Done deal
By Nasik Swami Naracoorte’s former Morris Bakery has been sold to a local buyer. The value of the sale was not disclosed to The News because of legal agreements. Still under contract with conditions to be cleared, the property, including the plant and equipment, was sold through a “privately negotiated deal before auction." […] To access this post, you must purchase MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION, THE LAST ISSUE or ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. To access this post, you must purchase MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION, THE LAST ISSUE or ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION.
Ssh! Secret meeting!
By Chris Oldfield LAST night, Tuesday April 2, a secret meeting regarding nursing services at Lucindale was scheduled to be held behind locked doors. Patients, public and the media were excluded from the private gathering in the town’s rarely used council chamber. With an “invitation only” guest list which expanded from “a chosen few” to around 24 people. […] To access this post, you must purchase MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION, THE LAST ISSUE or ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. To access this post, you must purchase MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION, THE LAST ISSUE or ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. To access this post, you must...
NLC rules out $35m sports hub
By Nasik Swami A $35million sporting hub reliant on ratepayer cash has been officially ruled out by the Naracoorte- Lucindale Council. The council decided in its March meeting to handball the “project lead” back to the sporting clubs involved. […] To access this post, you must purchase MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION, THE LAST ISSUE or ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. To access this post, you must purchase MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION, THE LAST ISSUE or ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION.
Livestreaming move
By Nasik Swami Good news for those who are interested in local matters. The Tatiara District Council has decided to livestream future council meeting to the public in a bid to provide greater accessibility. Council CEO Anne Champness told this newspaper that the livestreaming would enable interested people to view a council meeting without having to be in the chamber at 5pm on a Tuesday night. […] To access this post, you must purchase MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION, THE LAST ISSUE or ANNUAL SUBSCRIPTION. To access this post, you must purchase MONTHLY SUBSCRIPTION, THE LAST ISSUE or ANNUAL...
Little things, big difference
The start of the new financial year is the perfect time to highlight some little things from the Naracoorte Lucindale Council which can make a big difference.
TIGHT FINISHES AND WINS
KNTNA JUNIOR REPORTS – ROUND 11
Kingston, Keith, and Naracoorte claim solid wins in netball round
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KNTNA RESULTS: ROUND 11
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Will our schools benefit?
Shadow Minister: Our country students deserve a strong focus from the government on bringing their schools up to modern standards. By Nasik Swami: The state government has announced a record $42.7million funding for more than 80 public schools across the state to fix roofs, reseal bitumen, build fences, and upgrade ageing infrastructure. But how much […]
5-star accommodation for Naracoorte
By Nasik Swami: Naracoorte will soon boast a hotel with five-star accommodation. Dean Group, a family-owned and operated South Australian group – consisting of the Largs Pier Hotel, Walkers Arms Hotel, Macs Hotel, Peninsula Hotel Motel, and London Tavern – have taken ownership of Naracoorte’s Kincraig Hotel on Smith Street as of October 21, 2024. […]
Our top snapper!
By Nasik Swami: Kybybolite Football Club’s Noel Black is South Australia’s Community Sports Photographer of the Year. Black, commonly known as Blackie, was bestowed with the award at the South Australian National Football League (SANFL) Community Volunteers Awards on October 11, 2024, in the William Magarey Room at Adelaide Oval, with more than 300 attendees. […]
Naracoorte Market Report 17/10/2023
By Tim Delany, MLA
Cattle: LWB 15 – LWY 355 – LWC 186 – OAY 88
Cattle numbers were similar this week at Naracoorte with a total of 644 head offered. The sale was made up of 162 steers, 191 heifers, 186 cows, 15 bulls and 90 mixed sex calves open auction. Quality was from […]
Robe Bowling Club report
By Valma Jennings
Midweek pennant had a home win against Mt Gambier RSL Red. Robe 56 shots 6 pts def Mount RSL Red 47-2. Robbie Dahler, Josh Waddell, Errol Jennings & David Robinson had a good win against Wayne Legutko’s team. Robinson’s team got away to a good start being 23-9 at lunch time and […]
Barker has highest No vote
By Chris Oldfield
LOCAL polling booths returned a massive No vote to the Prime Minister’s recent $364 million referendum. The Barker electorate posted the highest percentage of No votes in the state with 82,025 people, or 78.72 percent rejecting a change to the constitution. The electorate of Grey taking in the northern areas of the […]
Kingston SE Bowling Club
By Stephanie Capper
It was heartening to observe that many of our members signed up for the annual 100 Up on Wednesday October 11th. This event is a good occasion to practice draw bowling. We congratulate all our bowlers who entered this event. As the day wore on, the competition was whittled down to the […]
Telstra secrets
By Chris Oldfield
TELSTRA expects the SA Government will announce during its Country Cabinet meeting in Naracoorte a commitment to partially fund 27 mobile phone towers. The 27 towers form Telstra’s $40 million Limestone Coast Connectivity project, with each tower estimated to cost $1.5 million. The telco giant, which posted a $2.1 billion profit after […]
Bridge Club results
By Bridging the Gap
It was fantastic 28 ladies could play bridge at Naracoorte last week, we enjoyed having Julia Arnold back and seeing Chris McKenzie. Congratulations to Liz Ogilvie and Sue Hood (N/S) as well as Helen Stock and Jan Malpas (E/W), both pairs were winners in their respective direction for two consecutive weeks! […]
Frances is Thriving!
The small town of Frances on the South Australian / Victorian Border has been quite abuzz over the past few months with some major changes happening. The local football team, Border Districts, won theA Grade football premiership. A feat that hasn’t been achieved in over 30 years. The Border Districts Netball Club also had […]
Squash Spring Pennant: Round 7
By Jenny Dickenson
Hera are now equal top with Zeus after a big win 14-5 in last week’s spring squash pennant with Hades dropping to 4 th with a narrow loss to Hermes by 7 points, Posiden winning against Athena and Apollo got off the bottom with a win over Aphrodite which shows how things […]
Naracoorte RSL Bowling Club Pennant results: Round 3
By Linda Prentice
Naracoorte RSL had another good outcome for the teams playing this week, all at home. Friday, the ladies hosted Lucindale in very warm conditions with both rinks having the win. J Mark, L Prentice, S Green and M Neilson won 30 shots to 14 against C Ferguson, and L Mark, H Brody, […]
Fuel tax bite
By Nasik Swami.
Motorists in the South East are paying eye-watering fuel prices at bowsers as the end of the 22c per litre discount excise bites. Many drivers in the district this newspaper spoke to say they are paying record-high prices for their fuel when they can least afford it, and the surge is not […]
Naracoorte Rangers Baseball report
By Martin Wirper.
Games have begun again in the Mount Gambier and Districts Baseball League. After last season’s tough run in division 2 the Naracoorte seniors are now back in division 3. Our first game was away to Millicent on Saturday. Naracoorte batted first and secured two runs courtesy of Brady Fox and Ken Sisson. […]
Boost for community groups
By Nasik Swami.
A total of $7,500 will be distributed to various community groups as part of the Naracoorte-Lucindale Council’s Community Chest Program for 2023-2024. Revealing this, council manager for finance and corporate, Alex Edmonds, said they received seven applications requesting a total of $16,257, but only four were approved. The distribution of funds for […]
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