Alan Millar

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Policing Board and Council refuse to deny PCSP grant funding panel row

Jul 22, 2024 | ballymoneychronicle.co.uk | Alan Millar

THE NI Policing Board and Causeway Coast and Glens Council (CC&G) have refused to deny speculation that a storm has erupted within the local Police and Community Safety Partnership (PCSP). The PCSP, comprised of councillors and independent members, identifies issues of public concern in relation to policing and community safety and work to improve co-operation with the police. They also administer a small grants fund.
'Seismic' change in North Antrim as Allister unseats Paisley

Jul 4, 2024 | ballymoneychronicle.co.uk | Alan Millar

TUV leader Jim Allister is the new Westminster MP for North Antrim after narrowly defeating sitting MP Ian Paisley by just 450 votes in the election. The North Antrim Seat has held by the DUP for 54 years, with Mr Paisley’s father winning the seat in 1970. Mr Allister said there is "no escaping the fact there has been a political earthquake in North Antrim of seismic proportions".
Polling gets underway across North Antrim

Jul 3, 2024 | ballymoneychronicle.co.uk | Alan Millar

POLLING stations are now open across the North Antrim Westminster constituency as they are across the UK for the Westminster election. There are 18 constituencies in Northern Ireland as a whole. Polling stations opened at 7am this morning and will remain open until 10pm this evening. From Ballycastle to Ballymena, from Bushmills to Portglenone, voters now have their opportunity to select their MP.
OBE for David

Jun 28, 2024 | ballymoneychronicle.co.uk | Alan Millar

BALLYMONEY veterinary professional and charity activist David McKeown has said that he is “genuinely shocked and humbled” after being awarded an OBE in the King's Birthday Honours list ‘For services to the Veterinary Profession’. These services include many years involvement with the charity Vetlife, who provide free, confidential support to people from the veterinary community who have emotional, health or financial problems.
‘Increasing frustration’ at High Street disruption

Jun 20, 2024 | ballymoneychronicle.co.uk | Alan Millar

CONCERNS have been raised about the disruption being caused by the ongoing Public Realm improvements taking place on High Street and adjoining streets in Ballymoney. High Street has been down to single lane traffic, with a massive reduction in parking spaces, for weeks, with apparently no end in sight. Rev.
The 40th anniversary Coleraine Historical Society conference is ‘outstanding success’

May 17, 2024 | ballymoneychronicle.co.uk | Alan Millar

DID you know there was a Cushendall landlord who wanted to use his vast fortune to make the glens village a centre for global human reconciliation? I didn’t – his name was Francis Turnly. Or did you know that a Limavady man went on a great tour of America in the 1830s and was hobnobbing with both the widow of Irish patriot Wolf Tone and the first Ulster-Scots President Andrew Jackson? I didn’t - his name was Thomas Cather.
Ulster University 'delighted' to be welcoming Coleraine Historical Society on campus for special conference

May 3, 2024 | ballymoneychronicle.co.uk | Alan Millar

ULSTER University is “delighted” to be welcoming Coleraine Historical Society onto its campus next Wednesday (May 8) for a special one day conference marking the history society's 40th anniversary. In conjunction with the History Department at UU, the Preserving Local History in the Causeway Coast and Glens and Beyond conference will take place in I Block of the UU Coleraine Campus, from 9am-5pm, with a host of exciting panels in store.
Coleraine Historical Society marks 40th anniversary with local history conference

Apr 24, 2024 | ballymoneychronicle.co.uk | Alan Millar

COLERAINE Historical Society is marking its 40th anniversary by hosting a one day local history conference. It is taking place on Wednesday, May 8, in conjunction with the History Department at Ulster University. The Preserving Local History in the Causeway Coast and Glens and Beyond conference will take place in I Block of the UU Coleraine Campus, from 9am-5pm, with a host of exciting panels in store.
Controversial council car parking charges deferred

Apr 3, 2024 | colerainechronicle.co.uk | Alan Millar

THERE will be no car parking charges in three Ballycastle seafront car parks until at least the end of April, after councillors deferred a Sinn Féin motion to rescind a decision to introduce seasonal charging, to allow legal advice to be sought. Sea front residents, businesses, boat-owners and Rathlin island residents had been up in arms over seasonal parking charges to come into force from April 1, after a permit system failed to materialize.
‘Shock’ at the ‘epidemic’ levels of litter in Ballymoney

Mar 4, 2024 | ballymoneychronicle.co.uk | Alan Millar

A BALLYMONEY woman, shocked at the “epidemic” levels of litter, locally, has urged people “take the matter into our own hands” and pick up litter, when they are out walking. Alison Clarke, who lived in England for many years, has felt so strongly about the issue that she contacted councillors from the five main parties in Ballymoney, on the Environmental Committee to urge them to prioritize the issue.