StGeorge & Sutherland

Helping hand for fashion designers

LESS may be more when it comes to elegance in fashion, but it was a case of more is better for aspiring industry stars. [Link]




Walk tall in the US

WEARING 66 and standing six foot six, he's got the devil in him all right. And when University of Hawaii starts their American gridiron season tomorrow, Sutherland Shire's Adrian Thomas will be the [Link]




Young Shark surfaces

THE likes of outstanding young centre Luke Pickerd will continue to lift the Cronulla Sharks next season. [Link]




Art heals after tragic losses

A LOVE of art and nature nurtured by their artist mother and orchid-growing father has become a form of grief therapy. [Link]




Commentator dodges bullet

BIG Darryl Brohman is not someone who does things in halves. [Link]




Desmond Campbell sentenced to 24 years jail

Former Helensburgh paramedic Desmond Campbell sentenced for pushing his wife to her death at Otford. [Link]




Lauryn Eagle wins first fight

LAURYN Eagle successfully conquered her first foray into the boxing ring scoring a technical knockout victory against Kay Hodgson in the opening round of the fight. [Link]



• The Leader

Bringelly

Cec decides now is the time for young talent

CARTWRIGHT resident Cec Cross thinks there are so many gifted people in the area that he has decided to organise a variety show to flaunt the local talent. [Link]




Labor backs Bleasdale

NICK Bleasdale will be the Labor candidate for Macarthur at the federal election. [Link]




Pollution concerns challenged

LIVERPOOL councillor Jim McGoldrick says he isn't happy with the council's environmental audit of the Prestons NACE Engineering site. [Link]




Local jobs take a hit

THE Liverpool area employment co-ordinator says our region was one of the hardest hit by the economic crisis, but the government has a plan to help. [Link]




Idol time given to cancer walk

FORMER Australian Idol finalist Joseph Gatehau says he is honoured to be performing at this year's Relay for Life. [Link]




Emergency department under pressure

ALMOST 40 per cent of emergency patients at Liverpool hospital wait more than eight hours for a bed. [Link]




Muslim cemetery opposition grows

PARENTS of children at Bringelly Public School are up in arms about a proposed cemetery in the suburb, a survey has revealed. [Link]



• South West Rural Advertiser

Camden

Cemetery unfolds tragedies

JANICE Johnson loves to bury herself in history in a sense, anyway. [Link]




Every face tells a story

SOME may have heard the names Doust, Cowper and Furner but few would know the role these people played in shaping our town. [Link]




Bikes help in drugs fight

YOUTH Solutions' Sally Berry has ramped up her self-promotion with a YouTube clip in the final weeks before the Aquafit Charity Ride. [Link]




Macarthur GPs facing aged care crisis

IN AN ideal world Dr Jane Gray would get more than $30 for seeing a patient in a nursing home. [Link]




Families not forgotten

LOCALS are asked to dig deep this week to help fund Legacy's community service work. [Link]




Rotarian president very proud

WHEN Debbie Roberts grew up in the 1960s she dreamed of one day being a Rotarian. [Link]




Traditions survive the upheaval

WHEN Najla Abou-Halloun left her home in war-torn Lebanon for a better life in Australia, thoughts of her family were never far from her mind. [Link]



• Camden Advertiser

Hawkesbury

Wolves out of puff

AN IMPRESSIVE crowd at the Windsor Sport- ing Complex wasn’t enough to boost Windsor’s NSW Cup and Bundaberg Red Cup sides, with both suffering heavy defeats at the hands of Central Coast and Cabramatta on Saturday afternoon. [Link]




Tahnee secures silver

HAWKESBURY baseballer Tahnee Lovering has come away from the 2010 Women’s Baseball World Cup in Venezuela with a silver medal, and thankfully, all her limbs intact. [Link]




Strong hand Luke is back

LOCAL powerhouse Luke Reynolds has continued to build form on the Australian Strongman circuit since returning from injury earlier this year, culminating in a victory at the Southern Highland Strength Challenge in Victoria last month. [Link]




Heater freeze for schools

HAWKESBURY schools will more than likely continue to operate unflued gas heaters next winter, despite a recent announcement from the NSW government that it will spend $15 million to replace them. [Link]




