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Firefighters in good company

Cambridge firefighters honoured their bosses at a ceremony on the weekend acknowledging the disruption their voluntary duties have on their employers’ businesses. “Particularly when their employees bolt out the door and (you) have no idea…

Modest man’s Le Quesnoy legacy

John Gibbons: June 26, 1927 – September 25, 2023 The passing of renown Kiwi bandsman John Gibbons, whose funeral was in Te Awamutu last weekend, holds particular poignancy for Cambridge. Among the 50 marches he…

Flying the flag for greyhounds

Fifty-nine greyhounds took part in the Cambridge’s Great Global Greyhound Walk late last month, making it the third biggest New Zealand centre doing the international awareness event. The September 24 walk at the Cambridge Raceway…

Change for villas

One of New Zealand’s largest retirement village providers has confirmed it will no longer provide rental accommodation for senior citizens in its St Andrew’s Cambridge facility. Metlifecare has told the 11 people living in the…

We’re in the business

Cambridge News publisher Good Local Media has added another print masthead to the company’s stable. Owner David Mackenzie announced this week he had bought the Waikato Business News. It was a trusted and respected name…

Paua gets a library booking

A Cambridge architect whose work features in several houses and buildings around the town has won the contract to provide a concept of what a new library might look like. Antanas Procuta and his Hamilton-based…

Don’t let the bed bugs bite

Jo Davies-Colley thought she had her suitcase all packed and under control for her trip to Cambridge’s sister city Le Quesnoy this week until someone told her there was a bed bug crisis in France….

Just briefly ……..

Bev’s best brew What better way to start last Sunday’s International Coffee Day than with a brew you’ve had a hand in making?  Bev Geange, a resident of Arvida Lauriston Park in Cambridge, helped café…

In the neighbourhood

Coffee with a cop, promoted by senior constable Deb Hann in her On The Beat column last week proved a success last week. Deb brought along six of her colleagues – including fellow Te Awamutu…

News swoop …

Rob and Janet Weeks were visiting Cambridge this week and did a double take when they saw a sign advising them to be cautious of swooping magpies. It was a new one for the Canadian…

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