24 Dec 08 | TWO firefighters at Moss Vale Fire Station have clocked up 47 years of serving the community between them.
24 Dec 08 | WINGECARRIBEE Council has voted to move forward with only one of 14 blocks of community land proposed for rezoning through the draft shire-wide Local Environment Plan (LEP).
24 Dec 08 | CHALLENGE Southern Highlands director Terry Oakes Ash has called on Wingecarribee Council to reconsider its decision to abandon a plan to part of Apex Park in Bowral to build housing for people with disabilities.
24 Dec 08 | WINGECARRIBEE Shire Council has nominated land at Bessemer Street, Mittagong, as the site for a planned family and community centre.
24 Dec 08 | A BIRD in the hand is worth two in the bush, but four are even better.
Just ask Chris Harker.
Chris started December with two budgies, Spot and Bow.
When Bow escaped out of an open door, Chris spotted him in a tree in his neighbours’ garden but had to leave him to go to a dentists’ appointment.
24 Dec 08 | Santa Claus and Scoop the Newshound wish everyone in the Southern Highlands a very merry Christmas. Make sure you get to bed early tonight to conserve some energy for opening up all those presents tomorrow morning.
22 Dec 08 | ROBERTTSON-Burrawang’s first graders bounced back from back-to-back losses with an easy 101-run win over Coolavin at Chater Oval on Saturday.
22 Dec 08 | THE Wingello Tigers are suffering from some form of cricketing curse after they failed to win yet another game that was theirs for the taking.
22 Dec 08 | SENT into bat in the second grade one-day cricket final at Lackey Park on Saturday Wingello needed a big score if they were going to trouble firm favourites Robertson-Burrawang.
22 Dec 08 | THE Southern Highlands is in mourning after losing two lives in separate road accidents last week.
A 21-year-old Bowral man died in a single car accident on Horderns Road at East Bowral on Thursday night when his car hit a tree at around 9pm.
22 Dec 08 | WINGECARRIBEE Council’s two-day strategic workshop at The Briars last month cost council $4629.80, according to a report presented to council on Wednesday.
22 Dec 08 | A 34-YEAR-OLD man was arrested for allegedly assaulting a taxi driver and damaging his taxi at Mittagong on December 13.
22 Dec 08 | SOUTHERN Highlands cyclists are outraged by Wingecarribee Council’s decision to dump a proposal to upgrade the Eridge Park velodrome in order to partly fund a Robertson footpath.
22 Dec 08 | HIGHLANDS HSC students were ranked among the best in the state when this year’s UAI results were announced last week.
22 Dec 08 | NICOLE Kidman and her family are set to move into their new Southern Highlands home during the summer holidays.
22 Dec 08 | AWAY from home and family at Christmas time can be a trying time for anyone.
For sailor Brian Delamont, this Christmas will be his first deployment away from his young family.
19 Dec 08 | THE Picton Swim Club’s Highlands contingent produced another strong performance at the Sydney Metropolitan championships at Homesbush on the weekend.
19 Dec 08 | MOUNT Broughton Golf Club’s Alex Simpson has his sights set on a professional career after he played in two of Australia’s biggest tournaments recently.
19 Dec 08 | ANOTHER strong batting innings handed Jemmy Moss its eighth straight victory with a 85-run win over the Moss Vale Rovers at Lackey Park on Saturday.
19 Dec 08 | IN quintessentially Southern Highlands weather, 63 die-hard riders turned up for Bowral Dressage Club’s annual Members Championships held at Bong Bong Racecourse on Sunday.
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