31 Dec 01 | This week our foremost Australian Native fish expert Simon Kaminskas gives us the low down on the worlds biggest freshwater sport fish that is unique to Australia.
31 Dec 01 | The Mugs of the Month were awarded on Wednesday December 19 when forty bowlers were present.
31 Dec 01 | Once again the Highlands Cycling Club were greeted by superb summer weather for the last evening of racing before the Christmas break.
31 Dec 01 | The Mittagong Lions are set to implement a raft of staff and player changes for next year’s Group 6 competition.
31 Dec 01 | Bradman Oval curator Josh Woodcock has promised to prepare a belter in readiness for next month’s international one dayer between Australia Country XI and New Zealand.
31 Dec 01 | In the next five years, 30,000 Australians will be diagnosed with leukaemia or a related disorder.
31 Dec 01 | I read with disappointment of the breakdown of relations between the Bowral Business Chamber and the Southern Highlands Business Chamber.
31 Dec 01 | DoCS Disaster Recovery staff and workers from the department’s community partners, which include Salvation Army, Red Cross, Anglicare, Adracare (Seventh Day Adventist) and St Vincent de Paul, are providing valuable round-the-clock assistance to bushfire victims.
31 Dec 01 | Southern Tablelands Regional Arts has been awarded $55,000 in the arts funding just announced by Premier of NSW and Minister for the Arts, Bob Carr.
31 Dec 01 | As thousands of Australian smokers are getting ready to quit for New Year’s Eve, smokers over 35- years-old are reminded it’s never too late to quit.
31 Dec 01 | There’s absolutely no need to go to Sydney or the coast to celebrate New Year’s Eve when there’s a host of functions and events happening locally.
31 Dec 01 | TAB Limited has pledged its 1,900 strong statewide Agency network to the NSW Government’s Christmas 2001 Bush Fire Relief Appeal to aid victims of the current fire disaster.
31 Dec 01 | The Department of Community Services (DoCS) yesterday urged bushfire victims to seek help at their nearest Disaster Recovery Centre.
31 Dec 01 | He needs to be a little bit frightened but keep a level head in a time of crisis and he needs to trust his mates.
31 Dec 01 | THE risk of widespread property damage occurring in Wingecarribee Shire was the major concern for firefighters as fire crept into the northwest end of the district at the beginning of the weekend.
31 Dec 01 | Macquarie Region Commander, John Laycock, has began establishing Strike Force Tronto, formed to coordinate police investigations into NSW bushfires.
31 Dec 01 | NSW Agriculture is urging Wingecarribee residents living in areas affected by bushfires who discover injured or lost wildlife to contact wildlife organisations for assistance.
31 Dec 01 | MOSS Vale doctor Vince Roche believes the smoke engulfing the Highlands is unlikely to cause respiratory problems.
31 Dec 01 | FIREFIGHTERS breathed a huge sigh of relief yesterday as the predicted surge in temperature combined with the arrival of strong north westerly winds failed to materialise saving hundreds of Southern Highland homes from the threat of fire.