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Art meets literacy: $300 boost for Dungog’s young readers

SCULPTURE on the Farm members, local sculptors, and representatives of Dungog Early Literacy came together at noon on Thursday, 25 September to celebrate a $300 donation to the local literacy program. The presentation was hosted by Dungog Early Literacy chairperson Anne Higgins and her volunteer team, who welcomed the support from the community arts organisation. […]

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Wallarobba RFB celebrates 90 years of community firefighting

Brigade members Maurice Kellner, Jake Davies and son Jock, Lyn Everingham, Treasurer Robyn Keller, President Barry McDonald, Ryan Perceval, Senior Deputy Captain Glenn Keller and Captain Jo McDonald. Jamie Marquet (grandson of founding member), Brigade captain Jo McDonald and Maurice Kellner (grandson of founding member) cut the celebratory cake. THE Wallarobba Rural Fire Brigade celebrated […]

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Stargazing: The young woman who wants to be first on Mars

PICTURE this: you’re 23 years old, and while most of your peers are still navigating university or working out what to do with their lives, you’ve already chosen your destiny. Not fame, not fortune – but Mars. That’s the life of Alyssa Carson, a young American who has devoted almost every waking hour to one […]

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Community voice needed: survey open for Dungog Common users

THE newly-formed Dungog Common Advisory Group (DCAG), also known as “Dungog Voice”, is calling on locals to have their say on the future of the Dungog Common through a limited-time community survey. The DCAG was created to provide a direct line of communication between community members and Dungog Community Projects (DCP), the Crown Land Manager […]

Community, Health

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 […]

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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 […]

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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 […]