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Another milestone reached

Magnus Adlam is under no illusion as he watches a truck and trailer unit reverse down the Karāpiro Dam road from the spillway carpark. “That should sort the men out from the boys,” he says…

The rubber roundabout

13 July 2pm *Changed copy below to a new pedestrian crossing in Shakespeare Street, not Cook Street. 11 July 5am An innovative solution to slow traffic at a major roundabout so pedestrians and cyclists can…

Big turnout for night ride

There were plenty of reasons not to go on the two-hour long Te Awa Light Night ride on Saturday but 1500 people decided to go anyway. A glorious day developed quickly into a bitterly chilly…

Vandals Came, saw, trashed

Another vandalism attack on one of Cambridge’s newest playgrounds will cost ratepayers thousands of dollars in repairs. Damage at the Terry Came Drive playground was discovered yesterday last week. An artistic wall wrap had been…

And the cats came back

More than 2000 people competed or watched when the Hamilton Cat Club held its 75th anniversary show at the Tamahere Community centre last weekend. The event was moved from its previous home, Hamilton Gardens last…

Operational is not working

Conservation Minister Tama Potaka has deflected Sanctuary Mountain Maungatautari’s plea for help. General manager Helen Hughes turned to Potaka for help in May, before revealing to The News last month that a cash flow crisis…

Perfecting sound and vision

When conductor David Rowland rehearsed with the acclaimed Christ’s College Chapel Choir in St Andrew’s Anglican Church on Sunday, he knew there was something wrong. “I couldn’t hear the tenors and basses as much as…

News ….. in brief

Almost time… The wrap, scaffolding and hoarding around Cambridge’s historic Town Clock is down, signalling the end to a $721,000 restoration project is near. Work has involved clock servicing, automation, hands and face refurbishment and…

Long lunch, strong bids

The Long Lunch in Cambridge Town Hall last month was just what the business doctor ordered with $2500 raised for Cambridge Lifeskills and plenty of robust competition at auction time. The Cambridge Chamber event served…

Dallas cuts into final

A Waipā butcher was one of two to secure places in the  Young Butcher and Butcher Apprentice of the Year competition last week. Cambridge’s Dallas Prince from Wholly Cow Butchery won the Pact Packaging young…

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