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South Taranaki District Councillors have stuck to their gameplan on representation.

Review: Ali Baba pantomime is excellent school holiday entertainment 15 Apr, 2021 10:54 PM 3 minutes to read A scene from Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves. Photo / Wendy Beauchamp Hawkes Bay Today Where: Aubyn Live Theatre, St Aubyn St, Hastings When: April 17 to April 25. Tickets at Eventfinda Reviewed by Keith Russell Aubyn Lives committee sat staring at their darkened stage deep in discussion: "What show are we going to perform for these school holidays?" Thoughtfully director Wendy Beauchamp ...

By Dan Cherry On a local history social media page, Lenawee County historians were asked for more information about — paraphrased — “the 1908 smallpox epidemic in Jasper that killed half the town.” Additionally, did you know, the requests read, that Jasper was a city of 8,000 at the time, the same size as Adrian, and that 4,000 people died in Jasper, requiring residents to burn half the town to stem the spread of the disease.  The story is briefly repeated on several online websites, b...