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Fare call: Local taxi service makes changes ahead of rideshare rollout

Operators of Barossa & Light Cab Service and Barossa Valley Taxis have made the difficult decision to cease a number of their usual taxi services, which they anticipate will likely have a significant impact on customers. Director of Operations...

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11 hours ago

Local Events

Local art a novel idea

“In the Mount Pleasant Library refurbishment, part of that proposal was to have a community art space here to bring more people into the library and also continue that community feel that the library has here,” she told The Leader

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29 Jan 2025

Project to ‘bring them home’ awarded

Community Project of the Year winner for Light Regional Council is the Greenock Memorial Plaques project, ‘Bringing Them Home’, led by Anthony McLean, with support from the Greenock Village Community Association (GVCA), which received funding...

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22 Jan 2025

Jamiee embraces challenges in double duty

When 26-year-old Jaimee Mustard of Nuriootpa turns up for her shifts with either SA Ambulance Service in Kapunda or Nuriootpa CFS, one thing she knows for certain is no two jobs are ever going to be the same. This year’s Young Citizen of the Year...

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David adds his voice to hospital call

By Mel JaunayTwo years on from the sad and sudden passing of Barossa and Districts Health Advisory Council Presiding Member, Elizabeth Haebich, husband David has added his voice to the urgent call for funding for a new Barossa Hospital. A former...

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15 Jan 2025

Temporary service changes flagged for local hospitals

By Mel JaunayBarossa Hills Fleurieu Local Health Network (BHFLHN) has confirmed that Angaston and District Hospital’s Emergency Department will be diverted for two 24 hour periods between now and the end of February. The hospital ED will be closed to...

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15 Jan 2025

Emergency Services

A firey start to 2025: Multiple fires across Barossa and surrounding areas

With a number of grass fires already requiring CFS response in the first week of 2025, residents are being reminded to have a bushfire plan ready, particularly in light of the current hot and dry summer. Regional Commander Matt Davis informed The...

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Roundabout time

After several months of construction and much community anticipation, the roundabout at the intersection of Greenock, Samuel and Moppa Roads, Nurioopta is now complete. All approaches to the roundabout were opened the week before Christmas...

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Flying a new flag at Greenock oval

By Mel JaunayGreenock Centenary Park now has a new Australian flag and a refurbished flag pole to fly it on, following a gesture of community co-operation with the Greenock Village Community Association (GVCA).Members of both committees, including...

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Nature’s light show rings in new year

By Mel JaunayMother Nature put on her own light show to ring in the New Year last week, with the spectacular Aurora Australis visible in the night sky on January 1. Cambrai, situated in the River Murray International Dark Sky Reserve, was an ideal...

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Help for Light children

“Not withstanding that education is a State and Federal responsibility... I do think that a community expects Council to show leadership on local issues, particularly an issue that affects young families and young children, and for that reason, I...

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18 Dec 2024

Community rallies to save op shop

By Mel JaunayA passionate group of local people have rallied to save the Cambrai op shop, after the organisation previously running it withdrew its operation from the town. Not content to let the important community hub go by the wayside, a group of...

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