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THERE must be scores, even hundreds, of trees planted across the region by town mayors to commemorate coronations past but, sadly, now most have…

HERE is a great picture from a Tyldesley Charity Ball in the 1960s.

This year’s National Library Week will be observed beginning Sunday and continuing through Saturday. The Marshall County Public Libraries—Benwood-McMechen, Cameron and Moundsville — will be celebrating several special activities. The NLW theme is “There’s More to the Story.’’ The Marshall County Commissioners have signed a proclamation to announce the county’s observance of National Library Week, […]

HERE is a wonderful old picture from the archives which was taken in wartime Tyldesley.

A local councillor has highlighted the need for community buildings in Naas while querying Kildare Co Council’s plans for the old library at the harbour.

KILDARE County Council is appealing for relatives of people from the Civil War from the county to attend a national event next month.

HERE is a great picture featuring residents from the 1970s which we found in the archives.

It is 70 years since the people of Britain last saw a new monarch crowned amid great pomp and ceremony, so the coronation of King Charles III in a…

IT is 70 years since the people of Britain last saw a new monarch crowned amid great pomp and ceremony, so the coronation of King Charles III in a…

It is easy to talk on and on about writers and their books without asking the crucial question: does writing pay at all? If writing pays, how does it pay? Where are the key examples? Often cited as the greatest writer in the English language and the bane of every high school student’s existence, it […]