What's in the Westmeath Independent this week

We have another packed Westmeath Independent on the shelves today (Thursday). Featured in this week's edition are: *How a group of ESB technicians saved a local farmer from serious injury *Details of two Garda drugs operations in the region *We reveal the significant loss Athlone Town Council is predicting for the day to day running costs of the new Luan Gallery and Athlone Castle development. *Details of the commercial rates to be levied on Athlone businesses in 2013, *Festive pictures from Christmas lights ceremonies at MIchael Irwin's in Glasson and Johnny Conlon's in Mount Temple *A fascinating firsthand account of patrolling the deserts of Western Sahara with the United Nations. *Two pages of Christmas art by the students of St Mary's NS *News of the comings and goings at the helm of some of the main club gaelic football teams in the country. All this and more in this week's paper, which available in local outlets and can also be accessed in the ePaper format (for more on this option, see: http://www.westmeathindependent.ie/epaper#undefined)