Welcome to our special January issue, packed with local news and events. Once again, we have included a handy 2015 desk calendar which you can cut out and keep through the year. Find it on the inside back page.

We enjoyed another prolonged, sunny summer in 2014. Plenty of happy faces, and no worries about keeping the kids entertained during the summer holidays. The weather helped our local outdoor summer events enjoy bumper crowds. And rounding off the year, we enjoyed a number of excellent dramatic productions, including pantomime!

An exciting year ahead for The Advertizer as we will have been publishing your LOCAL magazine for 20 years! Yes, we can’t believe it either! Once again, we would like to take this opportunity to thank everyone for your continued support and look forward to working with you throughout 2015.

A special thanks to Suzanne and Linda in the office, the local Councillors and many other contributors who provide their news and updates and, of course, the local retailers, tradesmen and businesses for their ongoing support on which our community thrives.

Wishing you all the best for 2015!