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The local paper for Carrickfergus since 1883
The local paper for Carrickfergus since 1883
Fri, May 18, 2012
Thursday, 17 May 2012
A FORMER policeman from Carrickfergus is to stand trial accused of strangling his ex-wife, a judge ruled this week.The b...
Thursday, 17 May 2012
ALLIANCE East Antrim MLA, Stewart Dickson, today called on local residents to have a free health check from the Money Ad...
Thursday, 17 May 2012
NORTHERN Ireland's flagship Armed Forces Day returns to Carrickfergus on Saturday 30 June. Taking place along Carrickfe...
Thursday, 17 May 2012
ON FRIDAY 4th May 2012, a Graduation Ceremony was held for the Year 12 pupils of Downshire School.During the ceremony th...
Thursday, 10 May 2012
A GREENISLAND resident whose Knocksallagh Park home was the first of three properties attacked by arsonists last Wednesd...
Thursday, 10 May 2012
THE Speech and Drama section of Carrickfergus Festival is underway in the Town Hall, Carrickfergus with great support fr...
Thursday, 10 May 2012
CARRICKFERGUS Rotary Club and Carrickfergus Inner Wheel joined forces just before Christmas to raise funds for local cha...
Thursday, 10 May 2012
OVER 1000 cars are speeding on Victoria Road in Carrickfergus every day, but police caught just four speeding motorists ...
Thursday, 3 May 2012
BALLYCLARE traders and councillors have stated that the long-awaited Ballyclare relief road project is a vital priority ...
Thursday, 3 May 2012
TWO 15-year-old schoolboys undertook a cycling challenge to raise money for Cancer Research.David Reid and Danny McGil f...
Thursday, 3 May 2012
CARRICKFERGUS Borough Council is delighted to announce that they have awarded Carrickfergus Community Forum a grant of £...
Thursday, 3 May 2012
ON THE 7th April West Street Traders held a prize draw with the winner, Michelle Noble, collecting her grand prize, cons...
Thursday, 26 April 2012
A CARRICKFERGUS parents and teachers group last week shared in a grants windfall from the Big Lottery Fund's Awards for ...
Thursday, 26 April 2012
AT A well-attended event held in the Carrickfergus Marina, local people who had completed a recent Exploring Enterprise ...
Thursday, 26 April 2012
BELOW is a statement released by Carrickfergus College and Downshire School in response to last week's story in the Adve...
Thursday, 19 April 2012
PLANS drawn up by the North Eastern Education and Library Board will, if implemented, bring massive changes to how secon...
Thursday, 19 April 2012
A 'Girls night in' fundraising event to raise awareness and money for Breast Cancer Research UK will be held at the Wind...
Thursday, 19 April 2012
RAILWAY campaigners have stepped up their efforts to have more express trains on the east Antrim line between Larne, Car...
Thursday, 19 April 2012
WHITEFIELD Community Centre has recently undergone major refurbishment at a cost of more than £150,000.Conference and me...
Thursday, 12 April 2012
THOUSANDS of people came out onto the streets of Carrickfergus on Easter Monday to welcome three thousand Apprentice Boy...
Thursday, 12 April 2012
CARRICKFERGUS student, Simon Clarke, is one of the lucky few to be chosen to carry the Olympic torch when the famous fla...
Thursday, 12 April 2012
A 31-year-old woman arrested last week by police investigating the murder of Simon Tang in Carrickfergus 16 years ago ha...
Thursday, 5 April 2012
A CARRICKFERGUS woman arrested in connection with the murder of Simon Tang in the town 16 years ago has been released pe...
Thursday, 5 April 2012
IT has emerged that a Whitehead man played a leading part in designing the new Titanic centre which opened in Belfast la...
Thursday, 5 April 2012
AROUND 45 elderly residents and staff at a care home in Carrickfergus had to be evacuated after a smell of gas was notic...
Thursday, 5 April 2012
TWO students at Carrick schools made it into the final of a prestigious competition to find the 'All Ireland Youth Volun...
Thursday, 29 March 2012
AROUND a thousand mourners packed into Saint Nicholas Parish Church in Carrickfergus on Sunday to celebrate the life of ...
Thursday, 29 March 2012
AN author with family roots in Carrickfergus has written a novel based on the life of her grandfather who grew up in Iri...
Thursday, 29 March 2012
EAST Antrim Alliance MLA, Stewart Dickson, welcomed Alliance Party Deputy Leader and MP for East Belfast, Naomi Long, to...
Thursday, 22 March 2012
DETECTIVES investigating the murder of Simon Tang in Carrickfergus 16 years ago are hoping last night's (Tuesday) Crimew...
