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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Joint managing director of Wagga Motors Pty Ltd, Gordon Braid, was re-elected for his sixth term as Country vice-president of the Motor Traders Association of N.S.W.
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Head of Charles Sturt University’s Wagga campus, Professor David Green, welcomed almost 1000 new students at the University’s commencement celebration.
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Former deputy chairman of the Wagga Economic Development Board, Tom Watson, quit the organisation in frustration at what he sees as the board’s and the city council’s lack of meaningful action on economic development. CLICK the headline above for more stories and more photos.