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Former local writes about the ‘magic years’
FORMER local Robert McLean has written about the town's 'magic years' from 1950 to 1970 creating a book that blends memoir and social history. McLean's…
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Commitment to community honoured
TWELVE people were honoured at the Broken Hill City Council’s Australia Day Event with Australia Day Awards for their service to the community. Professor Ian Plimer, a geologist and author,…
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Lease granted for new preschool
A NEW preschool looks set to open in the coming weeks after a lease was approved for the space formerly occupied by Playtime Preschool. At Broken Hill City Council's Ordinary…
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Councillors forced to find their feet
NEW rules introduced by the New South Wales State Government will see councillors stand to speak in council meetings. At this month's ordinary council meeting on Wednesday, the first for…
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Heat kills 100s of fish
HUNDREDS of fish have died near Weir 32 at Menindee this week as temperatures soared to about 50 degrees Celsius along the river and water temperatures climbed to about 28…
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Power and produce gone
AS a prolonged heatwave continued to put stress on the electricity network this week, related power outages caused Coles to dumb a large amount of products. The supermarket was impacted…
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What’s on in Broken Hill?
FRIDAY The Workshop 343 Blende Street, 9.30am The Royal Flying Doctor Service Broken Hill Wellbeing Place hosts a free variety of craft and woodworking activities. Unblinding: Reversing type 2 diabetes…
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Red and amber alerts for blue-green algae
LAKE Menindee’s Site 19 and Outlet Regulator have been issued with blue-green algae red alert warnings this week, after recent testing was carried out at the sites. A precautionary red…
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Central Darling Shire’s shining stars
A NUMBER of citizens and groups were recognised Central Darling Shire on Australia Day. The awards were an opportunity to acknowledge the contributions to the community by publicly thanking individual…
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Extreme heat and pool closure
BROKEN Hill and the surrounding region sweltered through a severe heatwave this week, with records broken throughout the north west NSW region, down to the Mallee, Murraylands and Riverland. Tuesday…
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Award recipients mostly men
THE Broken Hill Council’s Australia Day Awards saw twelve citizens receive this years Australia Day Award, which celebrates the contributions of recipients to their community. Geologist and author professor Ian…