MACARTHUR war veteran and Cockatoo Rise Retreat owner, Greg Carter, recently travelled to Sydney for the launch of a new book, Reflections on Vietnam, which features accounts of his personal experiences and stories from Vietnam, along with chapters about 11 other veterans.

A BRILLIANT day of harness racing action was held on Easter Monday at the Hamilton track.

EIGHT local basketballers are set to take their game to a new level after being selected in the Under-14 Regional Academy program.

THE South West District Football Netball League’s (SWDFNL) executive is confident that the reserves football season will go ahead without interruption following a meeting last Tuesday night.

CAMPDRAFT season continues with the Hawkesdale event proving successful at the weekend.

STAFF and students from Monivae College have raised $8804.26 for the Leukaemia Foundation through the World’s Greatest Shave.

COLERAINE’S Peggy Tuffnell celebrated her 100th birthday on Thursday with family and friends at Coleraine District Health Services (CDHS).

THE small, quiet town of Macarthur stood united on Friday, raising an incredible $30,103.69 for the Royal Children’s Hospital Good Friday Appeal (GFA).

WHEN Caroline McLeod (Henty) first walked over the threshold of her newly-built home, she could never have envisaged that more than a century later, another young woman would be taking those same steps, with a grand vision for her beloved Talisker.

IT is a fresh start for the Hamilton Kangaroos with Gerard FitzGerald in the top role for the 2021 Hampden Football Netball League (HFNL) season.