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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…

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…

All piled up and nowhere to go

As the full effects of China’s decision to stop importing recycled rubbish from the West kicks in, the backlog of recycled waste at the Smart Enviromental plant near Thames is steadily growing, with Cambridge’s rubbish…

Gala for band’s trip

An afternoon gala concert at St Peter’s School on June 24 will be a major fundraising event in Cambridge Brass Band’s quest to support its first trip abroad. The band needs to raise around $75,000…

Quizmasters win $1000

A team of Year 7 and 8 students from St Peter’s School won the regional Lit Quiz competition held at Southwell School recently, where 51 teams competed. This has qualified the team for nationals, to…

Remembering George Boulton

As requested by George himself, Carole Hughes shares the life and story of Cambridge newspaper legend George Boulton. The newspaper industry was in George Boulton’s blood. His father Sam Boulton was one of the owners…

Mycoplasma bovis meeting packed

It was standing room only at Friday’s Mycoplasma bovis meeting at the Don Rowlands Centre, with around 700 people packing in to hear the latest on the outbreak that has now reached Cambridge. Representatives from…

Baking the ancient way

The next time a piece of warm, new bread has your taste buds dancing, spare a thought for those who had to find a safe way to bake it thousands of years ago. It’s a…

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