It was a year packed with tales of sporting success (or near misses for fans of Arbroath FC), community spirit and the welcome return of many big days on the county calendar.
So settle in for a look back over what made the news in Angus over the past 12 months.
January
Discount chain Home Bargains revealed its £15m plan for a retail park on the site of the former Presentation Products factory in Arbroath.
Brechin Healthcare Group suffered a major blow to its ambitions after a bid to take over the old town infirmary was rejected at appeal.
Forfar Golf Club battled back after losing more than 800 trees to winter storms Arwen and Corrie.
February
Hailey Duff from Forfar became Angus’ newest sporting superstar as part of the Team Muirhead gold medal-winning curling rink at the Beijing Winter Olympics.
Devoted son Colin Whelan made the journey from Australia to honour his Dundee-born mother Helen’s wish to have her ashes scattered on the River South Esk in Glen Clova.
Arbroath fans turned a Neil Diamond classic into Smokies and Wine to encourage Dick Campbell’s men in their push for the Championship title.
March
There were more than 400 applications for just six new homes created by Stracathro Estates as part of a £1.1m rural housing initiative near Edzell.
Carnoustie Panmure Community Football Club opened a new park named in honour of former town councillor and Angus Provost Helen Oswald.
There was sadness over the state of the former Kerr’s miniature railway at Arbroath after works on the adjacent east coast main line.
April
Angus environmental campaigner took on the might of the US Navy after food waste from an international exercise washed up on the coast near East Haven.
Cyclist George McClure and his family funded a new Forfar defibrillator after the 55-year-old had a brush with death when he came off his bike near the A90.
Bon Scott’s son was among thousands of ACDC fans who flooded Kirriemuir for the first Bonfest celebration in three years.
May
New rules were put in place to prevent motorhome owners from staying too long at Arbroath seafront.
Montrose Air Station Heritage Centre took delivery of an RAF Tornado GR4 which saw action in the Gulf War.
Angus driver Sandy Mitchell raced into the motorsport history books as the first two-time winner of the British GT Championship’s blue riband Silverstone 500.
June
Forfar Stags won a national football final 30 years on from playing together in a town pub team.
Pals of Arbroath man Bailey Menmuir raised thousands of pounds for local mental health charity Reach Across after taking on the Three Peaks Challenge.
Angus licensing board rejected a bid by De Vito’s nightclub in Arbroath for 3.30am weekend opening.
July
Dun Church hosted its final Sunday service after almost 190 years of worship.
An Angus osprey chick was saved by walkers as the summer heatwave caused the tree with its nest to collapse at Balgavies Loch.
Angus had a string of athletes in action at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham and coach Bob Christie led Scotland’s bowlers to golden glory.
August
Montrose MND sufferer Steven Pert’s sons raised more than £10,000 from a charity walk from Angus to Celtic Park.
Kirriemuir joiner James Robbie climbed 58 Munros during his two-week summer holiday to raise money for local charities.
Angus Falklands veteran Malcolm Wilson remained defiant after being told to take down a 16-foot pole flying the islands’ flag in his Arbroath garden.
September
Thousands flocked to Brechin to pay their respects to The Queen as the monarch’s funeral cortege made a brief stop en route from Balmoral to Holyrood Palace.
Trial medical drone flights between Stracathro Hospital and Ninewells in Dundee took off for the first time.
Kirrie Festival returned for the first time since the pandemic to welcome traditional music fans and players from across Scotland.
October
East Haven shone in the Beautiful Scotland awards scheme as the best coastal village and winner of the coveted top rosebowl prize.
Carnoustie Black Watch Private David Graham was honoured in a Belgian war cemetery ceremony 104 years on from his death on the Western Front.
Arbroath fan Lois Caird became an internet sensation after being snapped receiving a signed Fray Bentos pie from Lichties star Bobby Linn in a bit of Gayfield hospitality banter.
November
The bulldozers finally moved in on Forfar’s Lochside leisure centre to bring a five-year saga surrounding its future to an end.
A new Letham’s Feuars’ Committee was formed after controversy around the running of the historic village organisation.
Heritage enthusiasts lamented the loss of priceless Admiral Duncan artefacts lost when fire tore through 900-year-old Lundie Kirk.
December
It emerged Scottish Government agency Forestry and Land Scotland paid £17.5 million for Glen Prosen estate in Angus.
Retired Royal Marine Bill Muir from Letham made an emotional return to the Falkland Islands where he was one of the first defenders against the Argentine invasion of 1982.
And the year was rounded off with a huge turnout for a charity tractor run by Forfar JAC and the welcome return of Forfar Road Runners’ Plum Pudding Plod.
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