TATHRA: Children reach out for lolly bags lobbed by Santa at the Tathra Community Carols night.
JINDABYNE: Former postie John McLoughlin starts putting Christmas lights on his house at the beginning of November.
BROULEE: Surfers of all ages will attempt to break the Guinness World Record for the most people surfing a wave at once at Broulee on Australia Day.
MERIMBULA: Carols, candles and community Christmas cheer saw a big crowd, estimated at 1500, attend Carols by Candlelight at Merimbula’s Magic Mountain on Sunday evening December 15.And among those enjoying the event hosted by the Merimbula-Pambula Lions Club were Karen,left, and Arabella Tarpey, Ava Strang, Liliana Watters, and Ebony Brown.
CANDELO: An open day at the Candelo Karate Dojo saw official presentations - as well as some fun activities showcasing the skills of young martial artists.
BEGA: Marjorie Woodrow is one of the Stolen Generation. She recently moved to Bega and encourages more elders to speak out about their stories
CANDELO: Police have set up Strikeforce Darvell to investigate the circumstances around two dead bodies found in a Candelo premises on Monday.
COOMA: Cooma-Monaro Shire Council’s general manager John Vucic presented Year 8 class awards to Snowy Mountains Christiasn Schoolm students Elizabeth Fletcher, Hannah Learoyd and Mackenzie Farmer, while teacher Catherine Johnson looks on.
EUROBODALLA: Telstra says another 'mobile meltdown' in the shire is unlikely after it invested heavily in the network this year. Pictured is Eurobodalla mayor Lindsay Brown, Batemans Bay Chamber of Commerce president Allan Rutherford and Telstra's southern region general manager Chris Taylor.
BROULEE: St Peter's Anglican College student Angela Gock has topped the shire with an Australian Tertiary Admission Rank of 97.75. She is pictured with fellow students Jack Kennedy, who did well in Mathematics and Brittany Pullen, who did well in General Mathematics.
TATHRA: Tathra Public School launches an Indigenous language book containing words and phrases from the Dhurga and Thaua dialects.
PAMBULA: From left: Equal third placegetters Ayla Smith and Jess Crocker, runner up Hayley James and winner Emma Hassan are watched on by judge Helen Slater at Saturday’s sashing of the Pambula Showgirl for 2014.
ULLADULLA: Expressing his sorrow at Holden's demise is Milton's Roger Guest with one of his beloved vehicles - an EH Special.
EDEN: Outgoing Eden Public School leaders for 2013 were thanked at the school's presentation day last week. From left they are Nikai Stewart, Jeremiah Bamblett, Charlotte Seymour and Brett Williams.
COOMA: The Principal of St Patrick’s Parish School in Cooma, Phil Stubbs, is retiring after almost 40 years in education. He said his career highlight had centred around having an influence on the lives of young people.
EDEN: The source and nature of thick, greyish/back sludge coming from a stormwater drain in George Brown Street is being investigated by BVSC after it was reported to council by the Magnet.
NETHERCOTE: Santa hands out gifts to all the very, very nice children at the annual Nethercote Christmas Party on Saturday.
EDEN: Tricia Beatty, executive officer of the Professional Fishermen’s Association, warns that seafood on the Christmas menu may die out if as Far South Coast fishers struggle to work with the NSW Government over another industry restructure.
MERIMBULA: Lisa and Alayne Drowley arrive home after more than 400 days in Westmead Children’s Hospital, flown to Merimbula by Little Wings pilot Adrian Nisbet.
BEGA: The Bega Bypass had its "official" opening and plaque unveiling on Thursday with MPs Peter Hendy and Andrew Constance, and Bega Valley Shire Mayor Bill Taylor in attendance.
PAMBULA: Pambula Public School on top of the world Mrs Murphy and Sue Beasley with the year 5 students on the top of Mt Kosciuszko.
ULLADULLA: Peter Gilford won a silver medal for shot put and a bronze medal in the 100 metre sprint in the Special Olympics Asia Pacific Games.
PAMBULA: Pambula and District Community Bank Branch Community bank staff celebrates the bank’s 5th birthday Belinda Grundy, left, Barbara Hanley, Jenny Young, Sandy Spain, Kim Stevenson and Tanya Hart.
TURA BEACH: Council staff and members of Tura- Mirador Landcare, Merimbula Imlay Historical Society, Pambula Merimbula Lions Club, Far South Coast Landcare Association, and Tura Flora Reserve gather at the start of the Mundooi walk. (Back) Carol Bartlett, left, Wendy Ross, Colette Moorhead, Ros Robertson, Chris Warner, Judy Shelley, Andrew Morrison, Celia Farquharson, Bob Ross, Garry Moorhead, Kyran Crane. (Front) Mandi Stevenson, Chris Casey, David Newell.
NAROOMA: Great excitement when Santa arrived at the Narooma Christmas carols at NATA Oval on Sunday on the back of a RFS fire engine.
ULLADULLA: Roger Gillespie relaxes in his Milton garden after working as the head plaster on Unbroken, directed by Angelina Jolie.
NAROOMA: John, Hayley, Todd and Ryan Abbott with a nice 70kg bigeye tuna processed at their factory on Friday morning to be offered for sale in portions at a Canberra farmers market the next morning.
ULLADULLA: Donlan Road in Mollymook was closed while a vehicle was searched after a 16-year- old youth allegedly led police on a car chase through residential streets last Friday. krpeterguilford:
TILBA: Checking out the new sign and benches at the picturesque Tilba Cemetery last week are mayor Lindsay Brown and cemetery committee members Harry Bate and Norm Hoyer.
NAROOMA: Former National Parks Discovery Ranger Mark Westwood undoes the ribbon, launching the third edition of “The Lure of Montague” with author Laurelle Pacey at the Narooma Visitors Centre.
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