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Searching for Sarah – 128

An almost 50-year-old Plunket record book with Hamilton connections is tugging at the heartstrings of staff and volunteers at the Cambridge Hospice Shop. he book, numbered 128 on the cover, is dated 1975 and has…

On the right path

Mother of three Ana Almanza says one of the major reasons her family moved from Argentina to settle in Cambridge was the opportunity to walk and cycle safely. She and her three children Lourdes, 7,…

Battling Hautapu beaten

Hautapu dreamed to believe – and at one point midway in the second half it looked possible – but in the end the unbeaten Hamilton Marist premier rugby team was simply too good. The green…

Waipā move a good idea

When David Huxtable peered into the window of an Alpha Street building in Cambridge back in March, he had an inkling his two-year search was over. The Waikato-King Country Idea Services area manager’s team had…

Charter school planned

A Waipā couple hopes to set up one of 15 charter schools the coalition government approved in this year’s Budget. Ray and Maxine Nelson – founders and directors of Ignite Arts Academy in Cambridge –…

Roundabout review released

A peer review of the controversial Shakespeare Street roundabout did consider truck and trailer and semi-trailer vehicles in its comments on the design. Safe System Solutions in Hamilton made 15 recommendations to Waipā District Council….

Water – joint approach best

A new report into water services says the greater Waikato will be better off if councils work together – and it will prompt discussions over setting up joint entities. The document, commissioned by the Waikato…

Applauding our good people

Greetings, I hope the start to term three is going well. I know you will be paying extra attention on the roads now that our school aged pedestrians and cyclists are increasingly around as they…

News …… in brief

Drysdale wins Cambridge financial advisor and former Olympic Games gold medallist Mahé Drysdale is Tauranga’s new mayor.  With over 80 per cent of the vote counted, Drysdale had 13,419 votes, 5000 clear of second placed…

Roundabout costs sought

Updated Saturday 20 July – 11.50pm *Reports suggest the truck and trailer unit carrying the house came from the Low Level Bridge and turned right into Cook Street without going around the roundabout. The News…

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