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It wasn't quite a sunburnt country on Australia Day

WE may well ‘love a sunburnt country’ but there was little risk of sunburn for the countryside around the Lithgow district on Australia Day 2012. | GALLERY

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Ambassador Vanessa Crisp speaks to the community

Australia Day Ambassador Vanessa Crisp was introduced to members of the Lithgow and Portland communities on Thursday.

Anne is Portland's Citizen of the Year

This year Anne Hayman took home the Portland Citizen of the Year award for all her work within the community. Anne said she was ‘stunned’ to have received the award. | GALLERY

Coalpac's supporting the community

COALPAC Pty Ltd has announced a new initiative to support the Cullen Bullen Rural Fire Service by providing the RFS with an initial $5000 donation. Coalpac owns and operates coal mines in the ...

Lessons in life were delivered in the face of death

THE Lithgow Mercury lost a dear friend with the death last Saturday of former advertising sales manager Margaret Markson after a two-year battle with an aggressive and cruel cancer that no one ...

PEOPLE WE MEET: ONE of this year’s OAM recipients, Bob Morris, has a rich history in the Lithgow and Hartley areas. Bob grew up with his family in the Hartley region, his family name being one of the many ...

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Almost two years after the announcement that Bathurst’s St Vincent’s Private Hospital would close, there has been no work done on an aged care facility promised for the site.
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NSW Health is assessing a formal business plan for Orange to have a second linear accelerator machine for their radiotherapy bunker.
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DUBBO is yet to be affected as the state liquor licensing authority declared parts of New South Wales, including the central west, to be too saturated with bottle shops.
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THE potentially devastating effects of the draft Murray-Darling Basin Plan on the economy and communities of North-Western NSW will be discussed in Narrabri and Moree in ...
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Stepfamilies

01 February 2012

The Bathurst Family Relationship Centre will be a running a seminar for Step-parents, Wednesday 1st February, 5.30pm-8.30pm. It will address the stages of becoming a stepfamily and the ...

Cathedral Kids

05 February 2012

Cathedral Kids All Saints Cathedral kids Sunday school is back. Sunday 5th February we kick the new year off with fun craft, stories and songs. Starts 10am. But if you miss a Sunday or two ...

CSU Bathurst School of Gymnastics; Registration Day

10 February 2012

Registration Day 2012 Come have fun learning new skills, gain flexibility, strength, co ordination, balance and make new friends at CSU Gymnastics. Mixed Boys and Girls classes on Mondays ...

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