The Ellon Times is a local, weekly newspaper

Newspaper

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 based in Ellon

Ellon, Aberdeenshire

Ellon is a town in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, approximately north of Aberdeen, lying on the River Ythan which has one of the few undeveloped river estuaries on the Eastern coast of Scotland. It is in the ancient region of Formartine...

, Aberdeenshire

Aberdeenshire

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. It is a sister paper of the Buchan Observer

Buchan Observer

The Buchan Observer is a local weekly newspaper based in Peterhead, which serves Peterhead and surrounding Buchan.It has two sister newspapers, namely the Fraserburgh Herald and Ellon Times....

, Fraserburgh Herald and Inverurie Herald.
The Ellon Times is edited by Kenrick Duncan, who also edits the Buchan Observer, Fraserburgh Herald and Inverurie Herald. The reporters are Kenneth Hutchison and Richard Thomson.

The Times covers a range of local news and sport, with a coverage area which includes Ellon and the surrounding villages of Auchnagatt, Methlick, Tarves, Pitmedden, Udny Green, Balmedie, Newburgh, Collieston and Cruden Bay.