/cloudfront-ap-southeast-2.images.arcpublishing.com/nzme/5QZMVNAHBFF7PORQY36TIDI7MI.jpg "Wallingford Station buyer says sale will have a ‘positive impact’ on community; hopes to be a good neighbour")
Inkga Investments forestland investment manager Andriy Hrytsyuk visited NZ in 2022 and said it was one of the best places to grow trees. The Ikea-linked Dutch forestry giant approved to buy 606 hectares of farmland on Central Hawke’s Bay’s Wallingford Station says it plans to “hire locally, buy locally, think locally” as it moves forward … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Judge Ingrid Groat (left) with the winning Highland team from Forss Young Farmers, Abby Mill and Rhianna Mackay. Young farmers from Forss have found the winning recipe in a north country cooking contest. The team from Forss Young Farmers Club B, Rhianna Mackay and Abby … [Read more…]
By Kevin Airs and Freddy Pawle For Daily Mail Australia 06:39 16 May 2023, updated 08:12 16 May 2023 Vigilantes have ordered youth off the street after 10pm They will ‘discipline’ any youths found breaking curfew Threat follows angry mob surrounding homes last week A menacing warning of a ‘community-enforced curfew’ has threatened to ‘discipline’ … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! Culrain and District Hall Committee was delighted to have a glorious, sunny day for its Garden Fete last Saturday, writes Jan Charge. The day was a great success with folk coming from far and wide to buy plants and garden paraphernalia, and enjoy a catch-up … [Read more…]
Geelong council’s facing more public backlash with its draft 2023-24 budget flagging the partial closure of the Kardinia pool. It’s the only outdoor fifty-metre facility open all year round and is used as a local training ground for surf life savers, however council is canvassing the public’s opinions on a winter closure of the site. … [Read more…]
Elly Bird, executive director of Resilient Lismore, has helped coordinate the community response to the floods. And she was a Community Hero finalist in the 2023 NSW Women of the Year Awards. “There’s so much to love about Lismore. I could talk about its location, the beauty of its landscape and the diversity of experience … [Read more…]
Geelong’s mayor says the opening of the new Northern Aquatic and Community Hub, which will replace Norlane Waterworld, is now in sight. The new facility, which will include a 25-metre pool, warm water pool and learn-to-swim pool, will occupy a huge swathe of land at the corner of Melbourne and Cox Road in Norlane. It … [Read more…]
Click here to sign up to our free newsletters! The 5th hole that crosses the road before Chanonry Lighthouse. Picture: James Mackenzie. DELIGHTED fundraisers are over the moon after a charity golf day raised more than £20,000 for Cancer Research UK – with donations still coming in. The day, which was organised by the … [Read more…]
The Royal Canadian Air Force Association in Stellarton is moving into new digs. Also known as 110 Northumberland Wing, the association sold its building on Foord Street and is currently constructing new quarters on MacKay Street, just behind the Sobeys store in Stellarton. Chair of the board of directors Verd Locke, who served in the … [Read more…]
May May 12 — Live music at AMVETS by Old Friends, 7 to 11 p.m. May 14 — Second Sunday breakfast at the Rapid River American Legion from 8 a.m. to noon. May 15 — U.P. Tri-County MEA-Retired meeting at 10 a.m. at Bay College in conference room 525. May 16 — Taco Tuesday at … [Read more…]