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Share Candidates File For Area City And School Board Positions Many area cities and schools will not need elections after the filing period for the Saturday, May 1, election date ended recently, while a few others will need elections to fill spots. The City of Hillsboro will be canceling its election after all incumbents filed to keep their seats and were uncontested. Mayor Andy Smith and council members Eric Fleming (Precinct 1), Dana Robinson (Precinct 3) and Leann Richmond (Precinct 5) all filed and were unopposed. Hillsboro Independent School District (ISD) will also not need an electi...

Sam Pierce started lockdown hoping to complete a car restoration but things haven't gone to plan.

Stafford Street, Timaru, is almost deserted on a Friday afternoon in April 2020 during lockdown. April was all about life in lockdown, but the rules didn’t sit well with everyone. In the fourth instalment in our series looking back on the year that was, Doug Sail remembers a month of long days – which for many were spent entirely at home. One in 10 people spoken to by police in early April were ignoring self-isolation rules in South Canterbury, Aoraki area commander Inspector Dave Gaskin revealed. With the country in Level 4 lockdown, which started on March 26, Gaskin told The Timaru H...

They want to get on to college. when the class of 2010 walks across the stage, sam pierce won't be with them because she overslept for her class one time, just one time. >> honor student and wasaki high school senior sam pierce joins us this morning. it's disturbing, it's the moments you've been waiting for. your parent have been waiting for you to walk up and pick up that diploma. you might not be able to walk in graduation, why? >> well, because i overslept and according to the no tolerance policy, if you had an unexcused absence second semester senior year you won't be able to walk with you...

What do your parents have to say about this? >> my mom is extremely upset. she's been fighting the school board about this, but they don't want to bend the rules at all, but their policy clearly states no unexcused absences and the last time i checked a tardy isn't an absence. >> so i'm sorry, you ended up going to school then later in the day? >> yes, i did. >> yeah, got to school about ten o'clock. what's disturbing to me, you're an honor student. so, you've put in all the hard work, you've attended class, got good grades, done your homework, yet, there are some other kids graduating from wh...