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ComberOnline is pleased to announce the
launch of the Comber Historical Directory.

An "ebook", authored by Jim Gracey, and approved by The Comber Historical Society, is now available for download in pdf. format.
The download was made public when Jim Gracey and
Mayor Jim Fletcher officially made the Directory Live on the site.
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Submitted by The Editor on Tue, 2008-08-19 23:24.
Residents at the Mill village development in Comber have celebrated being the first householders in the town to be connected to the newly extended natural gas network. Senior figures from the gas industry this week joined local elected representatives at the Mill to mark the significant occasion with a breakfast launch.
Addressing those present Phoenix Group Chief Executive Peter Dixon said:
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Submitted by The Editor on Wed, 2008-07-23 20:32.
Over 380 young people in Ards will have the opportunity to take part in the Northern Ireland Summer Splash Scheme designed to help prevent them from getting involved in anti-social activities during the summer.
Commenting on the Ards Scheme Criminal Justice Minister, Paul Goggins said: “It is a great opportunity for young people to get involved in exciting activities this summer, have fun, learn new skills, meet new friends and also undertake activities to benefit not just themselves but others in their own communities.
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Submitted by The Editor on Wed, 2008-07-23 20:30.
Ards Borough Council has presented a local primary school with a special ‘bouquet’ to mark its 70th anniversary.
A decorative carpet bedding scheme has been created by the Council’s Parks and Cemeteries staff in Comber Square to commemorate Comber Primary School’s establishment in 1938.
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Submitted by The Editor on Tue, 2008-07-01 17:07.

Comber is now officially on the ‘Highway To Health’ with two new walking routes being launched in the town.
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Submitted by The Editor on Sun, 2008-06-08 21:44.
The final countdown to bin changes is on, with Ards switching to a fortnightly collection of grey bins from next week (Monday 2nd June).
The switch in service means that across the Ards grey bins will be collected one week and blue bins will be collected the next. The move is a bid to reduce the amount of waste which needlessly goes to landfill and to boost the Ards area’s recycling rate from 25% to 40%, avoiding potentially huge fines from Europe.
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Submitted by The Editor on Mon, 2008-05-26 14:57.