Local News
02 Sep 10 | Welcome to another installment of Youth Rap for 2010. Youth Rap continues to offer the community an insight and update into the entire goings-on relating to youth and young people.
02 Sep 10 | Last weekend Lightning Ridge hosted a group of nearly 90 motorcyclists participating in an annual charity bike ride, Rumble Down Under.
02 Sep 10 | Local farmer James Morris and his father Tony have backed claims that this year’s conditions could produce the best crops in years.
02 Sep 10 | Members of Lightning Ridge Liquor Accord met with police from the Castlereagh Local Area Command (LAC) and members of the Office of Liquor, Gaming and Racing (OLGR) recently to discuss issues related to reducing alcohol related offences in the area.
02 Sep 10 | The women of the Goodooga-Lightning Ridge Country Women’s Association (CWA) will be marking the inaugural NSW and ACT CWA Awareness Day with a morning tea at the Lightning Ridge Westpac Bank on Wednesday September 8 from 9.30am to 11.30am.
02 Sep 10 | We knew Lightning Ridge’s resident potter Graeme Anderson was good with his hands but we didn’t know that he had green thumbs as well.
02 Sep 10 | Last week eight students from Years 5 and 6 at the Lightning Ridge Central School travelled to Sydney to compete in the tenth annual Telstra Legends of League finals at the Macquarie University Sports Fields.
26 Aug 10 | Following the success of her recent exhibition, Just Passing Through, Viki Murray has claimed an entire wall in the John Murray Art Gallery for a permanent display of her images.
26 Aug 10 | This week saw the 26th annual NSW Variety Bash pass through the Walgett Shire.
26 Aug 10 | Two local artists, Paul Bird and John Murray, have been named among 43 finalists in the prestigious Country Energy Art Prize for Landscape painting.
26 Aug 10 | Last week, Minister for Roads David Borger announced the NSW Government was providing an extra $477,000 in funding for the Walgett Shire to repair roads damaged by the floods earlier this year.
26 Aug 10 | Last weekend, The Ridge News caught up with the newest member of staff at the aged-care facility at the Lightning Ridge Hospital.
26 Aug 10 | It’s been described as the election that never ends, but the results were pretty conclusive in the Parkes electorate with incumbent member Mark Coulton declaring victory after winning more than 44,500 votes.
26 Aug 10 | The Great Goat Race Committee is desperately seeking new members to fill its office bearing positions so that the Easter Festival’s premier event can continue to run successfully in the future.
19 Aug 10 | Although rain caused the cancellation of some of the events scheduled to take place as part of the Walgett Community Festival last week, it was still a great opportunity for locals to celebrate their community and culture.
19 Aug 10 | The annual Ugly Man Competition was one of the highlights of the Grawin Show last Sunday.
19 Aug 10 | Athol Jenkins has certainly seen a lot of changes in the last 90 years but as one half of the husband and wife team, which operates the Kangaroo Hill Tourist Complex, he isn’t showing any signs of slowing down yet.
19 Aug 10 | On behalf of the Lightning Ridge RSL Sub-Branch Paul Flynn led a ceremony at the Lions Park War Memorial yesterday morning to commemorate Vietnam Veterans’ Day and the 44th anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan.
19 Aug 10 | Last Saturday night the Lightning Ridge Men’s Shed received a cheque for $5000 from masoniCare, the
charitable arm of the NSW and ACT Freemasons.
19 Aug 10 | Opal FM held a picnic in the Lions Park recently to celebrate the station’s 14th birthday.
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