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$10m cycleway work progresses

You could be forgiven for thinking a bomb hit Bryce and Duke streets in Cambridge last week as contractors continued work on the $10.2 million pathway project. The cycleway from Hamilton Road south down Bryce…

Rates: where to now for council?

An early return to the debating chamber today for Waipā councillors to flesh out double-digit rates increases has been cancelled so staff can grapple with a long-term plan thrown a huge curve ball last month…

Council has it Taylor made

A Taylor Street sign at the northern end of Hugo Shaw Drive is about 450m of paddocks away as the crow flies from another Taylor Street sign outside Cambridge Raceway. Confused? So was The News….

Good Local heads south

Good Local Media – the company which publishes The News – has added another masthead to its portfolio. Owner David Mackenzie announced this week he had purchased the King Country News, which had been part…

Late for school

“Fiscal constraints” have delayed the opening of Cambridge’s new primary school by two years, The News can exclusively reveal today. Despite the infrastructure outside the school now largely in place, no buildings have gone up…

News ….. in brief

Dam road shut Mercury contractors closed the Karāpiro Dam Road a week before scheduled on Sunday due to unexpected additional critical work on the refurbishment of a penstock unit. The road was to have been…

Crash investigated

A crash involving an unmarked police car on the corner of Bruntwood and Victoria roads (SH1B) , north of Cambridge yesterday afternoon resulted in a more than three hour road closure, the presence of serious…

Information sought – Cambridge water incident

A search for a swimmer in Cambridge resumes this afternoon, but Police want to hear from a couple who may have seen the man leave the water. Police were alerted to a possible missing swimmer…

New housing scheme opens

Bridge Housing, an initiative started by the Brian Perry Charitable Trust, opened on the outskirts of Cambridge last month with $4 million pumped into it by the trust. In the future there will be 60-70…

Kustom made for kids

The 2023 Stragglers Rod and Kustom Charity Custom and Classic Car Display raised nearly $30,000 for charity, the highest annual total in the event’s 17-year history. The display, held last month, is New Zealand’s biggest…

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