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Local Ballymena Business and the Internet

This is a beautiful picture of Ballymena from the early 1900’s via Old Photographs of Ballymena. Depicting Church Street it is easy to see the variety of businesses who traded here when this was the main street in town. Lots has changed since this photograph was taken. Cars have replaced the horses, shopfronts have been remodelled, businesses have come and go and the town has expanded beyond one main street. But the purpose of the high street has remained the same – to serve the people of Ballymena. And the problems remain the same too – attracting customers into...

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New Clockwork Town Centre Store

Everyone who loves shopping will be delighted to see the new Clockwork town centre store has recently opened in Ballymena. Sitting right on the corner of Springwell St & Thomas St and close to the Fairhill Shopping centre this is a fantastic location for the new store. Those of you who read our articles regularly will be aware that we’re always talking about how it’s better to be working together. So we were delighted to see this store is bringing several Ballymena businesses together under one roof – a fairly large roof at that, with around 6,500 sq ft...

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Local Food Hero Rob Curley

The Ballymena Today team were really excited to see that the Irish Restaurant Awards recognised Local Food Hero Rob Curley this week. The Local Food Hero award recognises the individual that promotes food culture in their locality and stirs up the passion in people to explore various cuisines. They are inspirational foodies – from artisan producers to local chefs, to healthy eating advocates throughout Ireland. Rob is all of the above. Along with Slemish Market Garden Rob Curley has been doing a beautiful thing, promoting local produce and inspiring others to pay attention to what they eat and where it comes from....

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Valentines Day – Ballymena

In Ballymena Valentines Day may seem like a long way off but it really is just around the corner. So let this be an early warning for you to get out, head into town and find the perfect little gift for the one you love. This year Valentines Day fall on a Sunday ( 14th February) which gives you a whole weekends worth of pampering, gifts and love. Let us here at Ballymena Today give you a little help with your plans. Go for a traditional old fashioned date and head to the cinema. Maybe heading to the cinema on...

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Seaweed – Ballymena ahead of new food trend

This year seaweed is being touted as the next big superfood. Just as Kale hit our shelves in 2015 as the new big thing lots of experts and magazine such as Women’s Health have been talking about about seaweed. Here is what the magazine had to say about Seaweed: Suddenly, everyone is talking about the not-so-sexy underwater plant, for its nutrient profile, skin-care benefits, and incredible potential for combatting climate change (as recently detailed in The New Yorker, which called it “a miracle food”). “Seaweeds are amongst the most nutrient-dense plants on the planet, and as they have access...

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