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10:52 AM | Mayor Neville Castle has announced he will be retiring from local government.
No ifs or butts: jail smoking ban proceeds despite doubts
9:15 AM | SMOKING is to be banned inside Lithgow prison from today - but doubts have been raised about the ban's effectiveness.
On This Day ... May 28
9:06 AM | Every Monday the Lithgow Mercury will take a trip back in history and look at what happened on this day all those years ago with features from our archives.   | On this day ... April 30On this day ... April 23
Friendships were sealed
26 May 12 | THE heavens opened in every sense of the word on Thursday as Bathurst’s Anglican and Catholic bishops sealed the friendship between their churches.  | CommentsComments (1)
Are you a Lithgow Legend?
26 May 12 | MEMBER for Bathurst Paul Toole and the Lithgow Mercury have combined forces to launch an initiative that provides the members of the communities of the Lithgow area the opportunity to nominate a citizen to be recognised as a Lithgow Legend.
Investigation continues
26 May 12 | POLICE are remaining tight lipped on the progress of their investigations into last weekend’s late night fire that destroyed the Mt Lambie Roadhouse.  | Beaten, tied up and left inside ...Motorists save owner from ...
26 May 12 | EVERYTHING you ever wanted to know about stem cell research will be available at an information afternoon at Lithgow information and neighborhood Centre (LINC) hosted by the Adult Stem Cell Foundation.
Great Walkers great results
26 May 12 | IF you ever need to know anything about road conditions when travelling the back way from Bathurst to Lithgow then just contact the Great Walkers.
26 May 12 | YOU’VE got to be tough to be a Great Walker.
University plans before council
26 May 12 | THE University of Western Sydney is wasting no time in moving ahead with the development of its outreach campus in Lithgow.   | CommentsComments (2) | Lithgow is moving forward for ...Lithgow an 'area of interest'
26 May 12 | There's no accounting for it. After decades of hiding his light under a bushel, Neil Armstrong has opened up about his extraordinary life - to the professional body representing Australia's beancounters.
Rego stickers to go but state will drive remembrance days
26 May 12 | IN ANOTHER life, Barry O'Farrell spent a few months driving unregistered. But the Premier insists motorists should have little fear of committing a similar misdemeanour after his government said yesterday it would scrap car registration stickers.   | CommentsComments (2)
Guides help with doorknock appeal
26 May 12 | THERE was no doorknock around the Lithgow area for this year’s Salvation Army Red Shield Appeal due to a shortage of volunteers.   | Time to dig deep
26 May 12 | Police are urging motorists to avoid the Great Western Highway between Medlow Bath and Blackheath after a truck jack-knifed just before midnight.
An honour for Maureen
24 May 12 | EACH year since 1993 the National Council of Women of NSW Inc and Business and Professional Women of Australia Inc have held a Jean Arnot Memorial Luncheon at NSW Parliament House to honour special women who are over 90 years old.
Larger than life opportunity for students
24 May 12 | LITHGOW High School students were privileged to have John Coutis pay them a visit.
24 May 12 | THE NSW/ACT Regional Achievement and Community Awards are now open and the search is on for regional achievers within our community.
Hartley's unique straw construction
24 May 12 | AFTER a very shaky start to their plans, owner builders Julie and Vincent Turnbull are now well on their way to moving into their dream house.   | CommentsComments (1)
24 May 12 | DAM levels in the Lithgow area are at their highest since 2009, a recent council water report has shown. The dams at Oberon and Farmers Creek, which supply the town and surrounding villages with drinking water, reached 90.2 per cent and 100 per cent respectively in early April.   | CommentsComments (2)
Tidy Town Lithgow hands over the batton
24 May 12 | IT was mantle that we wore with pride for our 12 month reign as Australia’s Tidiest Town so it was with mixed feelings that members of Lithgow Tidy Towns headed off to Canberra to hand over the crown to another worthy recipient.
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