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Comicpalooza’s keeping the power-ups coming. Yesterday, organizers announced voice actors Sean Schemmel and Christopher Sabat of Dragon Ball Z fame, as well as pro wrestlers Britt Baker and Christian Cage, will also be among this year’s convention panelists. In addition to playing the main protagonist and arch villain, in the intentionally popular anime show, Schemmel has spent 20 years voicing characters in properties ranging Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles to the Super Smash Bros. video games. Meanwhile, Sabat, who voiced Goku’s longtime arch-rival, Vegeta, has worked on more...

Farmer's homes plan rejected ');  '); AN unspoilt field between Henley and Harpsden where a developer wants to build 100 homes will not be earmarked in the latest draft of the parishes’ joint neighbourhood plan. Henley Town Council, which is overseeing the revision of the housing blueprint, has declined to shortlist the eight-hectare plot at Lucy’s Farm, on Drawback Hill off Gillotts Lane, because it says more suitable sites are available. When it invited landowners to submit proposals last autumn, Bloor Homes came forward with a plan for up to 100 units which it said could go in the cen...

Streamlined menus, sturdy equipment and a beautiful setup can all make a difference For restaurant and bar operators, much of the past year can be boiled down to the axiom: “Just throw it against the wall, and see if it sticks.” Be it finding clever methods of pre-packaging cocktails, rethinking what types of food can travel to a guest’s home (and which can’t), discovering how to bootstrap your own delivery service, or reimagining the physical boundaries of your space, each new approach has yielded new learnings. For many operators, this has meant doing something they’ve never...

Date Time ‘Older, Wiser, Safer’ sessions at Orange City Library during Seniors Festival Orange seniors are invited to attend a special presentation at Orange City Library on Wednesday 21 April, focusing on the prevention of abuse of older people. ‘Older, Wiser Safer’ is being held as part of the NSW Seniors Festival, hosted by the Central West Region Collaborative for the Prevention of Abuse of Older People. Do you know how to protect yourself from scams? Stay physically safe? Recognise elder abuse? Be financially secure? Have a Power of Attorney? Improve communication or pursue media...

New housing on Hill 'intolerable' ');  '); A FORMER Mayor of Henley has called the prospect of homes being built on a green field “intolerable”. Barry Wood is opposing plans by Bloor Homes for 100 properties on the upper half of Lucy’s Farm on Drawback Hill, behind the existing houses in Blandy Road. It comes nine years after he launched a group called United!, which successfully campaigned against plans by the same developer for 130 homes on the land. Mr Wood, who was then a town councillor, has spoken out again following the launch of a new campaign by three Henley residents against...