Local News
10 Mar 10 | IN the aftermath of the closure of Burrangong Meat Processors, Minister for Regional Development, Ian Macdonald, has announced that Young is now on the NSW Government’s Regional Economic Transition Scheme.
10 Mar 10 | YOUNG’S fire brigade was called out at 4.30pm on Monday afternoon to attend an oil spill at the bottom of Boorowa Street.
10 Mar 10 | THERE is no doubt whatsoever that Young needs its hospital and that it is a very valuable and efficient organisation for our community; the mere possibility that it could be under threat as a result of the Federal Government’s health policy, to most, would be as distasteful as its closure is unimaginable.
08 Mar 10 | THE Rural Fire Service Association (RFSA), the representative organisation for all volunteer firefighters and Rural Fire Service staff, today welcomed the Federal Government’s decision to extend tax deductible donations to all volunteer rural fire brigades.
08 Mar 10 | FOR the SAMROM Rail Operations Planning and Management team conducting an inspection of the Demondrille to Blayney rail link, as part of the Cowra Rail Line Revival Study, the current condition of the existing track was vital to the future of the whole project.
08 Mar 10 | The State Government one stop shop in Lovell Street was due to leave Young on Friday, however, following a review meeting held earlier in the week they have extended their operations, to be reviewed on a monthly basis.
08 Mar 10 | COOTAMUNDRA Local Area Command (LAC) will join their state counterparts in enforcing new laws with police pursuits.
08 Mar 10 | IT was Clean Up Australia Day yesterday and the Young committee was out and doing its bit beneath somewhat uncertain skies.
05 Mar 10 | YOUNG Community Transport is one of eight local charities in the Southern region that has received $3000 from the NSW Cancer Council.
05 Mar 10 | THE most critical feature in the recently released Cowra Rail Line Network Revival Study, undertaken by the SAMROM team, is the Carcoar Tunnel and the study somewhat ominously refers it as the ‘show stopper’.
05 Mar 10 | YOUNG Shire Council has been successful in securing over $1.5 million of funding under the Federal Government’s $200 million ‘Strengthening Basin Communities Program’.
05 Mar 10 | REPRESENTATIVES of the Australian Employee Buyout Centre along with a representative of the Australasian Meat Industry Employee’s Union (AMIEU) addressed a crowd of about 30 ex-workers from Burrangong Meat Processors on Wednesday and sketched an outline of requirements for an employee buyout of the failed company.
05 Mar 10 | THE memorandum of information for Burrangong Meat Processors was distributed on Thursday night by receiver, Alan Hayes.
05 Mar 10 | STREET banners will continue to be hung right throughout the CBD next week, which should see the whole area brightened up considerably.
05 Mar 10 | OFFICERS from Cootamundra Local Area Command (LAC) are enforcing new child restraint laws that came into effect on March 1.
03 Mar 10 | MT ST Joseph’s Nursing Home have recently received confirmation their application for respite beds was successful and will now be able to provide the additional service to members of the community.
03 Mar 10 | A 68-year-old male was severely burnt on Sunday evening when a low pressure gas (LPG) bottle he was using with his barbecue caught fire and exploded during a family get together being held in his Wombat Street back yard.
03 Mar 10 | IT is that time of year again when the gloves go on and the bags come out, all in the name of Clean Up Australia Day.
03 Mar 10 | CANCER survivors and carers in Young and district are being invited to attend a free seminar designed to help rebuild your life after being treated for the disease.
03 Mar 10 | WITH the scrapping of the Government’s Home Insulation Program a couple of weeks ago, many local businesses and residents have been heavily affected.
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