Local Identities
[vc_row][vc_column width=”1/6″ offset=”vc_col-lg-1/5 vc_col-md-1/5 vc_col-xs-1/5″][us_image image=”86546″ size=”thumbnail” align=”left” style=”circle” has_ratio=”1″][/vc_column][vc_column width=”1/12″ offset=”vc_col-lg-4/5 vc_col-md-4/5 vc_col-xs-4/5″][vc_column_text]By Karlene Brummer[/vc_column_text][us_post_date][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Rose Granata (nee Patane) was born in 1940 in Cairns, Queensland, the eldest of four children. In 1959 she married Fred Granata and moved to Sydney where she had her two children, Suzanne and Anthony. The family purchased 5 acres […]
Galston Library Temporary Closure
ANNOUNCEMENT FROM THE LIBRARY Please be advised that Galston Library will be closed for essential building maintenance from Monday 24 April, reopening on Monday 8 May & the returns chute will not be accessible from Saturday 22 April at 12pm. All loan due dates will be extended until the reopening. Hornsby, Pennant Hills, and Berowra […]
Have your say on The Hills Shire Plan 2023 – 2024
The Plan sets out Council’s key priorities, goals and objectives that it will achieve for The Hills community over the next 12 months. Some of these include: $18.8 million on Annangrove Road, Rouse Hill construction; $4.9 million on The Water Lane Reserve, Box Hill playing fields; $1.3 million on Cockayne Reserve, Castle Hill; $3.8 million […]
Fuel Prices Week Ending 21st April 2023
Where to Buy the Cheapest Fuel Prices Week Ending 21st April 2023 Fuel Type: Unleaded 91 Petrol Station Name Address Fuel,Price Shell Kenthurst 86 Kenthurst Rd, Kenthurst NSW 2156 196.90 Ampol Woolworths Cherrybrook 67 Shepherds Dr, Cherrybrook NSW 2126 185.90 Ampol Dural 917-923 Old Northern Rd, DURAL NSW 2158 201.90 EG Ampol Dural 532 Old […]
NSW Police Investigate Alleged Child Sex Abuse
Strike Force Twill to investigate child sex abuse claims from the 1980s – Wisemans Ferry Police have launched an investigation into reported child sex abuse offences in the state’s Hawkesbury region during the 1980s. Detectives attached to Hawkesbury Police Area Command established Strike Force Twill in October 2022, following a number of reports of alleged […]
Vote For Waves!
This is your final chance to vote for WAVES before voting is officially closed! It has been nominated in the National Awards for Local Government and we need your help to be the top pick! If you love us as much as we do, we encourage you to vote here: https://nalg.awardsplatform.com/…/OPGRQGMy/LvvMnxBn Source: The Hills Shire […]
Murder Charges for Cherrybrook Home Invasion
A 33-year-old Castle Hill man and a 58-year-old man faced Parramatta court today (April 12th) charged with the alleged murder of 86-year-old Kalim Saliba at his Cherrybrook home nearly three years ago. Emergency services were called to the Saliba family home in Tallowood Avenue, Cherrybrook at 12.30am on Wednesday 29th April 2020 following reports two […]
ANZAC Day 25th April 2023
ANZAC day gives us a day to reflect and honour those who fought for our country and for the freedom we enjoy today, in wars past and present. In the long-standing tradition of our community, we will hold the ANZAC day Dawn Service and March on 25th April 2023 to enable us to gather and […]
Car Crashes Through Fence at Same Location Twice
Hills Police have attended same crash site two weeks in a row. Car through a fence. About 1.50pm on Monday 10 April 2023 Hills Highway Patrol attended a Collision where a 18yr female has lost control of her BMW sedan as she exited the roundabout at Samantha Riley Dr x Redden Ave, Kellyville. Driver and […]
Cyclist Stable After Being Injured in Recreational Ride in Galston
A man aged in his 50’s has been taken to hospital in stable condition after he was involved in a head-on collision with a car while on a recreational ride with a group cyclists in Galston this afternoon. The Mounties Care CareFlight Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance shortly before 1:00pm and landed in a […]