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Painting, sculpture and crafts created by well-known Mayo artists will be for sale and display on Sunday December 14 in Kiltimagh Town Hall Gallery on James Street, Kilkelly Road across from the sculpture park.

Friday August 8

At the Castlebar Area Committee Meeting on Monday it was proposed that €300,000 from a €390,000 social and economic fund will be put towards Castlebar’s Main Street refurbishments, boosting total funding for the project to €900,000 — with the town and county council also funding €300,000 each.

The Mayo Male Voice Choir start the 2008/2009 season with rehearsals in the Galway/Mayo Regional College, Castlebar this Thursday the September 11 and every Thursday at 8pm. New members are always welcome; auditions take place on the first two Thursday evenings.With 46 members we now have a great sound and the future looks good. Our new repertoire includes some Irish favourites like “Danny Boy” and “The West’s Asleep”, with hits from the musicals and of course the great male voice coral numbers like “ Do You Hear the People Sing” from “Les Miserables” and “The Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves” from Nabucco, we are also rehearsing Handel’s famous Hallelujah Chorus. and many more excellent numbers to add to our already large repertoire. This gives our Musical Director Deirdre Lee a great challenge, which she has proved she is well capable of handling. We have also launched our new website, at www.mayomalevoicechoir.com. Please check it out and we would welcome comments.

Saturday March 7

In a picture reminiscent of a scene from the 1998 movie Armageddon, members of the Ballyglass RNLI crew pose for the opening shot of Bank of Ireland’s 2009 calendar. Second coxswain Pat Walker and eight of the Ballyglass RNLI crew, more used to the challenge of the high seas, feature in the bank’s quarter of a million calendars that this year profile the volunteering and fundraising efforts of its 16,000 employees both at home and abroad.

Mayo winners

Castlebar structural design company SDS Ltd, won the prestigious LAMA (Local Authority Members’ Association) award for Best Architect at the Zurich sponsored awards.

An 18-year-old man who in an unprovoked attack struck another man twice in the face was before Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.

A 63-year-old farmer who refused to give a sample after being detected for drink driving and threw the urine sample jug at a wall, was convicted, fined, and disqualified at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday.