The town's Santa Claus Festival (held December 8 and 9) draws some 5, 000 visitors, according to Melissa Miller, executive director of the Spencer County, Indiana, Visitors Bureau.

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Simon Spencer, the county council's deputy leader and cabinet member for highways and transport, said road safety was one of the authority's "top priorities".

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It was painted while Spencer visited friends in Rostrevor, County Down.

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