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Dungog Shire Palliative Care Volunteers receive donations from community groups

THE Dungog Shire Palliative Care Volunteers group has received a number of significant donations from local organisation in recent months. The Volunteers provide a range of free, non-medical services to locals with a life-limiting illness. In February this year, the David “Tax” Rumbel Cricket Charity Shield raised a donation of $3000 for the Volunteers. The […]

Community

Greens to introduce cat containment laws in NSW

NEW laws will be proposed by the Greens in the NSW Parliament in October that would make people responsible for keeping their cat safely at home and give councils the discretion to regulate and enforce cat containment measures in priority areas. Greens MP and spokesperson for the environment Sue Higginson said, “The failure of the […]

Community, Health

Dungog Shire’s new group of Palliative Care Volunteers graduate

The new volunteers: Joy Berry, Michele Kingston, John Vanvalen and Simone Ryan. The graduates with Annette O’Neill, Dungog Palliative Care Coordinator (centre). FOUR new volunteers graduated from the Dungog Shire Palliative Care Volunteers training course this week. Joy Berry, Michele Kingston, John Van Valen and Simone Ryan celebrated their new roles with Coordinator Annette O’Neill […]

Community, Health, National

Dungog’s Sarah U’Brien awarded Churchill Fellowship

DUNGOG local Sarah U’Brien is one of the newly-named Australian Churchill Fellows. The Winston Churchill Trust was established in 1965 to honour the legacy of the former UK Prime Minister. It is a not-for-profit organisation which gives Australians the chance to travel overseas, to investigate their diverse specialist fields, and to learn new skills. They […]

Community, Local News

How Dungog’s Growers Stall has grown over the past 13 years

MORE than a dozen volunteers and growers met at the CWA courtyard in Dungog after Saturday morning’s Growers’ Stall. The stall turned 13 this month, so the group gathered for a celebratory lunch. The Dungog Growers Stall is a community building activity which provides locals with fresh, locally-grown produce. It also gives surplus food to […]

Community, Health

Father’s Day fundraiser a winner for Dungog Hospital Auxiliary

Shoppers were tempted by the delicious homemade cakes. Dungog local Trish Tull and Auxiliary Secretary Judy Steer at the Fathers Day Stall. DUNGOG Hospital Auxiliary’s Father’s Day Stall popped up on Saturday morning, outside the newsagency in Dowling Street. It opened at 8.30am and ran until the goods were sold out, around lunchtime. The Father’s […]

Community, Event

Get Rhythm brings Johnny and June to Dungog

STEP back in time and relive the golden era of country music when Get Rhythm, The Ultimate Johnny Cash and June Carter Story comes to the James Theatre, Dungog, on Sunday 12 October at 2pm. The two-part performance, led by husband-and-wife duo Mark and Joanne Caligiuri, captures the early career of the Man in Black […]

Community, Event

Big numbers flock to Sculpture On The Farm

Dan, Milly and Willie from Newcastle, with Simon Barrett’s ‘Wolf In Sheep’s Clothing’. Volunteer Kerry Chick at the Indoor Exhibition marquee. Dungog artist Sasi Victoire with ‘Mr Percival’ by Simon Treseder. Strolling and enjoying ‘Music Midst the Sculptures’. THE fifth Sculpture On The Farm was held on the Dungog Common. The biennial exhibition and competition […]

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Illuminating the ‘History in Quilts’

INTERNATIONALLY recognised quilt historian, collector, and author Dr Annette Gero will deliver the third talk in the Illuminating Women Series from 10.30am on 5 September at the James Theatre in Dungog. Dr Gero has spent decades uncovering the hidden stories within quilts including records of women’s lives, resilience, and creativity – from convict times to […]

Community, Health

Hunter hospitals rolling-out safe staffing in EDs

TWENTY-SEVEN more hospitals across NSW are rolling-out safe staffing levels in their emergency departments. In the broader Hunter region these include Manning Base Hospital, Maitland Hospital and John Hunter Hospital in Newcastle. This brings to 40 the number of hospitals across the state that have started operating with safe staffing levels as a result of […]