VISITORS to Dromore could be forgiven for thinking the town has gone to the dogs, if the car park next to the Gospel Hall at Cross Lane is anything to go by.

THERE were fresh calls this week for an extension to Dromore town centre’s one-hour parking restriction, with public resentment still simmering more than a year after The Leader first flagged up frustration over fines.

RECYCLING in the district is set to increase thanks to Banbridge District Council’s latest weapon against waste.

ONE of the key architects of the successful campaign to save Skeagh House has joined the police station debate by suggesting effective local policing may not, in fact, depend on the Dromore, base staying open at all costs.

DROMORE’S thriving Friends of the Cancer Centre support group is forging ahead with fresh fundraising plans, having last year raised an amazing £13,334 for vital services.

A MUSICAL chairs feel to the launch of consultation on the proposed closure of Dromore Police Station has struck a sour note locally and raised fears of a poor turnout by a confused public.

EFFORTS to establish a permanent tribute to motorcycle racing’s Dromara Destroyers are understood to be right on track, with another fundraising event coming up next month.

A FRESH plea for the public to offer up their views on plans to close Dromore Police Station has come with an announcement that the last nine months saw crime in E District consistently decrease, with clearance rates on the up.

DROMORE’S Thornhill Community Association this week stressed that a recent assault in the estate was in no way typical of an area that had made great strides and led the way in strengthening relationships with police.

DROMORE residents will soon have the chance, at two face-to-face meetings with the PSNI later this month, to hammer home their opposition to the planned closure of the town’s police station.

THERE has been yet another change to the date and venue for the first public consultation meeting to discuss the proposed closure of Dromore Police Station.

AT the January meeting of Dromore WI the President Orleen Martin welcomed all members to the first meeting of the new year and also extended a warm welcome to Margaret Ellis from Banbridge Citizens’ Advice Bureau.

THE February 15 public meeting -announced by police last Monday - to discuss the proposed closure of Dromore Police Station, has been postponed for a week.

THE people of Dromore are being disadvantaged by the decision to hold this month’s public meeting about the town’s Police Station in Banbridge.

DROMORE viaduct is fast becoming the venue of choice for charity abseil events and the Northern Ireland Children’s Hospice is the latest to line up the one-time railway route for a high-rise fundraiser.

A PUBLIC meeting is to be held in Dromore with a view to planning a Diamond Jubilee event in town.

ULSTER Unionist councillor Carol Black says she is delighted with the new Kerbside Recycling Scheme which will start at the beginning of April.

PROFOUND sorrow and a sense of disbelief was felt throughout the Loughbrickland and Banbridge district and indeed much further afield when it was learned of the sudden passing of Mr. Isaac Alexander Moorhead which occurred at his home 6 Maple Drive, Loughbrickland on Wednesday January 11.

Dromore and District Male Voice Choir will perform with internationally renowned Northern Irish Soprano & Universal Records Artist, Margaret Keys, at Belfast’s Ulster Hall on Friday February 24 at 7.45pm, in support of Age NI’s Spread the Warmth campaign.

BANBRIDGE District will lose six-and-a-half hours of library time following the review into opening hours across Northern Ireland.