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Cambridge funeral home to give away profits

The Cambridge community is set to benefit from ongoing donations following the sale of Cambridge’s oldest and largest funeral home, Cambridge Funeral Services, to Legacy Funerals. Long-time local funeral director Stuart Houchen said he was…

Promising results in Bowers Cup

The Bowers Cup rugby tournament has kicked off for 2018 and the Cambridge team has already secured a massive 56-0 win over Hamilton. The intermediate schoolboys’ competition sees under-45kg rugby teams from Morrinsville, Te Awamutu,…

Lacrosse: Tough battle against TA

Cambridge High School’s boys’ lacrosse team went up against Te Awamutu on Sunday, hoping to redeem themselves following a 5-6 loss in June. Both teams were missing a key player – TA’s Dalton Hargreaves and…

Woodlock aims to end season on a high

Cambridge captain Patrick Woodlock has hinted he may be playing his last season of competitive football, but he’s determined to leave the Reds in a position of strength. If he does retire at the end…

Theft at charitable organisation

Cambridge Community House received a low blow recently when the charitable organisation had several items stolen. A laptop, computer monitor and docking station were stolen from the Shakespeare St premises on the night of July…

Demand drives need for second shuttle

Cambridge will soon get its second St John Health Shuttle vehicle and is sounding the call for locals to help swell the pool of volunteer drivers. The first free community health shuttle was launched here…

Swimmers bring back Aus medal haul

Twenty six swimmers from the St Peter’s Swim Club took the town-of-champions status to Australia recently with fantastic results. Competing at the South Australian Short Course Swimming Championships over July 18 – 22 in Adelaide,…

Free parenting event coming

Cambridge parents will no doubt benefit from a talk in Cambridge later this month, when Yvonne Godfrey brings her 13-stop Stronger Families speaking tour to Cambridge High School. Members of the public are invited to…

$75K donation for Community House

The Rotary Club of Cambridge Community Trust recently made a generous donation of $75,000 to Cambridge Community House to assist with the development of their new counselling building. Both Rotary and the Community Trust have…

Waipa Business Awards finalists named

Finalists in the 2018 Waipa Networks Business Awards were announced last week. The event, which had a record number of entries this year, saw fifteen Cambridge businesses make it through to the next judging round….

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