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Book launch coming up

Author Julie Thomas is launching the final novel in her Horowitz trilogy on Monday, June 11 at Paper Plus. The trilogy began with The Keeper of Secrets and Rachel’s Legacy, finishes with Levi’s War. When…

Coming weeks critical for Reds

June is shaping up as the crucial month for Cambridge as the Reds strive to establish themselves in Northern League football.  After a bright start to their season at this higher level of competition, the…

Spotlight on council rents

The way council sets its 30 per cent rent cap for pensioners’ rent has prompted a letter from MP Louise Upston to the Minister of Social Development, querying the way the council has done its…

$4K donation from fishing contest

The Leamington Rugby Sports Club handed over $4000 to the Prostate Cancer Foundation of New Zealand recently, raised through the club’s annual fishing contest in February. It was a massive step up – over double…

Mind where you park

Sports fans are being urged to keep cycleways, walkways and driveways clear or risk getting a ticket. Vehicles have already been spotted parking across the cycleway/walkway from the intersection of Taylor and Victoria Sts in…

Rockquest bands shine

Twenty-nine bands bravely took to the stage at the Clarence St Theatre last Sunday as part of the Smokefree Rockquest regional heats, battling their nerves of steel to perform their own original songs to an…

Double survivor hosts Pink Breakfast

Ruth Pidwell spent the last Sunday morning of May awash in a sea of pink. The two-time survivor of breast cancer hosted her first Pink Ribbon Breakfast, joined by family and a group of 16…

BMXers ready to shine in performance hub

Cycling New Zealand has officially launched the new High-Performance BMX Hub based in Cambridge, where four promising local riders will train alongside the country’s best under the hub’s newly-appointed coach Matt Cameron. “It’s exciting, it’s…

McMurray a cycling “master”

A Cambridge cyclist took out a massive title at this year’s Cycling New Zealand Sports Awards, winning the Male Masters Road Cyclist of the Year Award – the single biggest category of the night covering…

St John’s ‘Giant Totara’ falls

A man described as an outstanding New Zealander and a great servant of St John was farewelled at St Andrew’s Church in Cambridge on May 24. Jeremy Stubbs, a Knight of Grace of the Order…

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