October 30th 2020

NEWS
Awards at Skerries Community College 3,7
News briefs 5-7
Dave West Art Exhibition 6
Tree talks 6
RNLI rescue 10
Planting a meadow 11

COVER STORY
Our Skerries retailers in lock down – how to shop local even when the doors are closed 8,10
Skerries retailers directory 22

FEATURES
Halloween Houses 5,21
Skerries Community College teachers for book week 6,10,20
Skerries 2021 Calendar winners 12,13,24,25
Drop Everything And Read Week 14
Halloween House Hunt 16,17
Twin Towns 20
Ice Cream at Skerries Community College 23,26
Aya Zomer in Comhairle na nÓg 26

REGULARS
Paul Hopkins 4
Ray Tobin’s Skerries Quiz 5,28
Karen Power 15
Karen Gray 19
Tides 26
Tom Reilly 27
Classifieds 28
Dog of the Week – Lyra 29
Dave Diebold 30

EDITORS
David and Emily Diebold – [email protected]

THIS MONTH’S CONTRIBUTORS
Words: Karen Gray, Paul Hopkins, Geraldine McQuillan, Karen Power, Tom Reilly, Ray Tobin, Aya Zomer Photos: Emer Baggott, Elizabeth Balcombe, Ciara Beggs, Dominik Bulicz, Gerry Canning, Ciarán Carney, Ed Cook, Sarah Dorris, Laura Jane Dowling, Rosie Duff, Daniel Geesen, Charles Heasman, Tanushree Gupta, Kevin Keane, Grace Kelly, Anne Marie Hickey, Eibhlín Kearns, Mary Marsden, Anna Merritt, Karen Morgan, Dermot Mulholland, Amanda McGonagle, Grace McGuire, Elisa Navarro, Gearoid Payne, Fiona Spelman, Deborah Stevens, David Taylor

COVER PHOTO:
Skerries retailers – Louise Hanlon, Doreen Shankey, Jane Bracken, Annmarie Dowling & Michelle McGealy. Photos: Emily Diebold