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11 Things NOT to Do at Cheyenne Frontier Days (or Any Festival) Its so close! The start of the Daddy of Em All! The 125th Cheyenne Frontier Days is just about upon us and the excitement in the air is palpable. But as youre getting ready, as important as what you are planning throughout your enjoyment of the festival, maybe just as important is what NOT to do while youre attending Cheyenne Frontier Days, or any other festival for that matter. Sure, youre certainly wanting to go enjoy yourself w...

Yes, we know Cheyenne Frontier Days is next week. But another huge event is happening in just over one month from now. The wait for the event will finally be over on August 28th when Cheyennes Edge Fest 2021 hits the stage at the Civic Commons Park in Cheyennes West Edge District. And we now know the full lineup! The FREE show is going to set to go off full with concert goers, ton of vendors, plenty of food trucks, and so much more when it takes an even bigger stage...at least according to th...

Macra president Thomas Duffy on his dairy farm in Virginia, Co Cavan. \ Philip Doyle. The late emergence of self-proclaimed outsider candidate Daniel Long prevented the second successive unopposed coronation of a Macra president. John Keane was set to be elected unopposed, just as Thomas Duffy was two years ago. In 2019, at least there were robust contests for the three regional chairs, with nine candidates in all. This time only four people stood, and only Munster is being contested. The cou...

April 7, 2021 3:53 pm Elaine Houlihan has been elected the next Macra na Feirme Munster vice-president, beating stiff competition from Áine McCarthy. The total poll cast for Munster vice-president was 62, of which Houlihan secured a majority, with 42 votes cast in her name. She is currently the chairperson of Limerick Macra and her home club is Kilmallock Macra. Although she is a qualified physiotherapist, Houlihan currently works for a local TD in Co. Limerick. She is a former chairperson of ...

John Keane Facebook John Keane has been elected as the next president of Macra na Feirme, after the counting of ballots at the Irish Farm Centre in Dublin today (Wednesday, April 7). Keane, of Devil’s Bit Macra in north Tipperary, defeated Daniel Long in the postal ballot, which began with the issuing of ballots on March 17. The result follows a series of online hustings that took place over the course of March across the different Macra regions. Keane will take up the reins as president of ...

April 6, 2021 8:01 am One candidate of the two hoping to be elected as the next national president of Macra na Feirme has called for an independent scrutineer that is an “agreed person by both candidates” to be appointed to oversee this week’s election count. The candidate, Daniel Long, said that he will not be attending the election count, which is due to take place tomorrow afternoon (Wednesday, April 7) in the Irish Farm Centre at 2:00pm. In a message circulated to members of the youn...

Here are the 7 candidates for 2 Milton City Council seats left open by sudden resignations Annie Blanks, Pensacola News Journal © Annie Blanks/ablanks@pnj.com Former Milton City Councilman George Jordan speaks Monday, April 5, 2021, at a Milton City Council meeting, claiming the city has a hostile work environment. The deadline for all applications to fill the Ward 3 and Ward 4 seats was at 2 p.m. Monday, and the six remaining council members received a packet with all of the...

SHARING OPTIONS: The count is to take place next Wednesday 7 April at the Irish Farm Centre. \ Philip Doyle. Daniel Long, one of the Macra presidential candidates, has called for an independent scrutineer to be agreed upon by both candidates running for president and has said he will not be taking part in the count on Wednesday. Long told the Irish Farmers Journal that he is not pulling out of the race but will “not be partaking in the count in its curr...

EDITOR’S NOTE: This feature appeared in the March 10, 2021 Wilkes Journal-Patriot as part of its series of articles on the trails of northwestern North Carolina. North Carolina’s 1,120-mile-long Mountains-to-Sea Trail (MST) corridor stretches from the top of 6,643-foot Clingman’s Dome in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to Jockey’s Ridge on the coast. About 700 miles of the trail are complete, including a 44-mile section from the intersection of the Blue Ridge Parkway...

SHARING OPTIONS: Two candidates will battle it out to become the 38th president of Macra na Feirme. John Keane from Co Laois, a member of Devils Bit Macra in north Tipperary, and Daniel Long from south Tipperary are the two candidates for the role. There will be a battle for the role of Munster vice-president with Áine McCarthy from Imokilly in Cork and Elaine Houlihan both nominated. The elections of Leinster and North West vice-president look to be a mu...