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Politics and Government

Inquiry into illegal tobacco trade announced

Inquiry into illegal tobacco trade announced by NSW Parliament

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29 May 2025

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06 Sep 2024

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06 Sep 2024

Politics and Government

Final stage of Wallendbeen Bridge project welcomed

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24 Mar 2025

News

The earth moves near Boorowa

The earth moves near Boorow

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24 Mar 2025

Education

Over $55,000 in local grants awarded to students

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20 Mar 2025

Community

To the residents of Harden-Murrumburrah

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20 Mar 2025

Education

Over $55,000 in local grants awarded to students

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20 Mar 2025

Community

To the residents of Harden-Murrumburrah

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20 Mar 2025

Police and Courts

Post mortem report served for murder accused case

Murder charged mentioned in Young Local Court

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20 Mar 2025

Community

Boorowa LHAC nominated for Volunteer of the Year awards

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20 Mar 2025

Council

Hilltops Councillor Column

Hilltops Councillor Column Fiona Douglas

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20 Mar 2025

Rugby Union

Red Devils and She Devils gearing up for 2025 season

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20 Mar 2025

Community

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Marie named as a Hidden Treasure

Local volunteer, helper, fundraiser and Lion, Marie Tame has been named as a Hidden Treasure in the 2024 Honour Roll in recognition of her exceptional and enduring voluntary service to the Lions Club of Young. A dedicated member of the club for over...

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Community

Writing competition launched for 2025

The Fellowship of Australian Writers Lambing Flat Branch have launched its 2025 Writing Competition. The 43rd Annual Writing Competition, conducted by the Lambing Flat Young Branch of the Fellowship of Australian Writers NSW Inc, was officially...

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Community

A pretty wedding

On Saturday 14 October 1944, Ethel Merle West married Leslie Roy Hanigan in the Methodist Church at Young with the Rev. B.E. Heawood officiating. ‘The Church had been beautifully decorated in shades of blue and pink, by members of the Methodist...

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Community

DVNSW concerned about future of services

CEO of Domestic Violence NSW Delia Donovan has expressed her concern over the future of domestic violence services in the state saying more needs to be done immediately to help victim-survivors and address wait times. There was an announcement of...

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Community

Debutantes shine at Boorowa

The Boorowa Debutante Ball was held on May 10 at the Boorowa Ex Serviceman’s club. There were eight debutantes—sixteen in total with their partners—taking part in what was a wonderful evening. It’s heartening to see the legacy of the...

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Community

A cherished tradition turns into a big lotto win

A sentimental tradition has blossomed into a life-enhancing moment for a woman from Young who discovered her late husband’s lottery tradition led her to a $100,000 win in last week’s Lucky Lotteries draw. The local held the first prize winning...

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Community

Boorowa RSL receives funding

Boorowa War Memorial has received over $11,000 to complete repairs to flooring, windows, fencing and painting with Member for Riverina Steph Cooke congratulating the sub-branch on their application. Boorowa RSL Sub-branch representative Dean Franklin...

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Sport

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Country Capital Cup 2025

Over the long weekend over one thousand gymnasts from 33 clubs converged on Tamworth to compete in the 12th annual Country Capital Cup. Sessions are held over three days and include Levels 3 to 10 from the State and National Levels Program plus...

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Sport

2025 Cherry Cup played in Young

On Sunday June 1, we proudly hosted the inaugural Cherry Cup at the Sawpit Gully Hockey Fields, and what a day it was! Glorious sunshine, an electric atmosphere, and seven incredible teams brought the field to life with action-packed hockey and...

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Sport

Sports grant to benefit hockey club

We’re thrilled to share that we were recent recipients of a Woolworths Sports Grant and the timing couldn’t have been better. Thanks to Woolworths, we were able to:Replace our broken pie warmerBuy a new slow cooker for our beloved hot dogsUpgrade...

