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Helen McLean celebrates 30 years of “I Do”

Dubbo civil celebrant Helen McLean has quietly clocked up 30 years as an authorised marriage celebrant. While the active septuagenarian admits to slowing down, she has no plans to stop helping couples tie the knot just yet. The vibrant Dubbo...

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A new face leads CWLA: Renee Matheson

Dubbo educator Renee Matheson brings more than a quarter of a century of skill and experience to the role of acting principal at the growing local independent school, the Central West Leadership Academy. Appointed for a 12-month...

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Chasing the sun, STEM and sponsors: ANU solar race team visits Dubbo

Dubbo was the second-last stop on an innovative tour of regional NSW by students from the Australian National University (ANU), testing their solar race car in preparation to enter the Bridgestone World Solar Challenge in August. Never heard of the...

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Not to be missed: Dubbo Women’s Festival, March 7

By Sharon Bonthuys With myriad events being held around the region right now celebrating International Women’s Day later this week, the Dubbo Women’s Festival returns to the Western Plains Cultural Centre’s Community Art Centre this Friday...

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Dubbo remembers: 70th anniversary of 1955 flood

An anniversary quietly ticks over this week as the region remembers and reflects on a major natural disaster that swept across central and northern NSW, and gave birth to what we now know and appreciate as the State Emergency Service. In late...

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MP Mark Coulton warns against melanoma

Just days before the Melanoma March to be held in Dubbo this Saturday, March 8, retiring Federal Member for Parkes Mark Coulton has used his own personal experience with the disease to warn constituents about the importance of being sun-safe. “I...

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