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Council candidate worried Campbelltown losing its identity
Kevin Dillon is reserved, in an old school kind of way. A good way, you understand. Now in retirement, the Glen Alpine resident is offering to serve the people of Campbelltown. He has put his hand up and joined Councillor Warren Morrison and the Totally Locally Committed (TLC) team for the next council elections in September. Mr Dillon will be in the number two spot on the eight person TLC ticket. “If I get elected, I am ready to be of service,’’ he tells the South West Voice in Macarthur when we sit down for an interview at the arts… Read more »
Christmess the movie: cameras to start rolling in Macarthur soon
Fresh out of rehab, a desperate, once famous actor – Chris Flint – takes a job as a Santa Claus in a suburban strip mall where he unexpectedly encounters his long estranged daughter and infant grandson. With the love and support of his kind and caring sponsor, Carol, and a young, sharp tongued, gay musician also in recovery named Joy, Chris sets about staying sober in order to win his daughter’s forgiveness for Christmas. And so this is Christmess, the movie that will be shot in the Macarthur region from this July. Susan Prior, and, below, Steve Le Marquand. “And… Read more »
Menangle Park: no planning for electric train service, commuter car parking
Slowly but surely, more and more houses are going up in Campbelltown’s newest boom suburb, Menangle Park, as the construction pace picks up. In the next 10 years close to 4,000 homes will be built and more than 10,000 people will live in Menangle Park. One would expect there would be plans to make sure vital infrastructure becomes available as more and more residents move into Menangle Park. This would include an electrified train service between Macarthur station and Menangle Park station as well as the provision of commuter car parking. The State Government massively underestimated the need for commuter… Read more »
