In this week's Westmeath Independent

This week's Westmeath Independent is now on the shelves and features 88 pages of the best local news, sports, features and photography coverage. Our stories include:

* Local soldier to be laid to rest with full military honours

* Athlone River Festival cancelled over finance concerns

* Woman in her 30s questioned over hit and run

* New westside secondary school to cater for 1,000 pupils

* Jobs blow as Milestone store closes

* Feature: Finding friendship and comfort in breast cancer support group

* TD says 1,500 people applied for three council jobs in Westmeath 

* Crowds double at 175th Moate Agricultural Show

* PHOTOS: Athlone Community College and Marist College graduations; Wedding of Roisin Finneran and Michael O'Donnell; Moate Show; Seamus Meade Family Day, Retirement Party at Custume Barracks

* Rosemount's Rachel helps Irish athletic team claim gold in Swansea

* Paralympian Declan Slevin 'humbled' by huge local support as trip to Rio beckons

* Full coverage of last weekend's Westmeath GAA club championship action

* Athlone's Robbie Benson reflects on wonder goal as Dundalk face Europe League challenge

All this and more is included in this week's edition, which is in shops now and can also be accessed online, through the ePaper link at the top of this page.