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.
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.
THE SPECTATOR would like to introduce the next person to take the reins at Bangor Grammar School – Elizabeth Huddleson. On Friday (28th) Mrs Huddleson was revealed at the grammar’s next principal, taking over from long-standing head Stephen Connolly when he retires at the end of this year.
GLENLOLA Collegiate was left reeling this week after the sudden death of teacher Claire Brook.
What can you do about budget cuts that could leave 14 of North Down’s primary schools thousands of pounds worse off and have sparked public outrage? Last week the Spectator revealed that proposed changes to the way schools are funded would mean a net loss of £180,000 to North Down’s primary schools sector.
BANGOR is to get a new theatre.
THE best of North Down’s companies were celebrating on Friday night at the end of another successful Bangor Business Awards. The 2013 awards - the 13th annual competition - saw a first with the inclusion of businesses outside Bangor but within North Down. And Holywood in particular made the most of the opportunity to pick up several awards.
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The issue is coming up before the council tomorrow night and, at this stage anyway, it...