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Arklow Town Football Club mourned yet another break with its illustrious history recently when veteran player Egon Therkelsen died, surrounded by his loving family, at the age of 90.

Wicklow guitarist Cathy McGuinness and her critically acclaimed indie rock band Pillow Queens released their new single ‘Suffer’ this week to the overwhelming praise of their ever-growing fan base.

A trainee crew member at Courtown RNLI Lifeboat was lucky enough to witness the Northern Lights from Courtown Beach on Sunday, November 5.

Arklow-based company Glenhaven Foods was recently named Family Business of the Year among four honours it landed at this year’s Irish Family Business Awards at the Mansion House in Dublin.

There was a fantastic sense of community spirit on show in Arklow when members from ‘The Writers’ Room’ group stopped by the Arklow Lifeboat Station to donate €1,000 in proceeds from sales of their new book ‘Glimpses’.

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The Arklow St. Vincent de Paul charity shop will mark World Kindness Day on Monday, November 13, by inviting past and present volunteers and customers to take a trip down memory lane and remember the store’s illustrious history at a community coffee morning.

After receiving a request for funding from Arklow CBS for their German twinning exchange programme, elected councillors have decided to extend an invitation to take part in the project to all post-primary schools in the district.

1’THE MAI’ COMES TO THE MERMAID: The Square One Theatre Group will bring its Autumn production ‘The Mai’ to the Mermaid Arts Centre in Bray between November 8 and 11.

Wicklow libraries are to get €13,808 to provide new computers, laptops, iPads and other ICT equipment for users and make their facilities “digitally inclusive places”.