In this week's Westmeath Independent

This week's edition is now on the shelves and is packed with 96 pages of news, sport, features, interviews and photography. It also includes a free Westmeath Independent 2014 calendar. 

Our stories include:

- Supermarkets at war over possible Aldi site

- Family of Roma boy to take legal action

- Athlone rap song is an internet hit

- Icy weather causes weekend accidents

- We show what the new cycleway bridge over the Shannon could look like

- Athlone is the 'rural capital for heroin' says judge

- Three awards for St Aloysius at Young Scientist & Technology Exhibition

- Local woman tells of her 11 stone weight loss

- Council to spend €12,000 on controversial Shannon plume

- Athlone Order of Malta looks back on its first 25 years

- Former Athlone Town FC stalwart Des Hope retires

- Marist College and Moate CS begin hunt for Leinster title

All this and much more can be found in this week’s paper, which is available in local outlets and can also be accessed in the ePaper format (for more on this option, click on 'ePaper' at the top of this page).