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Racegoers set a positive example

13 Nov 09 | THE high presence of police in the Highlands was a deterrent for anyone contemplating drinking and driving this week....

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Councils squeezed by buck passing

04 Nov 09 | ACCORDING to survey conducted by the Local Government and Shire Association, “buck passing” from the State Government to NSW councils cost ratepayers $431...

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Good businesses are good for all

02 Nov 09 | THE 2009 Southern Highlands Business Awards for Excellence on Friday evening highlighted the achievement of a wide variety of Southern Highlands businesses..... | Bowral wood firm named Southern ...

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It’s not our washing, we just held the pegs

28 Oct 09 | THE Southern Highland News has been accused of “gutter journalism” for reporting the friction at the community radio station Highlands FM (“Break in Transmission”, Friday, October 23)... | Graham Moir elected to Highland ... | Break in transmission Community ...

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Radio a voice for all, not just a few

23 Oct 09 | “THE word ‘community’ can mean many different things. In terms of community radio, ‘community’ means people who listen to the same kind of music, who live in the same area, who have the same cultural background or who have the same educational needs.”

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Young and old test the boundaries

19 Oct 09 | AS SIXTEEN-year-old Queensland teenager Jessica Watson sailed out of Sydney Harbour yesterday in her attempt to become the youngest person to sail around the world solo....

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Let’s give the shire the stage it needs

14 Oct 09 | THANK YOU Geraldine Turner. Finally someone has decided to take action and solve one of the local arts community’s biggest problems: we have no venues....

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Not everyone here has silver tails

09 Oct 09 | ANTI-Poverty Week and the Southern Highlands might seem to be contradictory terms to people who associate the area with weekend getaways for well-heeled city dwellers, palatial homes, and pricey boutique shopping....

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Time for Council to stop looking back

07 Oct 09 | WINGECARRIBEE Council this week announced the appointment of its new general manager, Coffs Harbour City Council director of city services....

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Don’t miss world class piano talent

05 Oct 09 | SOUTHERN Highlands International Piano Competition (SHIPC) chairman Malcolm Yell has described this week’s competition as a “music Olympics”....

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Eels’ good guy seeks twinkle in his twilight

02 Oct 09 | WHO would have thought? Robertson’s own Nathan Hindmarsh is on the verge of winning his first NRL title....

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Can we do it? Yes, of course we can!

28 Sep 09 | COMMUNITIES around the world have asked how Bundanoon has declared itself free of commercially bottled water. As the documentary Tapped, screened for the first time in Australia at the Bundanoon Hall on Saturday....

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The great hole of Merrigang Street

23 Sep 09 | FIRST there was the Great Wall of Braemar. Now we have the Great Hole of Merrigang Street....

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Have we forgotten common courtesy?

14 Sep 09 | PLEASE and thank you are simple, but effective words that are used by most. But have we lost the skill of other common courtesies and general....

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Same old song,different singers

11 Sep 09 | WINGECARRIBEE Shire has been “crying out” for indoor swimming for a long time. Twenty per cent of people....

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Father Riley’s work is simply invaluable

09 Sep 09 | T’S a sad reality that one of the most valuable resources in our community - churches - are so easily criticised....

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If you build it, the young will come

04 Sep 09 | AS a 24-year-old who has grown up in the Highlands I can honestly say this region is definitely not the entertainment capital of the world....

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