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04 June 2010
At North Down Borough Council's Annual Meeting on Thursday 3 June, Councillor John Montgomery was unanimously elected as Mayor of North Down for 2010/11. |
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26 March 2009 |
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Click above to download letter from the Belfast City Airport Forum |
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More than two hundred soldiers, cadets and old comrades paraded through Bangor on Saturday 10 April as the Royal Irish Regiment exercised their right to march in North Down as Freemen of the Borough. |
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The time has come once again for Bangor to give recognition to business excellence with the launch of the Bangor Business Awards 2010. This year sees the awards celebrate their 10th anniversary and they were successfully launched on Friday 26th February in SIGNAL Business Centre of Excellence and are now fully underway. |
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North Down Borough Council topped two categories at the 2009 Northern Ireland Local Government Awards announced on Thursday evening (19 February 2010). The Council’s Grounds Maintenance Manager, Ian Beaney, was recognised as the Local Government Employee of the Year and the Council’s annual Visible Women event, run in partnership with Ards Borough Council, won the Women in Local Council’s category. Bangor Castle Walled Garden was a finalist for Best Improvement Project. |
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A Council-led consortium has secured almost £200,000 of PEACE III funding for the delivery of a peace-building project in Holywood that will aid the process of strengthening effective decision-making, whilst addressing the issues of sectarianism and racism. |
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As part of our work to promote responsible dog ownership, North Down Borough Council is talking to the dog owners of the future, whether they are in nursery, primary or secondary school. The interactive talks teach children about the care and attention they must exercise if they become dog owners. Personal safety around dogs is also discussed. |
Bangor 10K Saturday 26th September
2009
On Saturday 26th September 2009 North Down Borough
Councils's annual Bangor 10k Road Race took place
with 800 competitors running in the event. The day
was dry and warm and helped all participants stay
in good spirits. This year included Championchip timing
for all runners and recorded the first runner to complete
the Bangor 10k in 30 minutes and 06 seconds.
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here to find out more
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11 June 2009
At North Down Borough Council's Annual
Meeting on Thursday 11 June, Councillor Tony Hill
was unanimously elected Mayor of North Down for 2008/09.
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02 June 2009
30% of over 60 year olds in North Down
are putting their health at risk by not checking the
‘use by’ date on food labels according
to a survey(1) released today (2 June 2009) by safefood
and the Food Standards Agency Northern Ireland (FSANI).
The survey launches the national Food Safety Week,
which runs from 15 to 21 June 2009. |
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02 June 2009
The Bangor Classic 10K road race is
being held on Saturday 26 September.
The event, which is promoted by North Down Borough
Council and organised in conjunction with North Down
Athletics Club, will attract more than 350 runners—some
local and others international athletes. |
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08 April 2009
North Down’s wind turbine generated its first
gigawatt hour of clean renewable energy over a five-month
period from October 2008 to March 2009.
As well as supplying more than 4/5ths of the electricity
requirements of the Council’s waste transfer
station; the turbine ‘spilled’ extra electricity
onto the grid—to date the amount spilled is
sufficient to supply 240 homes for a year! |
Recycling Centre : Summer
Opening Hours
26 March 2009
Balloo Recycling Centre and Holywood Civic Amenity
Site: Summer Opening Hours
From Wednesday 1 April, Summer opening hours will
operate at the Council's Recycling Centre on Balloo
Avenue, Bangor, and at the Civic Amenity Site at Sullivan
Place, Holywood.
Summer opening hours are as follows:
Monday - Friday 8am-8pm
Saturday and Sunday 9am-6pm
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Sarah Stirk talks exclusively to Northern Irish golfer
Rory McIlroy on Setanta Sports' Out of Bounds golf
programme. - YOUTUBE
VIDEO |
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Rory McIlroy has a busy schedule for 2009 on both
sides of the Atlantic
Northern Ireland teenager Rory McIlroy has turned
down an invitation to join the US Tour after finishing
tied for 20th place at the Masters last weekend.
MORE
FROM BBC SPORT>>> |
Golfing sensation home after
win
"The teenager dubbed "the next Tiger Woods"
has returned to his County Down home after winning
his first competition on the European Tour. "
Full
story at BBC online |
2009 Bin Collection Calendars
Now Available
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PDF Calendars of Domestic Bin Collections |
