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It is not often that you can go out and have a good time while also helping your community, but that is what is happening in Moate on the afternoon of June 19 when the Moate Dún na Sí amenity park holds a fun day for all the family. The event will be the first in a series of organised activities to bring the intended Midland Amenity Park to reality for the town of Moate and its surrounding communities.

Just 1,300 people living in Westmeath are registered to vote for the upcoming Seanad elections on the National University of Ireland (NUI) panel, one of just three panels which allows members of the public to vote.

An investigation is under way into a house fire which claimed the life of a 65-year-old man in Moate this week.

A man wanted by Gardai for his alleged involvement in the Ward-Joyce feud which flared outside the courthouse last week and escalated to see two men assaulted at Creggan on the old Dublin road, was given a highly conditional bail, contrary to Garda opinion, in the District Court this week (December 1).

Athlone is to host the All-Ireland Marching Band Association Finals for the second year in succession later this month.

Residents of Mullingar will soon have the opportunity to recycle kitchen and garden waste from their own homes, with the roll-out of the brown bin services in the coming weeks.

It is likely that a speed limit of 100kmph will be reinstated on the old N6 between Athlone and Rochfortbridge following a period of consultation, commenced this week.

The N6 Kilbeggan to Athlone national road scheme which was officially opened this week, is great news for business in the midland and west regions, it was claimed at the opening.

Cllr Tom Allen has “never seen Moate look as dirty”, he revealed at last week’s Athlone Area Committee meeting, as he called on Westmeath County Council to take immediate action to clean up the town.

A very special art exhibition comes to Moate this month, with the launch of the ‘Best Moments’ exhibition next Friday October 10. Featuring the work of Monica Maxwell, the body of work reflects some of the artist’s passions and happiest childhood memories, as well as coinciding with the birth of her first child.