Before dawn tomorrow hundreds of people across the Hills will brave the cold and make the pilgrimage to their local war memorial. Ninety-nine years after the start of one of the world’s bloodiest wars we will pause to remember those young men who fought and died at Gallipoli, marking the first major military action fought by ...
The Mt Barker Council’s latest push for some solid financial commitments from the State Government to help fund the massive expansion coming to the town have, once again, fallen well short of community expectations. The meeting between the council’s chief executive and Deputy Mayor with Planning Minister John Rau on Tuesday appears to have delivered little ...
For many in Mt Barker who opposed the State Government’s expansion plan for the town, the release of the SA Ombudsman’s report last week will indeed be cold comfort. The report is damning in its findings that the consultants who were paid to write the Government’s Growth Investigation Areas (GIA) report had a “clear” conflict of ...
The manner in which former Labor minister Patrick Conlon has treated his colleagues, his Party and his electorate by taking a three-day-a-week job with a legal firm while still accepting a full-time $148,000 wage from the people of SA to be a politician, is a sad indication of the value he places on his ...
Ratepayers may soon be forced to carry the burden of the State Government’s decision to double the size of Mt Barker. While the Mt Barker Council has managed to keep rate increases relatively low in recent years and has shouldered the planning costs for infrastructure needed to support the growth it didn’t want, a new set ...
The Mt Barker Council’s decision to help establish more community gardens in the district is a step towards building stronger, healthier and happier communities. Such gardens have proven their success all over the world. Locally, the Duck Flat Community Garden is a shining example of how these programs are so beneficial. They provide a safe and welcoming meeting ...
Draft plans have been drawn up for a new recreation hub on Springs Road at Mt Barker. The Mt Barker Council bought the land in 2008 to develop sports and community facilities. This week it tabled a draft concept that shows part of the site could house two new ovals for football and cricket, three senior soccer ...
A $14m 80-bed nursing home will be built in Mt Barker after the plan gained the backing of the town’s council. The three-storey complex will house a mix of elderly patients including those requiring high-level care. Non-profit aged care provider Southern Cross Care was granted consent for its Hawthorn Road project by the Mt Barker Council’s Development ...
Efforts to feed hungry tummies each morning have earned a group of Mt Barker South Primary School students a State award. The school’s K-Kids Club, a branch of the Kiwanis Club service group, recently won the 2012 Schools Community Service Award in the Premier’s Service Club Week awards and received $1000. The school service group has been ...
Hundreds of dogs and their owners pounded the pavement for a good cause on Sunday. The annual Four Paws Walk, held for the first time in Mt Barker, raised a record amount of almost $2500 for the Hahndorf Interim Animal Shelter. Dogs of all breeds and pedigrees, shapes and sizes descended on Keith Stephenson Park for the ...
