30 May 08 | LAST Sunday saw 17 riders face the starter for a 32km handicap road race for the Griffith Cycling Club, with many legs weary from the Dean Carter Memorial race the day before.
30 May 08 | THE sporting cliché of a must win game is often used, but it perfectly describes the Griffith Swans game against Leeton/Whitton this weekend, as the local side hopes to keep their Riverina Football League finals hopes alive.
30 May 08 | IT WILL be a blockbuster clash at Coro Club Oval tomorrow, when the Griffith Blacks take on Waratahs, with the crown of early premiership favourites in Southern Inland Rugby Union up for grabs.
30 May 08 | AS the race to the State League basketball finals hots up, the Griffith Demons faces a challenge this weekend, against the travelling Bathurst Goldminers with another big win needed to secure a top-four place.
30 May 08 | IT’S not often that people get a second chance at life, but after being in an induced coma for five days, Griffith teenager Josh Lucas would be one person who could be considered as having just that.
30 May 08 | REX airlines has earned its wings in Griffith and any talk of allowing rival jets into the city was “utterly ridiculous”, according to Murrumbidgee MP Adrian Piccoli.
30 May 08 | LOCAL teachers warn a series of rolling strikes could be on the cards if the NSW government doesn’t make changes to the recently-introduced staffing arrangements.
30 May 08 | SOME schools sang, some held book fairs, while others preferred to throw open their doors to the public and hold special assemblies instead.
30 May 08 | COUNCILLORS have voted to freeze their annual fees in a show of solidarity with a Griffith community struggling to cope with the drought.
30 May 08 | SEVEN days in East Timor may not sound like everyone’s idea of the perfect getaway but for three locals it means an opportunity to help some of the world’s poorest children.
30 May 08 | THE heated debate stemming from Bill Henson’s controversial photos of naked pre-teens has divided local artists.
30 May 08 | THE GRIFFITH War Memorial Museum has discovered the story of perhaps the only Aboriginal World War II veteran from the area.
30 May 08 | IN A dramatic development, Griffith man Jeff Kirkman will face a criminal charge of intimidation over an incident involving mayor Dino Zappacosta earlier this month.
28 May 08 | THE grand final of the Wednesday night mixed tennis competition was played out at the Jack Shannon tennis courts, with former Shud player Mark Dossetor lining up against his wife, Donna, adding some well meaning competitive spirit on the night.
28 May 08 | SHIRLEY Painting had a tremendous week of golf by winning division one of Griffith Ladies’ Golf on both Wednesday and Saturday last week.
28 May 08 | THE GRIFFITH Swans made it back-to-back wins in the Riverina Football League smashing North Wagga by 152 points at McPherson Oval last weekend and in the process keeping their faint finals hopes alive.
28 May 08 | GRIFFITH cyclist Paul Clancy became just the fifth hometown rider to win the Dean Carter Memorial in 28 years of the race’s history, timing his sprint to the line to perfection to beat home a classy field.
28 May 08 | A SINGLE mum from Pioneer has accused Housing NSW of turning its back on her amid claims a neighbouring family is terrorising her street.
28 May 08 | SUNDAY’S Red Shield Appeal was a great success with close to $23,000 raised in Griffith and Yenda.
28 May 08 | ORGANIC farming may be one of the latest trends, but it remains nowhere near as popular as conventional agriculture, for farmers or consumers.
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