Local News

A 19-year-old woman who was hit by a car on Monday morning has left hospital.

JOHN HOWARD has intervened in the preselection battle for the state seat of Baulkham Hills, backing the lobbyist David Elliott and marking another blow to the right faction powerbroker David Clarke.

CASTLE Towers will provide fun and flirty fashion for the upcoming Spring Fashion Brunch, an event to support the Hear the Children Early Intervention Centre at Kellyville.

TROOPER Jason Thomas Brown: to all who knew him he was born to be a soldier.

WORKING women across the country are being ripped off by up to 18 per cent for doing the same job as a man.

A SECOND attempt to persuade The Hills Council to acknowledge Aborigines before its meetings has failed.

GRIEVING mother Donna Aoutal was devastated to find ornaments had been removed from her daughter's grave in Castlebrook Memorial Park.

Castle Hill resident Andrew Pasterfield has been selected in the Australian swim squad for the Commonwealth Games.

After representing Australia in three different sports, Glenhaven's Daniel Berry chosen to pursue a career in athletics after winning National School Cross Country Championship in Brisbane last week.

BAULKHAM Hills Soccer Club will play Auburn District in the Granville Soccer Association final after overcoming St Josephs Rydalmere 2-0 in the preliminary final.

Junior school students at Cherrybrook Public School are set to benefit from eight new goal posts donated to the school by the AFL.

The Norwest Polecats will put their season on the line this weekend after failing to overcome the West Sydney Blues.

An armed man is on the run after robbing the Carlingford Bowling, Sports and Recreation Club last night.

A five year old girl died yesterday after falling into the swimming pool in the backyard of her family's Galston home.

TICKETS are still available for the Spring Fashion Brunch to support the Hear the Children Early Intervention Centre at Kellyville on September 12.

A FULL military funeral will be held for special forces soldier Jason Thomas Brown at Castlebrook Cemetery on Thursday.

We pay tribute to Mac McCoullough

ULTIMATELY there were no surprises for voters in the Mitchell and Berowra electorates, where the sitting Liberal MPs Alex Hawke and Philip Ruddock were returned with safe margins.

YOU would imagine that it couldn't possibly take 34 years to replace a basic item of science equipment, but that's exactly the situation at Galston High School.

OLD Northern Road between Showground and Crane roads will be closed to all traffic by the end of September as the work to complete the main street upgrade picks up pace.