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Athlone Tidy Towns Committee is calling on the local community to help spring clean Athlone in the last week of April.

The Athlone Tidy Towns Committee will hold its annual general meeting on Tuesday March 3 at 8pm in the Community Centre, Lyster Street, Athlone. All are welcome.

Bishop of Kerry, Athlone native Bishop Ray Browne, is to be special guest at this year’s Athlone Tidy Towns Awards on Wednesday.

Athlone has retained the ‘clean’ title it earned in last year’s Anti-Litter League; however the latest report reveals that some sites are still plagued by chewing gum, litter, and rubbish dumping.

Colm Quinn will be bringing BMW back to Galway with a fully-fledged dealership in a prime location on the Tuam Road, at the Excelsior garage site.

A two-year, ongoing project to complete a 5km riverside trail around the westside of Athlone will be open in time for the summer, it was revealed this week.

Athlone’s ‘clean’ status according to the latest IBAL report was welcomed by councillors this week, who attributed the improvement in ranking in recent years to the efforts of Athlone Tidy Towns.

Fine Gael town councillor Alan Shaw has welcomed the latest IBAL (Irish Business Against Litter) report which highlights the continued need for targeted investment in litter control measures all year around.

Athlone Tidy Towns is set to have its AGM next week on March 3 in the Athlone Town Civic Centre at 8pm. Athlone Tidy Towns is judged in the tidiest large urban centre categories G & H. In 2008 Athlone scored 231 points, up marginally on last year.

The creation of three new jobs and use of a brand new van with a logo are just two of the exciting projects under way by Athlone Tidy Towns Committee, which held its AGM on Tuesday this week.