Local News
13 Aug 10 | A zone exercise involving 20 Rural Fire Service (RFS) units including Young, Cootamundra, Harden, Bendick Murrell and Koorawatha recently saw about 90 volunteers put through their paces at Wallendbeen.
13 Aug 10 | AUSTRALIA is the only country in the world that is free from the Varroa mite, a parasite that has been decimating the world’s honey bees.
13 Aug 10 | IT is not often you see a group of high school students cooking in a nursing home, but that is all about to change with Young High and Mt St Joseph’s Nursing Home developing a new partnership.
11 Aug 10 | FOR Irene McGlynn her nomination for Big W’s ‘Great Big Thank You Awards’ that went in on July 1 was a big pat on the back professionally, but she did not expect it all to go much further.
11 Aug 10 | YOUNG was visited by a couple of thousand people when it went to the city on the weekend.
09 Aug 10 | ELEVEN students and three staff members from a school in East Java, Indonesia, have visited Young for a week.
The school is one of three Indonesian sister schools to Young High School and the first to visit on cultural exchange.
09 Aug 10 | THE fifth annual Wombat Rally is gearing up again.
From humble beginnings in 1996 the rally continues to grow and gain momentum.
09 Aug 10 | THE BigRoll made its way through Young on Saturday after leaving Gundagai in the morning and visiting Cootamundra along the way.
09 Aug 10 | YOUNG currently has two sets of jeans on display at the library as part of the Gosford City Library initiative Jean Genies, which is a youth fundraising event for the Children’s Medical Research Institute.
09 Aug 10 | RATEPAYERS who own small acreages close to town have had been hit with a significant rates rise, of around 20 per cent, in the new financial year.
06 Aug 10 | FRIDAY, August 6, is Jeans for Genes Day, a major fundraiser of the Children's Medical Research Institute.
06 Aug 10 | ONE Indonesian exchange student who spent a short time in Young last week billeted with Amy Muller’s family, will take a special memory home with her.
06 Aug 10 | THE executive manager – development, of the not-for-profit organisation Argyle Community Housing Limited, Brian Murnane, has said the recent opening of their Young office will bring new employment into the region and provide essential services closer to home.
06 Aug 10 | POLICE from Cootamundra Local Area Command have this week participated in the annual state-wide Missing Persons Week by renewing calls for local girl Amber Michelle Haigh.
06 Aug 10 | THE game of rugby league played in Roma recently between the NSW and Queensland second Country sides saw the NSW side deliver a thumping to the Queenslanders.
06 Aug 10 | MBS Building Supplies is preparing to move to their new purpose built premises on the industrial estate along Wickham Lane, off Temora Road.
04 Aug 10 | THE inaugural GetUp candlelight vigil will be held at Carrington Park in Young from 6pm to 7:30pm on Tuesday, August 10.
04 Aug 10 | ON Friday year 9 and 10 students from Hennessy Catholic College planted 24 native trees and shrubs for Planet Ark’s Schools’ Tree Day.
04 Aug 10 | THE Young Tourist Information Centre has launched it new destination guide which will be distributed to every Visitor Information Centre in NSW.
04 Aug 10 | HILLTOPS’ Chalkers Crossing has had another successful year at the Cowra Wine Show, which wrapped up last week.
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