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.

Featured stories include:

Safe pair of hands as local Dad delivers baby at home

Athlone child rapist to appeal his sentence

Plans for 6m euro Monksland development unveiled

Brave girl donates hair in honour of late sister

Charity campaign launched after family’s devastating diagnosis

Elverys staff fear for their jobs

Jay Boland’s a hit at Cloonakilla NS

All the pictures from Garrycastle GAA club table quiz

Report and pictures: Athlone Town’s return to the big time in Sligo

Ward takes fourth national senior boxing crown

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).