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After nine months of hard work, the Busby Fire Department’s new fire hall is officially in service.

After 34 years at St. Mary School, band teacher Oscar-Jose Garcia will officially retire at the end of this school year.

From how to do a barrel roll in a plane to skiing without a ski hill to writing and performing a song — Westlock native Stephen Robinson has learned it all over the last year.

It will be a night under the stars with a new classic on the silver screen. On June 4, in conjunction with the Vintage Tractor and Machinery Club’s annual show, residents will get to take in a classic drive-in movie.

For years, students at Westlock Elementary School have been hard at work selling ice cream to raise money for the school’s charity fund.

The Victoria Day long weekend marks the opening of both museums in Westlock. The Westlock Pioneer Museum kicks off the 2016 season with its annual pancake breakfast from 8 a.m. to 10 a.m. on Monday, May 23. Admission is by donation.

A team Westlock-area firefighters was deployed to help battle an out-of-control blaze in Fort McMurray last week. On one-hour standby notice on Wednesday, May 4, crews officially got the call in the late afternoon.

As thousands of evacuees flee the 200,000-hectare, out-of-control Fort McMurray forest fire, now nicknamed “the beast”, the Town of Westlock has opened its campground to those passing through or taking temporary refuge.

Linda and Dean McCoy have been named the community’s volunteers of the year by the Clyde Agricultural Society.

Nearly 200 volunteers took in dinner and a night of entertainment at volunteer appreciation night last week.