FIVE YEARS AGO
$50 MILLION QUESTION
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Griffith City Council’s financial sustainability has been thrown into question after an external report found development applications were 60 per cent below the group average. NSW Treasury Corporation data show the value of DAs in Griffith stood at $31.86 million – the group average for similar LGAs was $82.33 million.
FARMERS URGED TO DONATE
A local charity has called on grain farmers to spare a fraction of their harvests to help families doing it tough. Foodbank hoped a good winter crop would give farmers the extra flexibility and incentive to donate.
BEST OF THE BEST
Griffith is set to unleash its strongest representative side in years for Sunday’s SCG Country Shield clash with Leeton, according to skipper Marc Tucker. The squad for the match at Exies Oval reads as a veritable who’s who of the local game, with selectors delighted at what appears to be a welcome spike in interest towards representative cricket.
TEN YEARS AGO
‘CAR YARD’ MAY BE MOVED
The days of Wakaden Street doubling as a second-hand car yard appear over after councillors resolved to put an end to the practice. What started out as a quaint tradition has grown to a point where it is not uncommon for up to 40 cars on weekends and 20 cars on week days to be parked on the roadside.
GRIFFITH’S ROLE IN UNDERBELLY CONFIRMED
The Nine Network has confirmed Griffith’s shadowy drug past will feature in a second series of the hit gangland drama Underbelly.
LUCAS CLAIMS STATE SPRINT DOUBLE
Ardlethan Central athlete Ruby Lucas has once again proved she is no flash in the pan by taking out the 200m and 100m sprint double at the NSW Primary Schools Sports Association state championships at Homebush.
SIXTEEN YEARS AGO
WARNING FOR LAKE BOATERS
Boat users are being warned to exercise extreme caution and preferably refrain from using Lake Wyangan as the drought tightens its grip on the local area.
RAMS DO IT AGAIN
For the second time in four years new Group 17 premiers Barellan have been awarded the prestigious Clayton Cup for the best performed rugby league club in country New South Wales.