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Year 10 boys.

Lithgow High's year 10 students come together to celebrate | Photos

Ciara Bastow

CRIME REPORTS: Indecent assaults and domestic violence cases in Lithgow are among the crime categories to surge, new data shows. Photo: FILE

Indecent assaults, domestic violence among the crime categories to surge

Nadine Morton

Lithgow events calendar: What's on around the region?

Lithgow events calendar: What's on around the region?

CONGRATULATIONS: Bathurst MP Paul Toole, left, Heather Fitzgerald and Attorney General Mark Speakman. Picture: SUPPLIED

Portland woman one of the longest serving Justice of the Peace in NSW

Ciara Bastow

Lithgow's Schools Spectacular stars set to hit the small screen

Lithgow's Schools Spectacular stars set to hit the small screen

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Change of ownership in 2020? Lithgow Aged Care partners with new provider

Image: BUREAU OF METEOROLOGY

Mercury's rising with a hot weekend on the way

Nadine Morton

Lithgow's Return and Earn machine has seen a lot of traffic.

Two years and many bottles later, Return and Earn machine nears huge milestone

Ciara Bastow

PHOTOSPortland students spread kindness and Christmas cheer | Photos

HIPPY cheer; families celebrate the end of the year with Christmas party

Severe fire danger risk with a total fire ban in Central Ranges

Theft from retail stores is increasing in Central West

Year 10 boys.

Lithgow High's year 10 students come together to celebrate | Photos

Competitors from the 2019 competition. Picture: KIRSTY HORTON.

Sign up for Portland's 2020 Nick Way touch football comp

EMERGENCIES ONLY: An influx of triple-0 calls for fires across NSW has prompted a community reminder. Photo: FIRE AND RESCUE NSW

Influx of emergency calls for fires prompts community reminder

Fuel needed to keep up fire donation relief efforts going

Fuel needed to keep up fire donation relief efforts going

SUMMER CRICKET: La Salle in fielding action. Picture: ALANNA TOMAZIN.

Lachlan Thompson leads La Salle to win over Housos Cougars

Squeaky? Maybe. But it turns heads, too. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAThe squeaky wheel (aka local media) gets the oil

Ruiz holds weight advantage over Joshua

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Lithgow High's year 10 students come together to celebrate | Photos

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Indecent assaults, domestic violence among the crime categories to surge

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Lithgow events calendar: What's on around the region?

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Portland woman one of the longest serving Justice of the Peace in NSW

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Lithgow's Schools Spectacular stars set to hit the small screen

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Andy Ruiz holds a big weight advantage over Anthony Joshua for Saturday's heavyweight title fight.

Ruiz holds weight advantage over Joshua

Competitors from the 2019 competition. Picture: KIRSTY HORTON.

Sign up for Portland's 2020 Nick Way touch football comp

WIN: Jaiden Healey with his trophy (centre). Photo: Gary Reid

Jaiden Healey shows his class on his home track and away

Andy Ruiz holds a big weight advantage over Anthony Joshua for Saturday's heavyweight title fight.

Ruiz holds weight advantage over Joshua

COMP: A past event. Picture: FILE PHOTO

Lithgow's annual Twilight Swimming Carnival is almost here

SUMMER CRICKET: La Salle in fielding action. Picture: ALANNA TOMAZIN.

Lachlan Thompson leads La Salle to win over Housos Cougars

Kirsty Horton

Stress-free guide to seven days in New Zealand

Stress-free guide to seven days in New Zealand

Hannah Warren

DREAM: What a way to arrive in Budapest - on this luxurious river cruise ship.

Enter now: win a $27,000 European river cruise for two

Joanne Crawford

Stress-free guide to seven days in New Zealand

Stress-free guide to seven days in New Zealand

Hannah Warren

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No plans for Christmas Day? Everyone is invited to Christmas and Beyond lunch

No plans for Christmas Day? Everyone is invited to Christmas and Beyond lunch

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Lithgow events calendar: What's on around the region?

Lithgow events calendar: What's on around the region?

SPECTACLE: A New Year's Eve success story at Wallerawang over the lake in 2017. Picture: Courtesy of Karen Edwards Photography.

Too dry, too risky: New Years Eve fireworks postponed

Alanna Tomazin

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Joanne Crawford

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

Future leadership: Why today's managers need to be 'intentional'

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Does your car harbour a deadly secret? Keep your family and friends safe by urging them to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for a 'tap on the shoulder' for Takata

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Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

Future Focus: building a stronger regional Australia

We may not have been back to the moon since 1969 but the advanced technology of today would certainly have to make for a smoother landing.

Could your mobile phone take you to the moon and back?

Emma Brown

Leadership qualities: Kate Venables was one of the first managers in Australia to receive Chartered Manager accreditation.

The making of a leader

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A slice of paradise set to hit the $1 million mark

Alanna Tomazin

'Ben Avon' on the market for the first time in nearly 100 years

'Ben Avon' on the market for the first time in nearly 100 years

Alanna Tomazin

LOCAL SERVICES: Lemdean director Todd Dean, LJ Hooker principal Jamie Giokaris and Dukes Eathmoving owner Wayne Dukes. Picture: ALANNA TOMAZIN.

