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LAKE CANOBOLAS KIOSK AND CAFE WILL BE SHUT FOR TWO MONTHS
Laurin Allen enjoys taking her family to Lake Canobolas for a day out. But they, like the rest of Orange, will need to bring their own food and drink to the lake for at least the next two months as the cafe and kiosk are closed.
“Tuesday to Sunday between 9am to 4pm. Council is dreaming if it thinks any business would survive having to open those hours at the lake. Costs of running that kiosk would outweigh the revenue by a long shot, especially over a 12-month period” – John Da Rin
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THANKS FOR THE MEMORIES TO THE WHOLE KELLY GANG | LETTER
Annett Kelly penned a Letter to the Editor which concluded … “it is a bitter-sweet farewell, but as we all know things change, and we all move on. So let’s say cheers to new adventures and thank you to everyone who, like me, has wonderful memories at ‘The Vatican’”.
“Orange will miss this family. For as long as I have known Orange I have known this pub as a great place to have a drink and a chat, always with a warm smile from one of the Kelly family. Thanks for your hard work, you will all be missed” – Peter Morris
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DARE TO DREAM: $2.5M PROPERTY CLOSER TO CBD THAN SOME IN NORTH ORANGE
One of the most expensive properties close to Orange is up for sale. A price of $2.5 million is being tipped for the property, Uralla, which is on the Forest Road just past the Orange Health Service.
“A lovely property, but the headline is right: this is just a dream for about 99 per cent of us. I would have to win lotto a couple of times to even think about looking at maybe hoping to buy a place like this” – Warwick Killen
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ILLEGAL STREET RACE WITNESSED BY POLICE IN SUMMER STREET
A driver estimated that he exceeded 100km/h along Summer Street after police witnessed him and another driver racing between Anson and Hill streets.
“This is all-too common on our main street. I work there late at night and it is a constant worry that someone I work with or one of the business’s patrons will be killed by something like this” – Amanda Ball
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CLEAN UP OF CARS, WEEDS AND RUBBISH FOLLOWS SALE OF FORMER ‘HOARDER’S HOUSE’
Workers have begun the major job of cleaning up a former hoarders’ house in McLachlan Street following its sale in August. Cars and caravans have been removed from the property while vegetation that choked the front and backyards is also being cleared.
“About bloody time! This property was a disgrace, one that the neighbors and people passing by had to put up with without any chance of rectifying. Here’s hoping the next owners take good care of it” – Leanne Norris
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PATH OF DISGRACE: RESTAURANT OWNER HITS OUT OVER FOOTPATH CONDITION
Simonn Hawke has run Orange’s fine dining restaurant Lolli Redini for 18 years. And in that time she has never seen Orange City Council repair the now broken and battered footpath out the front of the Sale Street eatery.
“It's an utter joke. The time taken to get people to go and mark all the lumps, bumps and failures in the footpaths must cost a fortune. Then you see council staff re-painting over the original markings as the first ones have worn off. One would think that the second pass should be a crew repairing the issues, not just spraying more paint onto problem areas” – Dougal Munro
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