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08 Jun 2025

Sport

Riverina Open held in Cootamundra

The Cootamundra Rifle Club hosted the Riverina Open Prize Meeting on Sunday, May 25. 60 competitors converged on the range from all parts of NSW and the ACT. Competitors fired ten scoring shots twice at 500 yards, and 15 scoring shots at 600...

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08 Jun 2025

Sport

Come and try day for Young Croquet

Young Croquet Club’s biggest fund raising day will be held on June 21, 2025 all in aid of Young and Boorowa Can Assist. There will be a big morning tea, a huge raffle which starts now and will run until the day. The come and try day will start at...

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08 Jun 2025

Sport

A champion of champions event

Boorowa Gun Club recently hosted the Central Zone Champion of Champions event for 2025. As it was a Zone event we saw contingents from a number of other clubs in the region. Thirty six competitors in all were in attendance for our last Autumn...

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08 Jun 2025

Sport

Farrier Cup returns to Young

On Sunday the long lost Farrier Cup returned to Young Croquet Club. The cup was formed in 1994, with the eye catching trophy to be played for each year with a team representing 12 players, between Young and Queynbeyan. This was all fine until 2004...

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01 Jun 2025

Sport

Pickleball gaining momentum at PCYC on Friday mornings

A growing group of locals are enjoying the fast-paced fun of pickleball each Friday morning at the PCYC, with sessions running from 9.30 to 11.30am. Currently attracting between 12 to 14 players — both men and women — the sessions offer a social...

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01 Jun 2025

Sport

Round one of winter comp played

The 2025 Winter Hockey Competition launched on Sunday—and what a start! The action was fierce, the pace relentless, and the energy electric. If round 1 is anything to go by, we’re in for an epic season!Redbacks defeated Penguins (4-1) Goal...

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18 May 2025

Sport

Winter competition heats up

Hi and welcome back to Young and District Netball Association for the 2025 Seniors Winters Competition. Firstly we would like to congratulate our Summer Twilight teams for the great competition and the way in which you executed each and every game...

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18 May 2025

Sport

Visitors take the trophy but everyone the winner

The most enjoyable day was had by all when six men represented Orange Croquet Club against Young Croquet Club last Thursday with the visitors coming out the victors after some very hard fought games. Croquet is scored by the first to score seven...

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18 May 2025

Sport

Gold medal for Georgia in the pool

Murringo local Georgia Wheeler has swam herself to an Australian Age gold medal in Brisbane at the Australian Swimming Championships. The former Young High School student started at PLC in Sydney so she could pursue her swimming with her, and her...

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11 May 2025

Sport

Students make a splash at SOPAC

Boorowa Central School was proudly represented at the 2025 NSW Combined High Schools (CHS) Swimming Championships at Sydney Olympic Park Aquatic Centre (SOPAC) from 7–9 April. Our students competed with incredible determination, achieving personal...

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11 May 2025

Sport

Nominations now open for Town Darts comp

Nominations are now open for an all new town darts inter club/pub competition in Young. Nominations are open until May 1 with the competition to kick off on May 15. Teams of four, $300 rego per team with all fees going to the end of season prize...

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11 May 2025

Events

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Funding boost for the 75th National Cherry Festival

Hilltops Council is excited to announce that the National Cherry Festival has been selected to receive funding from the NSW Government’s Stronger Together Local Council Major Festival program. This initiative is part of a $4 million investment...

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18 May 2025

Events

A special dawn service in Rugby

A moving Dawn Service was held on Anzac Day at Rugby again this year with over 100 people attending. Lt Angus Ricketts from HMAS Albatross lead the March. He is in the Royal Australian Army Aviation Corp and whilst we all partook our special ANZAC...

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11 May 2025

Events

Locals pick up top awards at Sydney Royal Show

There have been some fantastic results coming out of the 2025 Sydney Royal Easter Show with locals picking up top prizes in a number of events. In the cattle section Matilda Penfold from Quandialla took out third place in the fourth heat of the NSW...

