04 Nov 09 | The Merimbula News Weekly scooped the pool at the NSW Country Press Association awards announced in Sydney at the association’s 109th annual conference on Friday evening, October 30.

04 Nov 09 | Last week May McGrath celebrated her 100th birthday. This week she went with her younger sister, Eileen, 97 and her nephew and his wife to revisit her old home. In this interview with Denise Dion she reminisces about her many years as a farmer’s wife in Lochiel.

04 Nov 09 | The future of Sapphire Coast Tourism (SCT) is poised on a cliff edge as it teeters on the brink of financial ruin. However the Bega Valley Shire Council has thrown it a short-term safety net after it decided at a Special Meeting on Tuesday, October 27 to provide interim funding of $120,000 to June 2010.

04 Nov 09 | Story Don Hay Surf boat crews from around NSW and Victoria will converge on Pambula Beach this weekend for the opening round of the Warrilla Bowls Surfboat Series; the first time an event of this size has been held at Pambula.

1:00 AM AEDT | THERE wasn't a lot left of Flowerdale after bushfires swept through the country Victoria town last summer. But what did survive - the Flowerdale Hotel - became the first stop for V8 Supercars driver Alex Davison on his way to Phillip Island this weekend.