked up 178-5 in 25 overs, after their scheduled 50-overs MetroBank Cup fixture was halved following a four-hour were never up with the run-rate and finished on Tulloch, a late loan signing from Hampshire, took four for 28 for the home are playing at tier two level but with the promise of a place in the top tier in 2027 as they turn professional. After the visitors won the toss, Daisy Jeanes got Glamorgan going with 35 off 28 balls but Eve O'Neill claimed three for 14 in a fine five-over then dominated a century stand with Gemma Porter (29), hitting seven boundaries and running hard as her runs came off just 56 first opening bowlers were Tulloch and fellow loanee Erin Vukusic, on a short-term deal from could not put together a partnership to threaten the required run-rate, with Daisy Gibb's 24 off 21 in the middle order their best returned to dismiss three lower-order batters to make sure of a convincing margin.
