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WIGHT LIVINGHE was captain of the school football team and won the cup three years in a row.
But by the time he was 13, Mark McEwan was already a convicted drug dealer and by 17 was one of the youngest inmates at Parkhurst Prison in modern times.

THIS ISLAND LIFETHE first paragraph of last week’s front-page story in this paper made my blood run cold.
It began: “It’s less than 100 pages long and largely made up of photographs, blank spaces and gibberish …”

THE VIEW FROM HEREIT'S an activity that is not defined by the illness,” says Sandra Kealty, in her passionate plea for Island support of Singing for the Brain, a national initiative spearheaded by the Alzheimer’s Society.

GARDENINGA TALE of yore has added further information to the yarn of the Brighstone Bean.

GARDENINGLAST weekend’s bout of summer sunshine meant thoughts about doing a bit of gardening could become reality.

GARDENINGRYDE Town Council is doing its bit to help the old town look good.

GARDENINGMY LITTLE piece about the Hungarian sarpo strain of blight-resistant potatoes resulted in an interesting response from the Savari Research Trust, which is developing numerous varieties.

LETTERSFrom Ken Thomas, Shanklin:
 RECENT events to prove our council's efforts to promote us as the Eco Island have no credence. Firstly we refuse to sign up to the fovernment's 10:10 Climate Change Initiative. We then refuse planning permission for any wind turbines and also fail to support the Vestas factory. So where does ECO come into that?

LETTERSFrom David Parkinson, Wootton Bridge:
I was intrigued to see a picture of the development at 17 Sun Hill (CP, 12-03-10) as I took an identical photograph of this cottage only a few weeks ago while walking through Cowes.

LETTERSFrom David Pritchard, Ryde:
THE IW Council needs to make substantial savings. Might I suggest they do away with town councils and town managers.

LETTERSFrom Simon Wratten, Fishbourne:
WITH a general election fast approaching, I find myself in the position of probably not voting for the first time ever and I don’t believe I’m alone.

LETTERSFrom Mark Newbery, Connecticut, USA:
I write this letter with a heavy heart upon hearing the sad news of the passing of Olive Saunders.

LETTERSFrom Rev. David Bevington, Shalfleet:
IT was a happy coincidence that you re-printed, on his 98th birthday, news of a 1935 athletics victory by Jack Barton, Shalfleet's oldest resident.

PROPERTY OF THE WEEKWHILE several centuries have left behind beautiful old features and quirky charm at picturesque Eddington Manor, the more recent past has seen the property rounded off perfectly.

Looking Back
100 Years Ago | 75 Years Ago | 50 Years Ago | 25 Years Ago | 10 Years Ago100 Years Ago - March 19, 1910
A HORSE attached to a milk float bolted in Park Lane, Ventnor.