Wests Tigers pin Auckland Nines hopes on young guns

The Wests Tigers team for this weekend’s NRL Auckland Nines is top heavy with young guns but has a sprinkling of experience, including Chris Lawrence, who will skipper the side. This will be Lawrence’s first appearance at the Nines. The …

Here’s cheers to a Ristretto cafe in Bigge Park

And then there were two. Ristretto cafes that is, now operating in Liverpool, with the second one on the edge of Bigge Park, near Liverpool Hospital. Called The Shed By Ristretto, it is also run by the man who created …

Love will be in the air when Liverpool night markets return

Music and romance will fill Macquarie Street when the Liverpool Night Markets return for 2015 on Saturday, February 7. The special focus on all things love is not just about celebrating Valentine’s Day – in fact, there’s plenty for the …

Troubled families win from legal aid funding boost

The Member for Campbelltown Bryan Doyle has announced funding for the Macarthur Legal Centre at Campbelltown to provide support for families under the Baird Government’s Safe Home for Life child protection reforms. “Over the next two years Macarthur Legal Centre …

Check out February fun in Liverpool museum and libraries

From fun arts and crafts for primary school kids to a fiesta celebrating post WWII immigration to the chance to bag bargain books, February is set to be a busy month at Liverpool’s local libraries. “Our fantastic libraries have a …

What do you think of council’s online approach?

Campbelltown City Council is seeking feedback on its online presence and is inviting residents, customers, ratepayers and other interested parties to be directly involved in the process by completing a short survey online. All eligible participants who complete the survey …

Art showcase back at Mac Square

For the past two years it has become a special addition to the local shopping experience during February. Stepping Up is a HSC major work showcase in Macarthur Square’s centre court and is back for a third edition in 2015. …

New Aussies celebrate good fortune with big smiles on Australia Day

As part of Liverpool’s Australia Day citizenship ceremony, the newly minted Aussies get up from their chairs which are under the giant marquee and walk across to the stage when called. And what you notice straight away is their smile. …

New citizens and awards in Campbelltown on Australia Day

By the time today’s Australia Day festivities end there will be 120 newly minted Australians in Campbelltown alone. Across the nation thousands will swear the oath of allegiance to our great country at hundreds of citizenship ceremonies in every town …

Liverpool reaching for the sky

Liverpool is set to get a brand new landmark: a very tall landmark. The application for the $100 million, two 29 storey apartment towers project opposite the old Hollywood Motors site on the Hume Highway received the green light on …

Ghosts, Lions batting wobbles result in defeat for second week in a row

Last week Camden Campbelltown Ghosts and Fairfield Liverpool Lions got a taste of the batting wobbles in losing their round nine grade cricket matches. But if their playing groups thought they had hit bottom, they were wrong. The Lions were …

Fiona named local woman of the year

NSW Minister for Women Pru Goward was joined by Member for Menai Melanie Gibbons this week to announce Fiona Heath as the 2015 Local Woman of the Year for Menai. Ms Goward said there were countless outstanding women in NSW …