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Joshua Ferrara claims club championship title

LOOKING TO IMPROVE: The Lithgow Workies in action against the Orange Hawks on Saturday. Picture: KIRSTY HORTON.

Lithgow Workies set for their Good Friday charge against St Pat's

Kobe Hunter in action against Canberra.

Lithgow Lazers slip to fourth after loss to Canberra Gunners | Photos

Joshua Ferrara claims club championship title

Seven junior Lithgow teams qualify for playoffs

Lithgow Basketball

TOP OF HIS GAME: Adam Marjoram, pictured in action in Canberra on the weekend.

Lazers' Adam Marjoram called up to coach in New Zealand

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FEATURED ARTISTS: Margaret Aalders, Ronald Horstmann and Annie Joseph. Picture: KIRSTY HORTON.

Exhibition: Artists explore Lithgow's industrial past

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Lithgow film society to host Guide Dogs Australia fundraising event

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Birrang's Lithgow driver program to assist with licences, lessons and fines

Scots All Saints College Year 8 Captains Zane Newham (second from left) and Emily Brown (second from right) said they both value the environment of the new Middle School.

Why middle school is giving students the edge before senior school years

Jill Hogan

Lithgow laundry delivering the goods

Vanessa Hayden

Stirring rendition: Bill Childs plays the bugle for the 2018 Wallerawang Anzac Service in front of a wonderful turnout. Photo: Phoebe Moloney.

Celebrate mateship and time of sacrifice

Andrew Lotherington

Scots All Saints College Year 8 Captains Zane Newham (second from left) and Emily Brown (second from right) said they both value the environment of the new Middle School.

Why middle school is giving students the edge before senior school years

Lest We Forget: Elsey Cavill Low and Nikera Hann from Portland Central School prepare to lay crosses during the Anzac Day March. Photo: Phoebe Moloney.

Remembering the fallen soldiers

Andrew Lotherington

SQUEAKY CLEAN: Is there a “best” way to give your car a clean-up? Do you start on the inside or out, work form the top to bottom or bottom to top?

Keep your car looking shiny, new

REAL ESATE: Looking to invest in the Central West? New data from Suburbanite shows where you should avoid. Photo: FILE

Looking to invest in the Central West? Here's where to avoid

Nadine Morton

RENTAL MARKET: Finding it hard to find a rental in Lithgow? You're not the only one, new data shows. Photo: FILE

Finding it hard to find a rental in Lithgow? You're not the only one

Nadine Morton

DREAM AWAY: Central West’s most expensive homes in 2018 – in photos. Photos: DOMAIN

Central West’s most expensive homes in 2018 – in photos

Nadine Morton

PRETTY IN PINK: Natasha McCann and Savannah Bourke with her butterfly face paint.

Easter holidays off to a fun start with a free family day | Photos

Alanna Tomazin

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Lithgow film society to host Guide Dogs Australia fundraising event

File image.

Birrang's Lithgow driver program to assist with licences, lessons and fines

PRETTY IN PINK: Natasha McCann and Savannah Bourke with her butterfly face paint.

Easter holidays off to a fun start with a free family day | Photos

MOYNE OUTING: New heritage fencing at the Moyne farm cemetery. Picture: SUPPLIED.

Visit our history: Historic Moyne Farm to open its gates

Tree planting day. Picture: SUPPLIED.

Farmers Creek community tree planting day to improve Lithgow's landscape

Recipe: courtesy of Sydney Seafood School. Photo: Franz Scheurer

Cuttlefish with chorizo and potatoes, pan-fried

PRETTY IN PINK: Natasha McCann and Savannah Bourke with her butterfly face paint.

Easter holidays off to a fun start with a free family day | Photos

JOB COACH PROGRAM: Lithgow High job coach Elisa Noon, teacher Anneke Baker-Mantei, student Luke Smith and SLSO Jame Bruce. Picture: ALANNA TOMAZIN.

Lithgow High's support students step out into the working world

How the python managed to get the drop on the tawny frogmouth is currently unknown

Watch a python devour a tawny frogmouth

Indianna Staines and Addison Kelly with their creative Easter hats.

