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Picture quest takes local to India
02 Feb 12 | NOT many media-communications students would use their university study break to teach photojournalism skills to orphans in India.
Ukes and utes at the Morisset Show this weekend
02 Feb 12 | THIS year's annual Morisset Lake Macquarie District Agricultural Show will have the biggest, most diverse and brightest stage entertainment in the 58 year history of the event.
02 Feb 12 | TENDERS for the supply and collection of bins for garden and food (organic) waste are now being accepted by Lake Macquarie Council.
02 Feb 12 | MANY think of of the Red Cross in a military or emergency medical context but there's far more to the organisation than stretcher bearing on battlefields or building tent cities in foreign lands.
02 Feb 12 | TORONTO Men's Shed Inc has finally opened its doors in Awaba Community Hall. "Our first step now is to have a huge two-day garage sale to raise funds," organiser Bob Thorburn said.
Wheels turning on push for shared pathway
02 Feb 12 | A MAJOR community awareness campaign to win residents' support for a South-West Lakes Shared Pathway is gaining ground in the Morisset district.
02 Feb 12 | THE aptly-named Sensory Garden designed to appeal to the senses will be formally opened at the Southlakes Carers Community and Aged Care centre, Morisset, on February 23 at 12.30pm.
Best yet Paddlefest coming in March
02 Feb 12 | IT'S wet, funny and family entertainment at its best. It is when and where every member can have a go at something enjoyable which is also helpful. It's Paddlefest.
Cat lady may quit
02 Feb 12 | LAKE Macquarie region's supreme animal carer Joanne Hawken is reaching the end of her tether after 30 years of rescuing abused animals and abandoned pets.
Power to hard up people
02 Feb 12 | PENSIONERS and low-income families in Lake Macquarie region can be helped to manage their power bills through the free Home Power Savings Program.
22 Dec 11 | CONSTRUCTION of an activity centre and accommodation units will begin at Avondale Retirement Village in Cooranbong in the New Year.
22 Dec 11 | PROPERTY owners in Lake Macquarie can afford to pay Lake Macquarie City Council's proposed rates hike. That's the view of council executives following a formal report which claims Lake Macquarie re
Toronto High wins training upgrade
22 Dec 11 | TORONTO High School will undergo a significant upgrade to become a trade training centre. The school will receive $631,500 to refurbish existing facilities to include an engineering workshop.
22 Dec 11 | THE Lakes Mail office has closed for Christmas. The office will reopen at 8.30am on Monday, January 9. Today's edition of the Lakes Mail is the last for 2011.
Gentle giant was a good mate
22 Dec 11 | CAT lady Joanne Hawken loved her best mate Bill until the day he died, but in truth he was a real pig by anybody's standards. Literally.
Morisset Showground aglow on Spectacular night
22 Dec 11 | MORE than 2000 people got right into the Christmas spirit at the Southlake Christmas Spectacular at Morisset on Saturday night.
22 Dec 11 | LAKE Macquarie City Council's Customer Service Centre and libraries will close for Christmas at noon tomorrow (Friday). They will be closed on Christmas Day, Boxing Day, New Year's Day and for the
22 Dec 11 | SEVERAL churches in the region will host mass on Christmas Day. St John Vianney Church, at Morisset, will host a Christmas Day service at 9.30am. Morisset Baptist Church will begin its service a
Five stung in Morisset roundabout crackdown
22 Dec 11 | A CAR pooler and the operator of a recycling company were among those who received an $88 fine for parking on open ground next to Morisset's main roundabout on Friday.
22 Dec 11 | AN attractive Balmoral property listed with LJ Hooker Toronto looms as a good buy. That's because the owners are about to move into their new home and they must sell this four-bedroom house.
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