Labor concedes as Liberals gain

WHILE the winner is yet to be officially declared, Labor has conceded defeat in the seat of Macquarie. [Link]




House razed to the ground in Lowlands

A RICHMOND family was literally left with the clothes on their backs when their weatherboard home burnt to the ground last Saturday night. [Link]




Claims bones belong to Kerry Whelan sparks anger

THE husband of murdered Kurrajong woman Kerry Whelan has refuted a Channel 9 report on Monday night that police had contacted him regarding the bones found in Belanglo State Forest on Sunday, and said it was “upsetting my family”. [Link]



• Hawkesbury Gazette

Liverpool

Car, forklift and fake identification seized in police raid

An Italian car and a forklift were two of the items seized in a police raid at Busby yesterday afternoon. [Link]




Levy cap increase to save locals from rate rise

The State Government has back-flipped on its commitment to cap developer infrastructure levy contributions at $20,000. [Link]




Teens rap towards a revolution

YEAR 12 student Rosie Faatoga is a talented musician but until a couple of years ago not many people knew it. [Link]




Development to go ahead despite fire

LIVERPOOL'S growth will not be stalled by the destruction of the Liverpool Council chambers, the mayor and councillors believe. [Link]




Author tries to stem failed marriages

One local author did not understand how something as beautiful as marriage could turn out sour. [Link]




Macquarie would be ashamed: MP

Local MP says Governor Lachlan Macquarie would be disappointed with the state of Liverpool. [Link]




Demolition moves get under way

LIVERPOOL councillors voted on Monday to start negotiations with demolition contractors to remove the remains of their gutted administration building. [Link]



• Liverpool Champion

Penrith

Miracle sealed by Panthers Big team effort: Burns

HE was every bit the hero but Penrith Panthers' five-eighth Travis Burns (right) insists it was just another day on the job. Burns pounced on a Brett Kimmorley field goal in the final seconds [Link]




All Schools basketballers hot in Darwin

PENRITH Basketball Association's Louis Brandt and Ellie Junod stood tall and strong to lead NSW to a victorious campaign at the Australian All Schools Championships in Darwin earlier this month. [Link]




AFL gala full of students' energy

JAMISON Park hosted the first ever Christian Schools Sports Association AFL gala day last week. Six schools and nine teams travelled from as far as Wollongong for a day of high-energ [Link]




Wheels of government trapped in `quicksand'

THE state is stuck in ``quicksand'' while government departments work on their own projects, said the state opposition's planning and infrastructure spokesman, Brad Hazzard. In an interview wi [Link]




WOW transmits clear as a bell

PENRITH Valley's community radio WOW FM can please listeners all the way to Bathurst. Last month, the St Marys-based station installed a transmitter in Kingswood on top of the University of We [Link]




Scaling fashion heights

FOR her eleventh work for Jeans for Genes, indigenous artist Robyn Caughlan is depicting one man's incredible story of being left for dead on a mountain. The jeans, donated b [Link]




Long, long wait in "third world" conditions at Nepean Hospital

CHARLIE WALKER, 84 of South Penrith, waited in Nepean Hospital's emergency department for more than 12 hours, after his doctor had recommended a medical examination as soon as possible. [Link]



• Penrith Star

StMarys

Make a show of it

WHAT started off as a conversation between friends around a kitchen table has become the biggest annual event on the St Marys calendar. [Link]




Playground equipment removal upsets users

ABSENCE hasn't made the heart grow fonder for Ropes Crossing families who still miss their old playground. [Link]




Green pair's hopes high

THIS won't be the last you'll see or hear from federal Greens candidates Debbie Robertson and Suzie Wright. [Link]




Bring our crossing back

PENRITH Council will examine its decision to remove pedestrian crossings along Desborough Road, near St Marys South Public School. [Link]




School gets ready to mark 150 years

NEXT year's Queen's Birthday weekend can't come quickly enough for St Marys Public School. [Link]




Armed guard held up at gunpoint at McDonald's

A SECURITY guard was robbed of his firearm and a large sum of cash at a busy fast-food outlet in St Marys. [Link]




It's a present for others

WHEN Shanes Park resident Anthony Bugeja turned 40 last year, his wife Carol told him to do something for himself as a present. [Link]



• StMarys Star