Editorial
10:19 AM AEST | WITH the shortage of housing in the Shoalhaven becoming more acute with each passing week it seems criminal that a number of publicly owned houses in Nowra that have been damaged by fire have sat in a state of disrepair for so long.
01 Sep 10 | THE spate of fires in recent days has provided a salient reminder of the dangers that lie ahead as we move into peak fire season.
30 Aug 10 | YOU mightn’t always agree with his politics but you have to admire his energy - at 77, John Hatton puts to shame many people half his age just for vigour alone.
27 Aug 10 | THIS page says it all really – the election campaign itself may have been boring but the result is nothing short of fascinating. Hence the letters and vox pops.
25 Aug 10 | QUITE apart from the miracle of her survival in near freezing conditions, the truly inspiring aspect to Elsie Lawson’s story is her positive attitude to life.
23 Aug 10 | THERE are two clear winners in this election.
Locally, it is Joanna Gash, who romped home after running a highly disciplined campaign, which by some accounts stretched staff and volunteers to breaking point, on the back of 14 years in the seat.
20 Aug 10 | VOTERS in Gilmore will tomorrow face a difficult choice.
18 Aug 10 | AS we head towards the end of what has been a short and somewhat bland election campaign, voters may be more than a little puzzled by some of the contradictions we have seen.
16 Aug 10 | IF a picture says a thousand words, the two on our front page say even more.
13 Aug 10 | AS we head to the election it is a relief to see some tangible policy differences emerge, including one that will have a direct bearing on the future economic prosperity of this electorate – broadband.
11 Aug 10 | THE turnout at Tomerong hall on Monday said it all – this community does not want to be home to a dump to take non-putrescible waste from outside the region.
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09 Aug 10 | WHILE it will come at a huge cost and no doubt pique the interest of the Department of Local Government, the decision of Shoalhaven City Council to buy back a parcel of land in Worrigee that was to be developed for community housing ticks the right moral boxes.
06 Aug 10 | RESIDENTS concerned about the proposed Tomerong tip will finally get to have their formal say, when the Joint Regional Planning Panel conducts a public forum on the issue from 10am-2pm on Monday at the Tomerong School of Arts.
04 Aug 10 | ANYONE who felt vulnerable in Monday night’s howling wind and pouring rain, who felt their home’s foundations shake amid thunder and lightning overhead, should pause for a moment and spare a thought for people without a roof over their heads.
02 Aug 10 | ONCE again, the issue of footpaths is in the news.
This time the trouble relates to what is in every other respect a great new asset for the city - the pathway along the riverfront near the Nowra Bridge.
30 Jul 10 | MANY motorists who have had near misses with pedestrians darting across the Princes Highway between Worrigee and Kalandar streets would be unaware of the reasons so many people appeared so intent on putting their lives at risk.
28 Jul 10 | WHILE less salubrious aspects of the Prince of Wales hotel in Nowra’s CBD may fall into the good-riddance category, the same can’t be said of the building, which once graced the corner of Junction and Kinghorne streets where the unlovely Best & Less building now stands.
26 Jul 10 | THURSDAY’S death following an accident at Australian Paper’s Shoalhaven Mill has brought into focus the life of one of the region’s quiet achievers, John Ryan.
23 Jul 10 | IN JUST under five weeks we’ll all be off to the polls to decide who leads our nation for the next three years.
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21 Jul 10 | THE weekend’s vandalism in Rodway Arcade provided a salient reminder of the problems that too often confront people trying to run businesses and provide services to the people of the Shoalhaven.
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