Bowen Vista Estate development to boost local economy

Alanna Tomazin

No plans for Christmas Day? Everyone is invited to Christmas and Beyond lunch

No plans for Christmas Day? Everyone is invited to Christmas and Beyond lunch

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Lithgow events calendar: What's on around the region?

Lithgow events calendar: What's on around the region?

Lithgow's Schools Spectacular stars set to hit the small screen

Lithgow's Schools Spectacular stars set to hit the small screen

No plans for Christmas Day? Everyone is invited to Christmas and Beyond lunch

No plans for Christmas Day? Everyone is invited to Christmas and Beyond lunch

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Competitors from the 2019 competition. Picture: KIRSTY HORTON.

Sign up for Portland's 2020 Nick Way touch football comp

Lithgow Uniting Church: Sunday, December 15 at 8pm Candlelight Carols with Academy Singers.

Church Services | Lithgow Uniting Church carol service

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Year 10 boys.

Lithgow High's year 10 students come together to celebrate | Photos

Squeaky? Maybe. But it turns heads, too. Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAThe squeaky wheel (aka local media) gets the oil

Ride for Country Kids 2019.

Ride off into the sunset for kids

Naomi Wolf, who has taken aim at Angus Taylor. Picture: Getty Images

'Just to be clear, I'm Naomi Wolf. I was not in Oxford in 1991': A midnight call to Canberra

Craig and Harrison Kearney.

HIPPY cheer; families celebrate the end of the year with Christmas party

Ciara Bastow

Rare chance to beat China at its own game

REAL AUSTRALIARare chance to beat China at its own game

Derek Barry

Terry Hickson has been found guilty of murdering a Sydney bookmaker 30 years ago.

Man found guilty of bookie's 1989 murder

Margaret Scheikowski

Three people have been charged over Australia's largest onshore methamphetamine seizure.

Customs brokers charged over $1b meth haul

Benita Kolovos

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The Saint: Welcome to a Summer of discontent

The Saint

Paul Toole MP visits an award winning pre-school in Milthorpe, the Little Learning Centre, pictured here with Director Emma Harrison Smith (left) and staff member Maddy McDonald centre.

Early childhood star rating system

Paul Toole

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The Saint: Road criticism is well founded

The Saint

Purple Our World and World Pancreatic Cancer Day chair Jessica Abelsohn with her mum Rochelle Goulburn at Jessicas wedding, just four months before Rochelle died from pancreatic cancer.

Do you know the symptoms of pancreatic cancer?

Geraldine Cardozo

GOLDEN OLDIES: See veteran entertainers (l-r) Max Gillies, Normie Rowe and Tony Barber in Senior Moments 2: Remember, Remember.

Yes, you are having another Senior Moment

Geraldine Cardozo

Edgars Mission provides its rescued farm animals with everything they need from a warm coat to a set of wheels.

Make it your mission to visit this sanctuary for rescued farm animals and weary travellers

Sue Preston

Labor has accused Minister for Energy Angus Taylor of not meeting ministerial standards.

Taylor the minister for 'porkies': Labor

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Fire crews across Queensland will need to push through sweltering temperatures over the weekend.

Qld firefighters bracing for heatwave

Wayne Swan says social media giants have a responsibility to ensure misinformation isn't spread.

ALP president takes on social media giants

Minister for Energy Angus Taylor says Australia will exceed its emission reductions targets.

Australia 'to exceed emissions targets'

Almost 500 projects will share in the National Health cash pool, Health Minister Greg Hunt says.

Australian medical research cash splash

Christine McGinn

Gold Coast's waterways set to be serviced by Hopo, a hop-on-hop-off ferry network 16 hours a day.

Ferries to make a splash on the Gold Coast

The massive Gospers Mountain "mega fire" near Sydney is going to take "many weeks" to put out.

NSW 'mega fire' could burn for weeks

Steven Trask

Labor leader Anthony Albanese says political debate in Australia must move beyond Twitter trolling.

Labor seeks 'grown-up' political debate

Paul Osborne

Jason Rainbow is a diesel fitter who has come from Western Australia to work at Cobar. Photo: PJL Group

Labour shortage search turns to skilled farmers

Samantha Townsend

Vendors and agents come together to watch their Annual AuctionsPlus sale.

Online sales stay social

AuctionsPlus

Another dust storm near Dubbo. There are ways to lessen the loss of valuable topsoil in drought conditions. Photo by Rachael Webb.

A smart till to stay on top of erosion risk

John Ellicott

Light from the skylight is diffused by canvas panels. Joinery: Forest Furniture. Images: Ingvar Kenne

Weaving magic

FRESH LOOK: While the facade, front bedroom and hallway were restored, the remainder of the property was upgraded with a new, modern extension, adjoining the original front of the house.

Classic Victorian treated to a modern edge

HANG IN THERE: Check out Gemma Patford's top 10 tips for decorating your Christmas tree in a way that celebrates your signature style.

How to decorate a tree with your personal style