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The ZONTA Club of Stanthorpe has announced the nominees for their “Remarkable Women of The Granite Belt” project. Full story on page 3
Stanthorpe-based Granite Belt Neighbourhood Centre (GBNC) is holding its annual Winter Food Appeal to support individuals and families in need during the cold season. Full story on page 3
Take a trip back in time
Netti and Nikki from the Granite Belt Neighbourhood Centre.
As part of Stanthorpe’s 150-year celebrations, Stanthorpe Today and Warwick Today have been turning back the clock to uncover the town’s long history. This week, we’re looking back at Stanthorpe in 1909 and 1910, which details a news excerpt about a famed resident and a peek into Glen Aplin State School (formally Severn River State School) at the time. Read more on pages 12 and 13
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Bin survey shuts By Emily-Rose Toohey Southern Downs Regional Council (SDRC) committed to reviewing its kerbside waste expansion decision in April via a survey, and the results showed a sixty per cent response rate. Of the residents in the expansion area, a
council spokesperson said that 59.2 per cent of surveys were returned and 40.8 per cent were not returned. The matter of the bins has been contested by residents, including those at Wallangarra living on Lower Paling Yard Road. In a letter written last month, eight proper-
ty owners expressed their discontent with the survey and said it was an after-thought in an effort for council to implement damage control measures. “If the council were genuinely interested in obtaining ‘feedback’ regarding the introduction of a ‘domestic waste and recycling col-
lection service’, surely the time for a ‘survey’ would have been prior to the decision being made, infrastructure put into place, and ‘unwanted’ bins deposited at properties without any form of ‘prior community consultation’,” the letter said. Full story page 2
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