CSU Foundation vice-chancellor, Professor Cliff Blake, who is due to retire in June, was presented with the Doctor of the University award, the university’s highest honour. CLICK the headline above for more stories and more photos.

President of the Wagga Returned and Services League sub-branch, David Callow, said the public support at the various Anzac Day ceremonies had exceeded expectations. CLICK the headline above for more stories and more photos.

Group Captain C G Thomas, Commanding Officer at RAAF Base Wagga, will deliver the occasional address at this year’s Anzac Day Service in Wagga. CLICK the headline above for more stories and more photos.

The Reverend Mackenzie Baird of St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church has announced that he will retire at the end of July after 29 years in the ministry at the church in Wagga. CLICK the headline above for more stories and more photos.

Slim Dusty and his daughter, Anne Kirkpatrick, performed at the Wagga Civic Theatre as part of his “Looking Forward, Looking Back” tour promoting his 100th album. CLICK the headline above for more stories and more photos.

After a 13-year career, Prime Television newsreader, Tony Pritchard, will leave the network shortly to take over a Wagga takeaway store. Sports reader Doug Hogan will take over the newsreader’s position. CLICK the headline above for more stories and more photos

An advertising feature describes how Michael Georgiou came to Wagga from Cyprus and worked with his family in the Ritz Cafe before moving, with his wife Dawn, to establish Michael’s Delicatessen near the John Macarthur Hotel, in Baylis Street, in 1964. CLICK the headline above for more stories and more photos.

Bredin’s Newsagency in the Sturt Mall was one of six finalists out of a field of about 1200 newsagents in an annual awards night held in Sydney.
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A former waitress, Carol McMahon, has been appointed in Wagga as the first female parking patrol officer in the Riverina.
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Dorrice and Darryl Lamotte celebrated 25 years of wedded bliss by renewing their vows recently at Elle’s Restaurant.
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