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04 May 2025

Events

Calling Young High School and St Mary’s students from 1985

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13 Mar 2025

Events

Graham School at Hovells Creek commemoration

Restored schoolhouse to commemorate more than a century on Sunday, 18 May 2025

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13 Mar 2025

Rural

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Rural

Funds awarded for better mental health

Nineteen not-for-profit organisations (NFPs) helping people from farming and rural communities at risk of, or currently experiencing, mental health challenges are sharing in $334,501 in grants, thanks to FRRR’s In a Good Place (IAGP) program. The...

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Rural

PM drought visit welcomed by farmers

The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed the Prime Minister and Minister for Agriculture’s visit to a drought-affected farm in South Australia last week, describing it as a meaningful show of support for farmers and regional...

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Rural

Farmers say climate change is costing at the checkout

According to Farmers for Climate Action (FCA) locals are paying more at the checkout for essentials like fruit, vegetables, beef, bread and coffee and climate change is a key reason why. A new essay released by FCA and authored by Corporate Value...

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01 Jun 2025

Rural

Stock on roads for months ahead

Local Local Land Services is advising local motorists that there will be travelling stock on the roads around Boorowa over the coming months and to be aware. The LLS is reminding motorists to slow down and stay alert when approaching livestock that...

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01 Jun 2025

Rural

Barwang Cellar Door swings open

If there is one wine label synonymous with the Hilltops it is Barwang – a name long associated with premium winemaking in the region surrounding Harden and Young. The legacy has now entered an exciting new chapter, with the official opening of the...

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01 Jun 2025

Regional

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National road safety week: drive so others survive

National Road Safety Week this year is ‘Drive so others Survive’, with road users encouraged to make a road safety pledge. So far, more than 73,000 pledges have already been taken online. The state government is supporting the annual initiative...

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Police and Courts

Cops call for help in suspected murder case

Homicide Squad detectives have renewed an appeal for information regarding the kidnapping and suspected murder of Jessica Small from the Bathurst region in 1997. Jessica Small, aged 15, was last seen in the early hours of Sunday 26 October 1997 after...

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Rural

Moove over, virtual fencing is coming

The state government has announced virtual stock fencing will be legalised across the state providing landholders with a new effective way of controlling cattle. The NSW Member of Parliament for Orange, Phil Donato, has been championing the benefits...

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Events

Cast your lines for Canowindra Carp Muster

Get your bait and fishing rod ready for the return of the Canowindra Carp Muster. Hosted by OzFish and Mid Lachlan Landcare, this free event aims to remove as many carp as possible in an attempt to help improve the health of the Lachlan River and...

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Community

Double the target, double the distance: Tractor boys back at it

It looks like the Fergie tractor boys from Parkes are at it again with another fundraiser for the Prostate Cancer Foundation of Australia. In 2023 the group took eight 70-year-old Ferguson TEA 20 tractors on a 600km journey out of Bourke over six...

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Sport

Koori Knockout legacy recognised

The Koori Rugby League Knockout has been memorialised with a blue plaque in Sydney’s inner west, to celebrate the grassroots sporting competition. The plaque was unveiled at the first Koori Knockout venue, Camdenville Park, St Peters, to recognise...

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Police and Courts

Molly Ticehurst’s accused murderer told to face court

By Stephanie Gardiner/AAPThe body of childcare educator Molly Ticehurst was found in her home in April 2024, intensifying a national movement against gendered and domestic violence. The man accused of the domestic violence murder of Molly Ticehurst...

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News

Flock to Cowra in June for Sheep Muster

Central Tablelands Local Land Services is pleased to announce Sheep Muster 2025 - an unmissable opportunity for sheep producers. Taking place in Cowra on Thursday 5 June, Sheep Muster is a free event that will focus on opportunities for improved...

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Community

Men’s Shed donates two toy firetrucks to Station 270.

Station 270, Cowra is going to be home to two new toy firetrucks courtesy of Cowra’s Men’s Shed. While the trucks are a bit on the smaller side than their Fire and Rescue counterparts, The Cowra Guardian understands that for firies across the state...

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