Featured Stories
Cancer patients the winners from another superlative 24 Hour effort
Nothing can keep a good local charity down – not even a global pandemic. And calling 24 Hour Fight Against Cancer “good’’ is an understatement. Over the past year, the mighty juggernaut that is 24 Hour found new ways of fundraising, such as a hugely successful online raffle which alone raised $23,000. A Classic Car Rally, Oz Funland Spin and Win night and the Make Macarthur Blue weekend were among the initiatives that help raise just under $100,000. In his chairperson’s report, Warren Morrison (pictured above) was able to announce that “during a time when most charities shut down totally,… Read more »
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 »
