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Tide and Turf is back at Portavogie
PORTAVOGIE Harbour is set to come alive next weekend as Tide and Turf returns for a celebration of food.
Running from 12 noon to 5pm...
Connollys of Moy and Menarys Announce Major Partnership
Two of Northern Ireland’s most trusted family names are set to make shopping accessible to customers across the region.
ONE of the most significant high...
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Isle of Man adventure for local scouts
THE Isle of Man was the location for an eight-day summer camp for 2nd Ards Scouts.
Twenty-two young people, accompanied by six adult volunteers, took...
Ards man was in Nashville on day Dolly Parton died
By Sarah Curran
CELEBRATING his 50th birthday in a Nashville bar, a Newtownards man described the ‘surreal’ moment he learned of Dolly Parton’s death.
Having just...
Dundonald pensioner says Trust lost her cats
By Lesley Walsh
A DUNDONALD pensioner has been left heartbroken after her two beloved cats were placed in a shelter after she suffered a stroke...
Well known Ards family to celebrate 100th anniversary with charity fundraiser
CELEBRATING over 100 years of being part of the fabric of Newtownards, the Cafolla family hopes to raise funds for a charity close to...
Living legend Tommy honoured for huge Children’s Hospice support
By Ismay Woods
LEGENDS will often be memorialised in statute form – but one local ‘living legend’ has been captured in an unusual way –...
Geese invasion sparks concern
By Julie Waters
A KILLINCHY farmer fears his family’s Highland cattle could be forced off their idyllic island home after an invasion by thousands of...
A New Chapter for a Much Loved Donaghadee Business
A well-known Donaghadee business is beginning an exciting new chapter after 57 years in the town, having been established by the Dunn family.
Previous owner...
Horse rally returns with beach, batons and brave hearts
Five teams of riders will thunder along the sand this Saturday as Donaghadee’s best-loved summer festival tradition, the Horse Relay, returns to the town’s...
First look at Newtownards’ new library
PLANS for a major new library and citizens’ hub in the heart of Newtownards have been unveiled, giving local people a first look at...
Killinchy dad raises over £15k for hospital which saved his daughter
By Lesley Walsh
MORE than £15,000 has been raised for a specialist children’s hospital unit which helped save the life of a three year-old girl.
A...
Campaign running to seek return of Norman ‘Movilla Stones’
By Julie Waters
THE campaign to return Movilla Abbey’s 13th century Anglo-Norman coffin lids to the borough is gathering pace, eight years after they were...