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Dance invokes reflection

September 21, 2018
Community
Ashleigh Fielding
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The fruits of labour

Wilson Brewing Company will launch an aged fruit beer tonight.

September 21, 2018
Community
Grace Jones
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Campaign continues

DENMARK fund raiser Mary Williams says she always knew in her heart that Albany would get a radiation machine to treat cancer patients, but that didn’t mean learning about Member for O’Connor Rick Wilson’s $6.6 million grant to fund one last week was any less sweet.

September 21, 2018
Community
Ashleigh Fielding
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Barker’s pie in the sky

AFTER taking the time and care to hand deliver an assortment of Mount Barker Country Bakery’s finest pies to Melbourne last week for the Official Great Aussie Pie Competition, the team behind the counter will be able to add another nine medals to their growing collection.

September 20, 2018
Community
Grace Jones
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Experts dig deeper for earthquake epicentre

TECHNICAL field officers from Geoscience Australia are in Frankland River until at least the end of this week to deploy earthquake recording equipment in the wake of WA’s largest earthquake this year, which occurred there on Sunday.

September 20, 2018
General News
Ashleigh Fielding
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Fruit crisis bites

ALBANY farmer Neil Handasyde says he has already felt the devastating effects of the nation-wide strawberry crisis and has urged the State Government to assist growers.

September 20, 2018
Community
Grace Jones

Latest Multimedia

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Characters of the Great Southern

FROM the bush to the beach, our region has some amazing people and places.

November 18, 2017
Multimedia
Chris Thomson

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White knuckle ride through Shakespeare

WILLIAM Shakespeare’s 37 plays will be performed in 97 minutes in Spectrum Theatre’s latest production, and director Katie Gunning can’t wait to get the show on the road.

September 15, 2018
Entertainment
Ashleigh Fielding
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Indie rockers find home on the road

IT SEEMS home is never far from the collective mind […]

September 6, 2018
Entertainment
Ashleigh Fielding

Latest Sport

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Vivian paves the way

ALBANY-bred cricketer Vivian Paver may have only played one game in the local A-grade competition, but the all-rounder is making his mark on the other side of the world with a batting average approaching that of the game’s greatest wielder of willow.

August 31, 2018
Community
Grace Jones
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Sharing is caring at bridge

Bridge dynamic duo Carole Munro and Jane Ellen put their combined 60 years experience to good use last month, winning the coveted Geraldine Sutherland Memorial competition.

July 24, 2018
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Grace Jones

Latest Community

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D-day for flood feud

A WOMAN embroiled in a decade-long dispute with the City of Albany over flooding at her Yakamia property will have her case heard in the Supreme Court from October 15 after her bid to adjourn the trial due to stress she is facing was knocked back.

September 15, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson
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Student digs fast-tracked

IN A localised version of Kevin Rudd’s 2009 stimulus package that stopped Australia entering recession after the global financial crisis, the area behind York Street’s Alison Hartman Gardens will get an early injection of student housing money to boost the local building industry after the recent collapse of construction firm Tectonics.

September 14, 2018
Community
Chris Thomson

Latest Opinions

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The final countdown

IT’S never easy saying goodbye.

March 1, 2018
Opinions
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Can you feel the love tonight?

Well, it’s Valentine’s Day next week and I totally forgot about it until last Wednesday.

February 8, 2018
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