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Schoolies Week with a difference

Spending her post-VCE holidays on the family farm at Blighty would have been an easy choice for Ashleigh Simpson. It is what she would normally do at the end of the school year, but Ashleigh chose to undertake community service instead; in Nepal...

Olivia Duffey
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Christmas Bowl helping people for 70 years

The local community is being encouraged to donate to the ‘Christmas Bowl’, to help communities threatened by conflict and disaster around the world. It is the 70th year of this Christmas tradition, which is supported by most Christian churches...

Olivia Duffey
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Celebrate Christmas in Waring Gardens

Everyone is invited to join with the community and celebrate Christmas this weekend. A wonderful evening of Christmas festivities will be hosted in the heart of Deniliquin, in the Waring Gardens, on Sunday, December 15. The Edward River Community...

Daniel Hughes
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Pavilion creates new event to celebrate 140 years

A new children’s competition has been created to celebrate the 140th anniversary of the Deniliquin Show. The famed annual event will be held from March 6 to 8 next year. Pavilion Ladies’ Committee publicity officer Bronwyn Bathgate said school...

Zoe McMaugh
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Trudy lights up to create enjoyment

Trudy McElroy will attempt to go one better with her entry in the Deniliquin Christmas Lights competition this year.

Daniel Hughes
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Show support by shopping

A selection of Deniliquin businesses have opted to stay open until at least 7pm tonight to help shoppers get last minute gifts or treats for the festive season.

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Hop in for a big win

There is only one week to go before the Golden Bunny Bonanza shop local promotion’s grand prize draw. After today’s $200 weekly prize draw, the final prize will escalate to a massive $5000 in Deni Gift Card shopping vouchers. The promotion has...

Daniel Hughes
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Local artists featured

A colourful display of artworks has taken over the Peppin Heritage Centre, all created by Edward River Art Society members. ERAS president Pam Wettenhall said the exhibition, which is held annually to showcase local talents, includes some first-time...

Olivia Duffey
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Rose to represent Deni in 2020 Showgirl competition

‘‘If anyone is interested in becoming our Deniliquin Showgirl for 2021 they can contact me through our email, [email protected] com. au

Olivia Duffey
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Strong support for Memorial Toy Run

Donations flowed in all morning on Saturday, as the community generously supported the annual Marc Kingston Memorial Toy Run. The Ulysses Motorcycle Club and Deniliquin Antique Vehicle Club joined forces to organise this year’s toy run with the...

Olivia Duffey
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Teachers’ success on maximum pay rise

Teachers across NSW have been offered the maximum allowable pay increase after successfully lobbying the state government. Pays will increase by 2.5 per cent from January 2020, and then by 2.28 per cent from 2021. The deal struck between the NSW...

Daniel Hughes
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Perin’s new bill: Senator’s joint bill to return water to production

At least half of the water held with the Commonwealth Environmental Water Holder should be returned for consumptive use in periods of drought. That is what NSW Nationals Senator Perin Davey will be pushing for when she moves an amendment to the...

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Double the tickets in final weeks

Deni’s Steve Rosenow ‘‘couldn’t believe it’’ when he learned on Friday he had won a $200 Deni Gift Card in the Golden Bunny Bonanza Draw. The winning ticket came from Mitre 10, where Mr Rosenow says he has been shopping for more than 20...

Olivia Duffey
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Big toy run haul, and donations still rolling in

Three full car loads of donations have been gathered from locals so far, in support of the Marc Kingston Memorial Toy Run on Saturday. It is the biggest haul in five years according to Salvation Army Major Sandra Walmsley, who said she has been...

Olivia Duffey
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Rose family immortalised

On December 3, 1837 the ship ‘Orontes’ set sail from London via the Cape of Good Hope, arriving in Sydney nearly six months later on May 18, 1838. Two brothers, Frederick Rose and John Fuller Rose, with his family, were on the ship as assisted...

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Classic car destroyed

A classic 1970s car has been destroyed after it caught alight at Mathoura on Sunday. After having been driven in the morning, the historic car was left parked at the Mathoura property. The Rural Fire Service said it unclear what sparked the blaze...

Olivia Duffey
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Chopper aids in evasion arrest

Police helicopters were utilised in the arrest of a man in Deniliquin on Friday, after he had evaded Victorian Police.

Zoe McMaugh
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Groups to collaborate

A collaborative approach is being developed between peak farming groups and the Speak Up Campaign. The key aim is to work together so problems with the Murray-Darling Basin Plan can be acknowledged and fixed. A delegation of Speak Up...

Deniliquin Pastoral Times

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EMERGENCY WARNING: Nanneella, Strathallan

UPDATE, 2.50PM: Thirty-two vehicles are now responding to the fire which is still burning out of control.

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Police investigate Cohuna woman’s death

POLICE have confirmed there are so suspicious circumstances surrounding the death of a Cohuna woman.

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Teenagers jailed over death of man in Poplar Ave, Shepparton

A teenager waved goodbye to his family and told them he loved them after being sentenced to four years’ jail yesterday following the death of a man in Shepparton last year.

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Shepparton boy wins car in McDonald’s Monopoly

You could not wipe the smile from 14-year-old Bodi Fitzsimmons’ face on Friday afternoon as he collected the four-wheeled prize he won through playing McDonald’s Monopoly.

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