The Area News is looking back on what made news in 2018, and here are our top picks, favourite stories and most compelling yarns of the year.
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May
Loving, generous, kind and full of life.
That is how family remembered the late Bruno ‘Chocolate’ Marando after his sudden and shocking passing in a car accident last week.
Ben Sekali: Griffith residents are sure to know the name now after his jaw-dropping, and soulful performance on The Voice last night.
Judges were utterly stunned by Ben Sekali's rendition of 'A Change Is Gonna Come' by Sam Cooke, with judge Joe Jonas turning his chair during the blind audition last night.
June
Poppy Roberts, one of Carrathool Shire’s best-known residents is being mourned by her large circle of family and friends following her peaceful death recently.
Losing a loved one is something one can never truly heal from, and to lose a loved one by a reprehensible act – it is understandable to completely fall victim to numbness, fury.
On May 23, beloved family Thoroughbred horse, Banjo was shot and killed by an unknown person using a high-powered rifle, on the family’s property in Binya.
July
Showing they have what it takes a second year in a row, Griffith High School’s (GHS) senior science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) Club has won the Aeronautical Challenge for Bottle Rockets, this time on a national level.
What’s in a name? For Griffith’s new high school, it means identity, innovation, and community.
Murrumbidgee Regional High has been announced as the official name for the “one school two sites” merger of Wade High School and Griffith High School.
August
When Griffith High School student Moses Lolohea decided to upload some of his own music to Triple J’s unearthed page, it was all for a bit of fun.
He never imagined he might hear his own song on the radio.
A man has been arrested and charged for using and carrying fake notes, after a police recognised him on the street from a witness’s description.
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