Eggscellent styling at Wallerawang Public's Easter hat parades

Alanna Tomazin

Firefighters tackle the blaze as flames and smoke rise from Notre Dame cathedral as it burns in Paris. Photo: Thibault Camus/AP

See inside fire-ravaged Notre Dame

HAPPINESS: Jack Hajwan-Jones, Grace Goodman, Tahlei Tamanitoakula, Lillyanna Hollansds, Freya Rappard and Lilly Callcott.

Kids show off Easter designs on the hat parade runway | Photos

Ciara Bastow

Orange Hawks swoop in for opening round win over Lithgow Workies

Kirsty Horton

VANDALS: Graffiti on a block near Lithgow's new adventure park which appeared over the weekend. Picture: ALANNA TOMAZIN.

The Saint: It's a vandals' fame game

The Saint

Letter: Reliance on electric cars only a matter of time

AUTOFEST: This modified early model Datsun was a crowd pleaser at the Bathurst Autofest in 2019. Photo:CHRIS SEABROOK 031019cautofst1

The Saint: Election burnout and the revheads are revolting

The Saint

YOUR SAY: Council on the Ageing (COTA) Australia is on the lookout for older Australians to be part of its 2019 Federal Election Panel. Photo: Paul Jeffers

Federal election: Be a voice for older Australians

AN ILLNESS: On average, one in four people experience anxiety at some stage in their life. Photo: Shutterstock.

Almost a decade wait for anxiety treatment

Samara Ross

"Who would have thought it?": Prolific singer-songwriter Brian Cadd, once described as "Australia's answer to Quincy Jones", marvels at a lifetime in the music business. His latest album, recorded in Nashville, is Silver City.

Brian Cadd rocks his babies

John Piggott

A 17-year-old boy has been arrested and charged with murdering Brisbane doctor Luping Zeng.

Teen charged with Brisbane doctor's murder

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A toddler has been saved after being dragged out of his campervan by a dingo on Fraser Island.

Dad snatches toddler son from dingo's jaws

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has announced the federal election will be held on May 18.

Economy at heart of May 18 election pitch

Police have released CCTV images of a man they wish to speak to in relation to the assaults.

Predatory sex creep attacks three in Melb

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison visited a church service in Sydney, while not campaigning.

Day 9 of the federal election campaign

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About 650 tonnes of seafood are expected to be sold at Sydney Fish Market on Good Friday.

Seafood frenzy a sign of faith this Easter

Heather McNab

Skye Kakoschke-Moore says the Centre Alliance will oppose Labor's plan to scrap franking credits.

Key crossbenchers oppose Labor's tax plans

Matt Coughlan

PM Scott Morrison(R) jetted back to Sydney last night to see the Sharks overcome a 14-point deficit.

PM goes to Maronite church for Good Friday

Matt Coughlan

Sue McGoldrick St Lawrences, Coonabarabran, judge, Gavin Wall, Tintern Grammar, Vic, sashes supreme schools exhibit, the champion ram shown by Braidwood Central School's Monkittee Texal stud, held Willough Corby.

Texel ram is schools supreme

Mark Griggs
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An American corn snake was captured in Thamoor last week. Keeping the snakes in Australia is illegal and they are listed in the NSW DPI's top 10 invasive pest species.

Corn snake captured in Tahmoor

Daniel Pedersen
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Bruce Mills at his property at Coolabah and an aerial of a goat muster north of Broken Hill. Digitally enhanced image using photos by Rachael Webb and Stock and Station Aviation.

Setting goals for goat growth

Samantha Townsend

Australians aren't letting travel costs stop their holiday fun.

Travelling Aussies pay top dollar for their accommodation

Get your Game of Thrones fix in person, on site

Beautifully presented: Le Petit Flot’s prawn-and-avocado salad is one of chef Colin Yee's creations, which are all to kill for.

Sydney's heart opens up

JOHN ROZENTALS

Sign of Damage: Paint flaking away and cracks in ceilings can often be a sign of damage to plaster. This can present a risk especially if the plasterboard is pulling away from the wall or ceiling stud behind it. Photo: Hayley Mills.

The problem with plaster

Get crafty this Easter

Naturally festive eggs

Recipe: courtesy of Sydney Seafood School. Photo: Franz Scheurer

Cuttlefish with chorizo and potatoes, pan-fried