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Lara to the rescue

When Jeff Woolford broke a wrist after going over the handlebars of his farm bike last year, his partner Lara Sutton stepped into his gumboots. “I would not have survived without her,” Woolford said. “It’s…

Peak time rush

New Zealand Transport Agency says work on the northbound lane from Victoria Rd interchange in Cambridge to Tamahere proved the most challenging in terms of traffic management on Waikato Expressway ever. NZTA mitigated it through…

News in brief

What a whopper Fine weather resulted in a good entry for the recent Lake Arapuni fishing competition and a number of trout weight in with 88 entries, 26 being juniors and 84 trout weighed in….

‘Gagging’ orders hit two boards

The role of councillors on community boards – where they find themselves limited in  how they contribute – will be reviewed in Waipā. Councillors have to choose between debating issues at community board or council…

Charities benefit from festival

Three of Cambridge’s core charities have received $10,000 each from funds raised at last year’s Cambridge Rotary Garden Festival. Kids in Need Waikato, InterlockNZ Trust, and Cambridge Lifeskills received the funding boost. Representatives from each,…

Full field at RDA fundraiser

It was the Mane Event in Cambridge on Sunday where crowd favourite therapy pony Monty led everyone a merry walk to Riding for the Disabled Association’s fundraiser at its Alpha St headquarters behind the Gaslight…

Quarry hearing adjourned

Significant changes to a proposal by RS Sand to establish a sand quarry on the southern outskirts of Cambridge has delayed the final decision another month. A hearing before commissioners Richard Blakey (chair), Ngaire Phillips,…

Low and behold, the Morgans

Ian Taylor was holidaying in Italy when he saw a Morgan car and decided that was the car he wanted. He was attending the Como to Stresa rally, a famous road rally featuring vintage cars…

Getting reconnected

The Cambridge Connections reset is taking too long, and the public is frustrated and in the dark about where the project is at. “All they know is they’re sitting in their car. Cambridge is becoming…

Dani has youths edging ahead

Police sergeant Felicity Cook-Jones has got the perfect answer to improving the relationship between young people and the police. “Clone Dani,” she said, referring to Constable Danica Hibdige, who leads Cambridge’s Youth Aid and Blue…

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