Local News
03 Sep 10 | AWARD-winning author Jackie French launched WIRES Far South East 2011 wildlife calendar last week.
The calendar features 13 animals from wombats, penguins and goannas to sugargliders, frogs and native birds.
03 Sep 10 | LOCAL library services will start to look different in coming months as new outreach services are introduced to replace the Bega Valley Shire Council’s mobile library.
Council’s group manager of Community and Relationships Leanne Barnes said the mobile library service in its current form, operating from a large van, would cease in October.
03 Sep 10 | BEGA residents have the chance to make a difference at Bega District Hospital’s children’s ward.
The national Wool-worths Fresh Food Kids’ Hospital Appeal was launched at the hospital this week and will run until October 18.
03 Sep 10 | AN INVESTIGATION into a leaked document will be carried out by Bega Valley Shire Council after the matter was raised by mayor Cr Tony Allen at council’s meeting this week.
The document was a letter from the office of the Minister for Health Carmel Tebbutt to general manager Peter Tegart with answers to questions he sought on behalf of council about health issues in the Bega Valley, including the proposed Bega Hospital development.
03 Sep 10 | Dairy farmers are the lifeblood of the Bega Valley but they are facing pressures
such as they have never before experienced.
02 Sep 10 | THIS week is the Legacy fund raising week Australia wide.
In the Far South Coast area, Legatees and supporters will be selling Legacy badges on Thursday and Friday, September 2 and 3, as part of this major fund raising effort.
02 Sep 10 | THE Bega Valley Shire Council has been awarded three grants from the Department of Climate Change, Environment and Water to help Council carry out important coastal hazard and estuarine projects.
A grant of $35,000 will enable it to prepare an entrance management/opening policy for a number of lakes and estuaries in the shire.
02 Sep 10 | BEGA Police are seeking public assistance in the investigation of a series of malicious damage offences and arson attacks that occurred over the weekend.
The NSW Fire Brigade and police attended a house fire in Gipps Street, Bega, between 2.30am and 5am on Saturday.
02 Sep 10 | THERE are old-new lights at the Valley Fields.
The lighting was undertaken as part of the new Bega Recreation Ground field lighting.
02 Sep 10 | THERE are many things that men like to do: sporting activities, fishing, making things in their sheds, restoring old cars and such like.
However, there are also those who just want to sit around and talk.
27 Aug 10 | THE huge hole that is appearing near the RSL at the corner of Upper and Auckland Streets is set to become even deeper.
27 Aug 10 | THE owners of cafes and restaurants are reminded that refusing a harnessed guide dog entry can result in legal action for the business owner.
Bega Valley Shire Council’s environmental health co-ordinator, Greg O’Donnell, says it is important that food service businesses understand their obligations in regards to allowing a Guide Dog user access to their premises.
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27 Aug 10 | NEWLY re-elected Member for Eden-Monaro Mike Kelly this week said he was still confident the deal to secure the land for the proposed Bega Hospital would go ahead.
“I have been told the valuer will complete all his paperwork within the next week,” he said.
27 Aug 10 | KEITH Newell lives in Geelong, but spent his childhood in Bega where his father was manager of the Bega Butter Factory, so on the internet he keeps a sharp eye on what is happening in Bega.
27 Aug 10 | THE BEGA RSL has set itself up for a bright and secure future after finalising its deal with Woolworths.
Club president John Rood said the club has received payment of $5 million for its building as well as a 1600 square metre stratum in the new development and 64 car spaces.
24 Aug 10 | THE Illawarra and South East School Region recognised its best and brightest individuals and schools at an awards ceremony recently.
24 Aug 10 | LONG-TIME Bega District Model Aircraft Club member Michael Beatty has been selected by the Model Aircraft Association of Australia (MAAA) to be part of a three-man team to represent the nation at the F5B Electrical Glider World Championships to be held at Muncie, Indiana in USA.
24 Aug 10 | HARRIS Scarfe has announced the closing of its Bega store following a review of its trading performance.
The store will cease trading on September 26 following six years in the town.
24 Aug 10 | THE friendliness of the political scene in the Bega Valley confounded the major party campaign workers on Saturday.
The local Labor Party branch members were unbelieving when told that Young Liberals and Young Labor from Canberra and other centres would descend on the Valley in the early hours of Saturday morning hoping to be first at the major booths to put up their party’s bunting.
24 Aug 10 | IN THE midst of a devastating result for his party in Saturday’s election, Labor Member for Eden-Monaro Mike Kelly has been returned with an increased majority.
On a two-party preferred basis there was a swing of 2 per cent to Labor in Eden-Monaro, with a .4 per cent swing to Mr Kelly on the primary vote.
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