Complex sentence: Lewis Grassic Gibbon hailed from the area and wrote about life in the Mearns; the Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre is located next to the Village Hall, near the Post Office.
Split into simpler sentences: Lewis Grassic Gibbon hailed from the area and wrote about life in The Mearns. The Lewis Grassic Gibbon Centre is located next to the Village Hall, near the Post Office.