2/07/2008 | THE Goulburn Pound (companion animal facility) is filled with very cute dogs and cats up for adoption, but that's not all they have.
They often get horses, pigs, cattle, sheep, goats, chickens and the occasional duck or turkey.
2/07/2008 | LOCAL politicians have welcomed the Council's release of costings for the Wingecarribee pipeline, but remain keen to see an independent review on this project and alternative schemes.
Member for Goulburn Pru Goward welcomed Goulburn Mulwaree Council's release of the Evans and Peck detailed costings for the Wingecarribee Goulburn pipeline (Highlands Source) project.
2/07/2008 | THERE have been several worrying news items lately about children being removed from their parents because they were not being cared for properly.
Officials from the Department of Community Services will be questioned about why they didn't act sooner to help the children but this sort of case must be a real worry for the departmental people who are supposed to protect them.
2/07/2008 | COUNTRY Energy crews were busy on Monday night and Tuesday morning after an intense lightning storm hit the district.
Overhead lines and electricity network equipment was damaged, causing blackouts to some 5,500 homes in North Goulburn, Marulan and Crookwell, said Country Energy's South Eastern Regional General Manager David Bellew.
2/07/2008 | AFTER 14 years, Liz Lipscombe is putting down her chalk and cane, and retiring from her teaching position at the 1880s Classroom.
Mrs Lipscombe retired from the classes conducted at the Old Brewery last Monday, June 30, after holding a final four-hour class.
2/07/2008 | DR Jarvis Hayman is the Rotary Club of Goulburn Mulwaree's 2008-2009 president.
His position was ratified at the club's changeover dinner held at the Centretown Restaurant and Function Centre on Monday night before a host of guests that included the Mayor of Goulburn Mulwaree, Cr Paul Stephenson and his wife, Sue, and the Member for Goulburn, Pru Goward.
30/06/2008 | GOULBURN grazier Michael Peden agrees farming is pretty full on.
"Quite often, particularly during lambing, calving and shearing time, you are working from dawn until dusk which does give one much of an opportunity to socialise and meet girls which in many ways is very much to a rural man's detriment," Mr Peden told the Goulburn Post.
30/06/2008 | IT'S now a year since John Howard described the situation of children in remote Aboriginal communities as so serious that he announced a campaign of direct action by the Federal Government.
Has the intervention been worthwhile?
30/06/2008 | THE relative of a Goulburn soldier buried at Fromelles in France believes the mass grave should be excavated but the dead allowed to rest in peace.
Frank Murray is a collateral descendant of Private Daniel Bernard Ryan who was killed during the battle of Fromelles between allied and German forces on July 19, 1916.
30/06/2008 | A HUGE fall-off in domestic tourism is developing as a major issue facing the State, according to the Member for Burrinjuck, Katrina Hodgkinson.
"Tourism numbers in country NSW are appalling due to both the drought and more recently, the huge fuel price rises, and as I go around my electorate, shopkeepers are quietly telling me figures are well down," Ms Hodgkinson said.
30/06/2008 | GOULBURN Mulwaree Council candidate Damien Leer has addressed councillors over his disappointment at the pending sale of the airport.
Mr Leer presented his formal submission to the gathered councillors at their general meeting held last Tuesday, June 17, at 6pm.
30/06/2008 | WITH nearly 2000 pilgrims descending on Goulburn in the next fortnight, organisers of the International Youth Forum (IYF) are confident that accommodation is secured.
"There'll actually be 1750 pilgrims coming," media spokesperson for Goulburn's IYF, Graeme Northey said.
25/06/2008 | WHAT this world needs is a new type of guru, with all the world coming to talk to him or her.
I gave up the search for the meaning of life years ago and I must admit I don't have any answers for any of the really tricky questions.
25/06/2008 | A DOUBLE garage in Ada St was destroyed by fire yesterday morning, the cause of which is still being investigated.
Resident, Melissa Foley heard several small explosions, which she initially thought was coming from the bush behind the house. Emerging, she found smoke and flames shooting from the garage.
25/06/2008 | AN old school destined for demolition and described as having no historical value, once had an interim conservation order placed on the building, according to a local woman.
Long-time Ss Peter and Paul's Cathedral parishioner and former church finance committee member, Pat Bourke, well remembers the discussions about 91 Bourke St, a 1938 technical school, earlier this decade.
25/06/2008 | WHEN it comes to serving on Goulburn Mulwaree Council, the old O.H. & S. principle will do Andrew Banfield just fine.
That's openness, honesty and stability - the qualities he's pushing as only the third non-councillor candidate to declare his nomination for this September's election.
25/06/2008 | GARRY and Natalie Willmington's phone has hardly stopped ringing since they first proposed building a track to train young drivers about safety.
After the concept won council approval last Tuesday the phone rang hot again from media organisations and people from all around Australia wanting more information.
25/06/2008 | TRINITY Catholic College is on a mission to arrest falling boarder numbers as the rural downturn takes hold.
If authorities can't boost numbers above 70, steps will be taken to close the facility, ending more than 100 years of tradition.
23/06/2008 | Under 12
Wallabies 36 def Taralga 5
A GOOD hard game with both teams showing the benefits of some hard training runs. When the Wallabies had the ball, their support play resulted in two quick tries, to Mitch White and James Finch who converted his try.
23/06/2008 | BOWLS
THE final of the District Fours was played at Bowral last Thursday when Wilma Hewitt's team from Crookwell proved too strong for Heather Thornton, Lorraine McNeil, Judy Cooke and Barbara Edwards.