The Sydney Swans will be forever grateful to the Brisbane Lions for one of the great handpasses in club history. It delivered a player who wore #6 more often than every Swan except Andrew Dunkley and became one of the club greats. A premiership player, dual All-Australian, three-year captain and Hall of Famer. As the … [Read more…]
TAFE NSW and the University of Sydney are working together on a pathway program to help Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people gain the necessary skills to work in the dentistry profession. With funding from NSW Ministry of Health – Centre for Oral Health Strategy, the unique program facilitates students’ careers in the dental services … [Read more…]
“I want to offer some insights regarding how and why I break the season down into moon periods,” said Peter Jenkins, chair of the board of the American Saltwater Guides Association and owner of The Saltwater Edge tackle shop in Middletown, RI. Jenkins looks at each period as 15 days which is, roughly, half of … [Read more…]
In any sport, having an even league makes the game unpredictable. It brings a level of intrigue that most fans desire. The AFL is no exception. For a long time, predictability within the competition during the 1990s and 2000s was evident, with West Coast, Geelong, North Melbourne, Essendon and Carlton ruling the early era of … [Read more…]
The leading standardbred sales company Australian Pacing Gold will be conducting yearling sales in NSW, Victoria, Queensland and Western Australia in 2024. APG chose not to run sales in Melbourne and Sydney in 2023 while the company reassessed its role in the marketplace and its future direction. The Melbourne sale will be held at William … [Read more…]
As Grimsby Town look to close in on more transfer deals ahead of the start of pre-season the areas where the team still need strengthening are clear. The Mariners are in a good position at this stage of the transfer window after confirming their first three signings of the summer last week, but the squad … [Read more…]
James “Jim” C. Higby, also known as Silver Fox, 86, of Meadville, passed away Friday, June 2, 2023, at Marquette Hospice House. Jim was born in Meadville, on February 7, 1937, a son of the late Frank T. and Margaret (Crandal) Higby. He had been married to Renee Heubel Root. Jim retired from Seco-Warwick after … [Read more…]
A 40,000-square-foot public market has been designed for a portion of Terminal 1 in Vancouver, Washington. The total investment being made at the 10-acre site is $600 million. (courtesy of Port of Vancouver USA) Several years ago, redevelopment of property along the Columbia River began to transform a key stretch of Vancouver, Washington. Next up … [Read more…]
Join Jay Westerveld on Thursday, June 22, at 6:30 p.m. at the Albert Wisner Public Library for a discussion of Warwick’s Wildlife. Learn about the region’s vast diversity of species and where the best places are to see them. Questions will be welcomed throughout the photo-filled 90 minute talk, and some very small critters may … [Read more…]
Three weeks until your wedding and the company you hired to do your makeup suddenly shuts their doors? That sounds like a big problem! That’s what happened to brides who chose to book their wedding with Arch Apothecary after they announced last week that they were shutting their doors indefinitely. It’s a bit of a … [Read more…]