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All the fun of the fair

St Andrew’s verger Ian Dunn has done it again. Three years after he told The News he was retiring from organising the church fairs held on Anniversary and Labour weekends, he went and did another…

New sign honours former chief

Last week’s unveiling of a new road sign in Cambridge’s Bridleways Estate area honoured the town’s late fire chief Don Gerrand and ties two families together in a poignant coincidence. The unveiling of Don Gerrand…

Council switch shock

Waipā council meetings will move to Wednesdays and the spending limit lifted for the mayor and committee chairs to $10 million in more “behind closed doors” decisions expected to be rubber stamped by councillors in…

History against waste plant

Concerns Global Contracting Solutions may not comply with council rules, has Fonterra objecting to plans for a waste to energy plant in Racecourse Road, Te Awamutu. In its submission to an Environmental Protection Agency board…

Course plotted for maunga

Orienteering Waikato members have found a way to support Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari with a Save the Sanctuary Rogaine. When the club heard the Department of Conservation had withdrawn operational funding from the Maungatautari Ecological Island…

Village grows

Capacity at Cambridge Resthaven will continue to increase with plans set in motion for additional supported living apartments. A memorandum of understanding was signed last week by Cambridge Resthaven and Livingstone Building for the stage…

Plenty of helping hands

Card sharps emerged from their summer hiatus last week to enjoy the start of the new Cambridge Bridge Club year. With a barbecue meal behind them, some 60 club members filled 15 tables for the…

Storey wants another term

Waikato Regional Council chair Pamela Storey will stand for a third term. “I definitely intend to stand for re-election in the North Waikato Constituency,” Storey told The News. The American dairy farmer was first elected…

On the road … again

Imagine being on the road for 47 years in your own adapted truck, bus or van. The Gypsy Fair, which spent the weekend in Cambridge at Memorial Park, has done precisely that and captivated towns…

Landlocked scouts celebrate

The Waikato’s only sea scout group has received Royal New Zealand Navy recognition. Kirikiriroa & St Peter’s Scout Group, which trains and sails Scout Standard Cutters and Sunbursts on lakes Karāpiro, Ngā Roto, Rotoroa, and…

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