Local News
06 Sep 10 | SHE is a familiar face to readers of The Young Witness but for CanAssist president Gail Hanigan she is happy to do whatever it takes to promote the CanAssist message.
06 Sep 10 | ON Tuesday, August 31, Ida Maloney celebrated her 100th birthday.
06 Sep 10 | VERY few people will talk about sexual abuse against children, and next Tuesday no words need to be said.
06 Sep 10 | TASTEBUDS of judges at the 2010 NSW/ACT Sausage King regional heat last week were tantalised by Young butchers.
03 Sep 10 | OUR guest speaker at the August meeting was Stephanie Cooke from Stemtation.
Steph gave a most interesting floral art demonstration.
03 Sep 10 | STUDENTS wanting to try bricklaying while they are still at school were able to participate in the Step Out Program organised by the Australian Brick & Blocklaying Training Foundation Ltd (ABBTF).
03 Sep 10 | YOUNG residents are being encouraged to nominate and vote for their favourite Australian event.
03 Sep 10 | FOLLOWING its success at the prestigious 2010 Syrah du Monde international wine competition in France in early June, Chalkers Crossing has struck gold again — at the Cowra Wine Show in July and the NSW Small Winemakers Wine show in August.
03 Sep 10 | RURAL crime is not a highly spoken about issue but recently police from Cootamundra Local Area Command together with officers from Wagga, Albury and Griffith’s command’s conducted Operation Brushwood.
03 Sep 10 | STEADY falls in recent weeks has left farmers rejoicing and washing strung from one end of the house to the other.
03 Sep 10 | ALL too often we forget the sacrifice and dedication of our police who on a daily basis leave their family in the morning know it is a possibility they may not return.
01 Sep 10 | Calling for community help.
01 Sep 10 | THE start of August means that only a very short time remains before the opening of this year’s Camellia Show to be held at the Uniting Church Hall.
01 Sep 10 | YOUNG Services Club have presented a donation of $3000 to the Young Renal Unit Committee, bringing them a little closer to raising their target of $150,000 to build a self-managed renal unit in Young.
01 Sep 10 | REBEKAH Levett is the latest success story to come out of Young with the launch of her very own fashion label.
01 Sep 10 | KERRY Penton is a familiar face to the past and present students at Young TAFE campus after working with the institute for 15 years and late last week accepting a new position as director of Riverina Institute.
01 Sep 10 | AN extra-ordinary meeting of Young Shire Council, concerning the location of the Young Skate and BMX Park, was held on Monday night.
29 Aug 10 | JACK Paterson is our Mount St Joseph’s resident of the week this week. Jack was born in Young in 1922. He will celebrate his 88th birthday next month.
29 Aug 10 | OUR unsung heroes this week are Mike and Brenda Cummings from Young Community Transport
29 Aug 10 | Police are investigating a single vehicle accident that happened on Moppity Road at 5.30pm on Thursday afternoon.