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Premium Content Subscriber only Five community halls across the Fraser Coast have been given a facelift, thanks to funding from Fraser Coast Regional Council and the State Governments Works For Queensland program. Fraser Coast Mayor George Seymour, joined with Member for Maryborough Bruce Saunders to visit the Granville Community Hall, said the addition of the Works For Queensland funding allowed Council to expand its refurbishment program. "The network of halls across the region is vital. T...

Thursdays 9am to 12noon Coinciding with the resumption of normal opening hours, Council’s library service has a host of activities and services available including: library members can drop in to a library to collect a children’s holiday ‘take and make’ activity bag. Bags are aimed at primary school-aged children there is an ongoing book sale at Mildura, Red Cliffs and Merbein libraries for those looking for pre-loved library books customers can access half-hour computer bookings and pr...

Year in Review Part 3: September Dec. 29, 2020 at 6:00 am The Boys & Girls Club of Santa Monica reopened its Lincoln and Mar Vista Gardens centers for in-person and virtual academic support. Prior to the pandemic, the club primarily offered after school programming, but it expanded its services to include in-person learning support during the school day.  Neighbors living on Bay Street and nearby businesses joined forces to tackle a growing encampment of homeless people who they believed were ...

Striking a balanceBy: Phil Goff On December 1, I published my Mayoral Proposal for Auckland Council’s 10-year Budget 2021-2031. In normal circumstances, this budget would have built on the investments started in the 2018 Budget, which were making inroads into Auckland’s long-term underfunding of infrastructure. However, these are not normal circumstances – the impacts of the virus slashed council income by $450 million and by 2024 income losses will cumulatively be around $1 billion. Whi...

Thursday, 17 December 2020, 10:37 am Porirua City Council has confirmed its commitment to addressing the effects of climate change, officially adopting a strategy this week. A climate change emergency was declared by the Council in June 2019, with a strategy, Rautaki o Te Ao Hurihuri, developed from that point. A meeting of full Council adopted the strategy on Wednesday night. While Council acknowledges climate change is a long-term issue in nature, it has supported a three-year timeframe as th...

Credit Red River Waste Solutions In Fort Wayne City Council’s final meeting of 2020, some members of the body are bringing the city’s waste management back into the spotlight. 2nd District Republican Russ Jehl introduced a resolution critical of the citys the Solid Waste Department, and calling on Mayor Tom Henry to intervene. The impetus for Jehl’s concern is that the department has been losing money, and hasn’t been proactive enough in oversight of Red River Waste Solutions with regar...

Photo by John Anderson In a rare bright spot of calm for 2020, City Council wrapped up its final meeting of the year, usually long and contentious, before 10pm and without any major squabbles. As the city prepares to begin shutting down its Protective Lodges, which since April have provided shelter, health care, and case management services to those who are experiencing homelesness and at high risk of complications from COVID-19, a contract valued at $7.5 million was awar...