Mayor of North Down Andrew Muir has hosted a reception in Bangor Town Hall to mark the 40th anniversary of the founding of the local branch of Bangor and North Down Samaritans.

NINETEEN year old Fiona Anderson from Holywood was awarded second place at the Miss Ulster Competition, held at Titanic Belfast last weekend.

TALENTED Bangor author Molly Malcolm is enjoying global literary success thanks to her first book inspired by her childhood.

A BANGOR woman has been shortlisted in the Respiratory Nursing class at the 2013 Nursing Times Awards, to be held on October 30 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.

WHAT better way to celebrate a class reunion than raising over £1,000 for two cancer charities, all thanks to the Class of ‘91 from Glenlola Collegiate.

LIVE drama is back on stage for Bangor.

VETERAN councillor Brian Wilson has called for roads bosses to put the brakes on Bangor West's car parking chaos.

Further to a request from reader and follower Rebecca Black (who survived work experience at the Spectator to go on to her own journalistic career) for some driving advice we have put together this guide to autumn driving.

HOLYWOOD has cleaned up in another of Northern Ireland's prestigious annual Best Kept Town Competitions - by running out the winner yet again!

BANGOR'S heroes are back in town after taking part in the UK's first joint training mission with German reserve forces.