E-Waste PLUS Drop Off Event at Castle Hill Showground
Do you have any e-waste or plastic materials you need to dispose of? The Hills Shire Council will have its free E-Waste Plus Event at the Castle Hill Showground on Saturday, 2 March 2024. From 9:00 AM to 3:30 PM, the event is open to Hills Shire residents as long as they can show proof […]
McGilvray Place Reserve’s Playground Renewal
The McGilvray Place Reserve is one of seven playgrounds in the Hills set to have their playgrounds renewed. The McGilvray Place Reserve will see a playground renewal, Mayor of the Hills Shire Dr Peter Gangemi mentioned on Tuesday, 6 February 2024. The reserve, located on Adelphi Street in Rouse Hill, will undergo playground installation work within February this […]
Local Journalist Executed Over War Crimes
By Ivor Jones I have a habit of picking up information from various sources. Sometime in the past year, I came across a small leaflet published by The Rotary Club of Windsor. The leaflet was titled “100 PLUS HAWKESBURY FACTS” and it revealed to me that in 1895 to 1897, “The Windsor-Richmond Gazette” employed a young […]
A Poem for Summer
Mary Leonora Smith, better known to her friends as “Noreen”, turned 100 in September last year and is still enjoying writing poetry. She grew up on a farm on Seven Hills Rd, Baulkham Hills as Mary Leonora Brown and was given the nickname Noreen when attending Baulkhams Hills Primary School and it stayed with her. The farm […]
