Local News
12 Mar 10 | The crowd may have been down but optimism from the rural sector was certainly high at the 121st Boorowa Show on the weekend.
Life member Helen McGrath officially opened the show on Saturday afternoon.
04 Mar 10 | Beautiful long locks will be a thing of the past for some high school students at Boorowa Central.
Seven daring students, including four girls, are putting on brave faces and taking part in this year’s Leukaemia Foundation’s World’s Greatest Shave fundraiser.
18 Feb 10 | Boorowa’s Marsden Street road upgrade came to a halt last week after levels to a section of the road were found to be uneven.
On Tuesday February 9, staff were reviewing survey levels for the upgrade when it became apparent that the levels of the road were incorrect.
04 Feb 10 | An extension on the already existing bike path around the central township of Boorowa is well underway.
Boorowa Council are currently working on stage one of the six month long project, which will see an extension on the pathway around Dry, Ford, Campbell, North, Jugiong, Market, Marsden, Parnell and Long Streets.
28 Jan 10 | The Boorowa community turned out in large numbers for this year’s Australia Day festivities held at the Boorowa Recreation Ground.
A lifetime of community service and dedication was recognised on Tuesday with Peter Dewar announced as Boorowa’s Citizen of the Year.
21 Jan 10 | The Roads and Traffic Authority(RTA)upgrade of Marsden Street has earned the ire of a number of local business owners and residents who have questioned the timing of the work during the busy school holiday period.
17 Dec 09 | The annual Touch/Netball Carnival was held at the Boorowa Showground on October 30 in ideal conditions, with the grounds looking the best yet and the weather being perfect.
10 Dec 09 | One of the highlights for St Patrick’s Church will have to be the ordination to the Permanent Deaconate of local Patrick Whale, who is the husband of Fran Whale who manages the St Vincent Shop in Boorowa.
03 Dec 09 | There are millions of dollars worth of machines in Boorowa, at the moment, waiting to start on the harvest.
26 Nov 09 | On November 9 and 10, Boorowa community played host to an international television crew from the Tzu Chi Foundation.
Supported by a group of members from their Sydney office the Da Ai television crew were focusing on Boorowa and how the local community had been addressing natural resource management issues, particularly focusing on salinity.
19 Nov 09 | Local Kate McGrath was announced as winner of the Boorowa Miss Showgirl 2010 on Saturday night.
After a gruelling day with the three judges, the four ladies got to celebrate Kate’s win at the cocktail party on Saturday night.
12 Nov 09 | On Sunday, more than 100 people attended Boorowa Uniting Church to enjoy fellowship and to acknowledge the history of “The Little Brick Church”, as it became affectionately known, and to celebrate its 140 years and the people who had worshipped there.
05 Nov 09 | Boorowa was announced as the winner of the NSW Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water Wildlife Corridors and Habitats category of the Tidy Towns Sustainable Communities Award.
29 Oct 09 | The long awaited restoration work has begun on the stained glass windows in St Patrick’s Church, Boorowa.
The windows to be restored are the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located behind the main altar, and the Sacred Heart of Mary, located on the right from the main entrance to the Church.
22 Oct 09 | Local Ian Curlewis was a recent participant in the swimming at the Masters Games in Sydney, where he came away with a Silver Medal in the 100metres Breaststroke and a Bronze Medal in the 400metres Freestyle.
15 Oct 09 | The Wyangala community is thankful but wary at the words from New South Wales Water Minister Philip Costa that the road atop the dam wall will not close permanently to the public until a satisfactory north south access route is available.
24 Sep 09 | The Lachlan Valley Way is receiving Highway Patrol attention due to the number of crashes that have occurred on it, as since 2006 there have been at least 20 injury or fatal crashes in the area.
10 Sep 09 | Head of the Review into State Water’s proposed closure of the road atop the Wyangala Dam The Hon Ian Armstrong AM OBE, has reached the halfway point of his investigation, but says he’s not winding down.
04 Sep 09 | Boorowa and District community organisations have again been the recipients of grant funding to improve the local community.
For the second year in a row the Boorowa Community Grants program has funded a range of community projects.
27 Aug 09 | Last Saturday the Upper Lachlan Shire Council held the official opening of the Main Road 248 from Boorowa to Crookwell held at Narrawa Hall.
Boorowa Council played a significant part in gaining funding to seal the 19 kilometre section of the road by preparing a submission to the Federal Government.
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