The Courier will produce an issue on December 27 and January 3.

If you have any New Year's messages you wish to submit for advertising, please send in your copy to us on Monday 23rd December for those issues.

The office will be open on December 23 between 10am and 2pm.

After which, the office won't re-open until January 2.

Any previously arranged photo jobs will take place as arranged.

The Courier staff would like to thank everyone who has supported us in 2013, especially since our transition to weekly publication.

We look forward to continuing to give readers the best local news, advertising and letters in 2014.

We would also like to wish everybody a very happy Christmas and a prosperous New Year.