Parade a scorching success
A record 60 floats and around 75 vehicles carrying some 980 people made for a sizzling New World Cambridge Christmas Parade in Sunday’s brilliant sunshine. The theme this year – A Sporty Christmas – was…
A record 60 floats and around 75 vehicles carrying some 980 people made for a sizzling New World Cambridge Christmas Parade in Sunday’s brilliant sunshine. The theme this year – A Sporty Christmas – was…
Cambridge Community Board chair Charlotte FitzPatrick and board member Chris Minneé took an early step towards explaining the board’s work to the wider public when they addressed last week’s final meeting for 2025 of the…
A new book outlining the story of the establishment of the military-settler town of Camp Cambridge in the mid-1800s has been penned by former Cambridge Historical Society president Grant Middlemiss. His new book, The Siege…
David Hall’s legacy at Cambridge Resthaven will long be remembered, but several anecdotes teased at his farewell last week suggest he may be remembered for more besides. Emcee Jon Broadley and Cambridge Resthaven Trust Board chairman Greg Liddy revealed the…
The annual New Zealand Blind Lawn Bowls Association nationals came to Cambridge for the first time last week, and other than a weather wobble for the pairs, was declared an outstanding success. The event, held…
An annual initiative that eases the loneliness of people who will spend Christmas Day without family was launched earlier this month. Now into its third year, the Altrusa International Cambridge’s ‘Be a Santa to a…
Despite reaching his milestone centenary last Sunday, there is very little about Reid Calder that is slowing down. He’s up early each day, hitting the iPad to catch the latest online news. Technology is no…
Some lucky little person could soon be the recipient of a three-storey doll’s house made by blokes at the Cambridge Menzshed and furnished by Cambridge Resthaven resident Alison Hucke. The miniature home is being raffled…
The delivery of an AED to Kids in Need Waikato will provide a reassuring cushion of safety, says the group’s founder Linda Roil. The AED (artificial external defibrillator) was donated by the Cambridge Rotary Club….
When former Heritage Gallery owner Sandra Webb retired after 27 years, Cambridge knew she wouldn’t disappear for long. She was known as much for her enjoyment of people as for her art, so it was…
