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Kilbeggan residents received a rare bit of good news recently when it was announced the council is to spend €400,000 to upgrade the town’s sewage treatment plant.

A Westmeath councillor has expressed concern about future development in some of the county’s smaller towns. Cllr Denis Leonard said he was worried that towns and villages like Kinnegad, Rochfortbridge, and Ballynacargy may be deprived of vital services in the future purely because their populations aren’t large enough.

Athlone Town Council has been congratulated on its success in taking estates in charge, but there is more work to do.

Led by calls from Cllr Paul Hogan, councillors voted to triple the council’s allocation towards RAPID projects, as they considered the town’s budget for 2013.

Shoppers and traders on the west side of Athlone will be left in darkness this Christmas as issues over broken street lights in the area continue.

Westmeath County Council is holding out hope that go-ahead will be given for a cycle path along the old Athlone to Mullingar railway.

Westmeath County Council is urging people to get ready for possible chaos on winter roads, by planning ahead within communities and residents associations.

Mayor of Athlone Cllr Jim Henson is to travel to Brussels in the coming weeks to formally accept the designation of Athlone as European Town of Sport for 2013.

Ballinahown’s Mark Rohan became a Paralympic gold medalist on Wednesday evening after winning the individual handbike time trial with a time of 35:41:54.

It’s not de-zoning, it’s not re-zoning, it’s just prioritising - and the council is not obliged to take responsibility for any losses landowners suffered if they made plans because their land was zoned.