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The recent convention of South Westmeath members of Fianna Fail saw four candidates put forward for the 2014 local election.

Labour TD Willie Penrose has welcomed an allocation of €19,000 in grant funding to projects in County Westmeath. The funding comes under the 2013 Local Agenda 21 Environmental Partnership Fund.

The Marie Keating Foundation would like to thank the people of Mullingar who supported them when their Mobile Information Unit visited Mullingar last Thursday for a cancer awareness day in conjunction with Whelehans Pharmacy. The Marie Keating specialist cancer nurse spent the day giving information on cancer and advice to those touched by cancer either directly or indirectly. The unit was located in front of Whelehans Pharmacy on Pearse Street for the day.

A couple of months ahead of schedule the council is to launch a pilot scheme for the sponsorship of its roundabouts.

The county council has given itself permission to redevelop a gritting depot, okayed the return of land formerly acquired for a motorway, and given three sites away for playgrounds.

Westmeath County Council is to launch a text alert service in an effort to communicate its work and its news more efficiently, it was revealed this week, September 23.

Arcadia is not an appropriate location for a supermarket, Westmeath’s county manager, Barry Kehoe, told Athlone Town Council on Wednesday evening, September 18.

The referendums scheduled for next month will bring to an end a little bit of local history, as it will be the last time a vote is to be held in Westmeath under the old electoral divisions.

Athlone town councillers had to make the arduous trip to Mullingar on Wednesday evening (September 18) for a meeting about the Athlone Town Development Plan, something they were not happy about.

This week sees the Atrium Exhibition space in the County Buildings, Mullingar feature an exciting new exhibition of paintings, prints, and etchings by Westmeath artist Patricia Kavanagh.