Tag: South East
Recreation hub names rejected as council reopens consultation
CITY Council will extend the community consultation process to name the $39.1m Community and Recreation Hub after a sub-committee rejected the list of 74...
Boandik elder recognises public recreation centre nominations
MOUNT Gambier Boandik elder Ken Jones has congratulated the local community on taking the Bunganditj language into consideration for naming of the multi-million dollar...
ALDI construction to begin as Target demolition looms
CONSTRUCTION on the proposed $6.8m new ALDI store blueprint will get under way this week at the razed Fidler and Webb site, which will...
Educators walk out to protest stalled negotiations
MORE than 200 public educators and their supporters called for improved learning conditions for students in an emotion-fuelled rally yesterday in the heart of...
STAFF PROFILE: Kelly Costin – Media Sales Consultant
SINCE joining the The Border Watch Newsgroup in 2017, media sales consultant Kelly Costin has quickly established herself as a friendly and hard working...
Winter temperatures plummet to near record lows
WINTER well and truly set in last week with communities around the Limestone Coast observing their coldest days in decades.
Coonawarra was hit hard on...
Sustainable shoot a potential win-win for region
A KANGAROO cull in the South East will in no way "wipe out" the species according to Mount Gambier commercial harvest proponent Glenn Fry.
Mr...
Animal rescue group gains funding
FINANCIAL relief is likely to be offered to not-for-profit pet rescue organisation Wet Noses Animal Rescue as a community grant is foreshadowed to help...
Hub work disrupts swimming as city pool to shutdown during recreation centre construction
THE Mount Gambier Aquatic Centre will end its 2019/20 swim season one month earlier than usual in preparation for the multi-million dollar Community and...
Knitter lends helping hand as hand-crafted blankets donated to ease winter chill
COLOURFUL blankets have been donated to those in need this winter by prolific knitter Amalia Morandin.
She recently completed her 87th blanket for Mount Gambier...
South East creatives get kick out of art
ART and football fanatics alike are set to get a kick out of an upcoming exhibition, which will be partly housed in a custom-built...
Icy conditions hit region
ICY temperatures were recorded right across the South East over the weekend, with some overnight minimums among the lowest recorded in decades.
Mount Gambier dropped...