Thursday, 22 March 2012
A SPECIAL event held in Carrickfergus Town Hall at the weekend marked 30 years of ground-breaking charity work by local ...
Thursday, 22 March 2012
PUPILS from primary schools situated along the Larne railway line have been treated to a complimentary trip on-board one...
Thursday, 15 March 2012
A CARRICKFERGUS politician has been asked to explain why he continues to draw his salary as a local councillor after pub...
Thursday, 15 March 2012
LARNE High School had a visit from the STEM mobile laboratory recently.Launched in 2009, the STEM Module is a mobile lab...
Thursday, 15 March 2012
SEPTEMBER 1 1952 saw the founding of Boys Brigade and Girls Brigade Companies attached to First Presbyterian Church Carr...
Thursday, 8 March 2012
A NEW comedy television show about aliens attacking the earth will be set in Carrickfergus. On 20 March filming of the p...
Thursday, 8 March 2012
VETERAN Cllr Stewart Dickson has announced he will be standing down from Carrickfergus Council, where he has been a memb...
Thursday, 8 March 2012
THE East Antrim Alliance Association held its Annual General Meeting in Carrickfergus on Wednesday 29 February with Judi...
Thursday, 1 March 2012
SEVEN Council-owned commercial leisure facilities have posted losses of over £5.8m during a three year period, it has be...
Thursday, 1 March 2012
THE shutters came down permanently last week on another Carrickfergus shop-front with the closure Peacocks on Antrim Str...
Thursday, 1 March 2012
SAFETY Sam, an innovative concept to introduce workplace safety messages to primary school children has made an appearan...
Thursday, 23 February 2012
WITH construction work well underway on West Street in preparation for the regeneration of Carrickfergus, the Carrick Ad...
Thursday, 23 February 2012
ALLIANCE Cllr Stewart Dickson has urged apprehensive traders to 'have patience' while re-construction work is being carr...
Thursday, 23 February 2012
THE local motor trade in the Borough was stunned by the sudden death of Stephen Mitchell, who was shop manager at East A...
Thursday, 16 February 2012
WORK to widen the A2 Shore Road at Greenisland will begin in early 2013 it has been announced.Regional Development Minis...
Thursday, 16 February 2012
A CONTROVERSIAL Facebook page caused uproar within the borough last week after posting information about various 'crimes...
Thursday, 16 February 2012
CARRICKFERGUS Community Forum was one of 28 Northern Ireland companies awarded with the prestigious Investors in People ...
Thursday, 9 February 2012
"YOU have put a nail into my coffin." These were the words spoken by worried retailer Samantha Dale to the contractor in...
Thursday, 9 February 2012
LUCY Gray, a 17-year-old student from Carrickfergus Grammar School has been named as one 20 winners in the sixth annual ...
Thursday, 9 February 2012
THIS year 'Diamond Woods' will be springing up across the country as nature lovers make their contribution to the Queen'...
Thursday, 2 February 2012
A SECOND person has come forward to again warn residents in the borough regarding the computer hacking scam which appear...
Thursday, 2 February 2012
THE Larne Line Passenger Group, which was set up over seven years ago by users of the Larne Railway Line who wanted to s...
Thursday, 2 February 2012
RESIDENTS of Quarry Cottages in Whitehead have become concerned over the increasingly dangerous state of the main pathwa...
Thursday, 26 January 2012
A CARRICKFERGUS woman has warned other residents in the town of an Internet scam which could end up costing them hundred...
Thursday, 26 January 2012
A 16-YEAR-OLD who died following an accident in Carrickfergus last year was riding an off-road motorcycle that should no...
Thursday, 26 January 2012
LOCAL pharmacist Jonathan Lloyd was honoured at a glittering event in Belfast on Saturday, January 21 in recognition of ...
Thursday, 19 January 2012
THE racist murder of a Chinese businessman in Carrickfergus in 1996 has "cast a shadow" over the town which will not be ...
Thursday, 19 January 2012
THE temporary closure of Carrickfergus leisure centre in December was prompted by the discovery of legionella bacteria w...
Thursday, 12 January 2012
THE Board of Governors, Principal, Staff and Pupils of Carrickfergus Grammar School had reason to be delighted this past...
Thursday, 12 January 2012
STORMONT Social Development Minister Nelson McCausland has said the public realm works due to begin this month in Carric...
Thursday, 5 January 2012
CARRICKFERGUS Council has the worst health and safety record of any district council in Northern Ireland, according to f...
Thursday, 5 January 2012
THE winner of this year's Dr W M Loughridge Memorial Trust Bursary is Stuart Davis, from Carrickfergus.Stuart, a former ...
