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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 Government's 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. They are community hubs; places where residents get together to socialise, play and cement their bon...

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 printing postal delivery service is still available, including for members in remote towns serviced by...

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 involved in drug dealing operations in the alley behind the Walgreens on Lincoln. By working with an...

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. While Council’s first obligation is to manage our finances prudently and live within our means, we do...

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 the start of the longer term planning and implementation. The three focus areas for the strategy are a...