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Split costs for cross-leases

At a lively Council meeting last Tuesday, councillors voted to split the cost of water to cross-lease properties equally between households on the land.  Four different options were considered at the meeting, following a $100,000…

Tamahere School pool revealed

After three years in the making Tamahere School officially opened their new swimming pool complex last week. The whole school, along with sponsors, supporters, families and dignitaries lined the new complex on Friday last week…

Sevens tournament coming to Cambridge

Cambridge’s Memorial Park on Taylor Street will play host to the annual Northern Regional Rugby Sevens tournament on Saturday 9th December. The Waikato Rugby Union is organising the event, which will feature six provincial unions…

Softballers make regional teams

Cambridge has produced not one but three young softball players to make regional representative teams this season, hailing from the Tom Voyle Sports Club. Alyssa Fenemor and brothers Tyrone and Jordan West were each selected…

Town Hall Christmas wonderland

This year’s Cambridge Christmas Festival more than lives up to its 2017 theme, “Deck the Halls”. From December 1 to 16, it will fill almost every inch of the Cambridge Town Hall with the sights…

Cell phone tower sparks concerns

Residents in Cambridge East are up in arms after a Spark cell phone tower was erected on the corner of Robinson and Madison streets last week. The tower sits right in the middle of the…

St Peter’s Catholic future-proofing

St Peter’s Catholic School is approaching the end of 2017 with a series of festive school functions and news of building projects aimed at meeting long-term needs. Their November 21 Grandparents’ Day was the first…

Shoeboxes of love

Cambridge teenager Grace Andrews has a love of Christmas, and she wants to share it with families in need. Grace has come up with Project with a Purpose, a way of spreading Christmas joy to…

Cambridge’s summer sound

Cambridge musician Dylan Clark is hoping that his music is going to feature on summer soundtracks around town, and he’s already off to a good start. Dylan, 18, performing under the name Dyl, has attracted…

A & P Show best of bunch

Despite competing with Equitana Auckland last weekend, Cambridge’s 114th annual A&P Show attracted a strong showing, leaving organisers “rapt”. “It went really well…we had some of the best entries that we’ve seen so far this…

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