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Policeman turns into school chaplain
16 May 12 | LOCAL Jon Daniels has traded his role as police officer for that of chaplain at Margaret River Senior High School and Karridale Primary School.
Volunter Week: you can help too
16 May 12 | IT’S National Volunteer Week, May 14-18, and the South West Catchment Council is taking the opportunity to acknowledge and thank all the volunteers that lend a hand for the environment.
Club tips in $3000 for Arrabella's family
16 May 12 | GENEROUS members of the Augusta-Margaret River Hawks Superules club donated almost $3000 on Friday for local Arrabella Lawrence, 3, who has cystic fibrosis.
16 May 12 | THE Augusta-Margaret River Shire Council has received the final Civic and Administration Centre cost report.
16 May 12 | THE South West is being “punished” in the Federal Budget for its success, Forrest MP Nola Marino claimed last week.
16 May 12 | A SMALL fire in a Gracetown house was quickly extinguished on Monday morning.
Baz' cartoon
16 May 12 | Baz' cartoon
Rare  virus won't stop stan
16 May 12 | IN January, Augusta’s Stan Meagher had to be rushed to Perth with a virus that had paralysed him.   | CommentsComments (2)
Cowaramup kettle on for cuppa for cancer
16 May 12 | THE extremely popular Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea in Cowaramup is on again – with a theme this year of High Tea.
Our Dolly model finalist
16 May 12 | BAKERY beauty Lillian Van der Veen might hit the modelling big time - she is a finalist in the Original Dolly Model Search 2012.
16 May 12 | A LOCAL man, 22, was killed when his car left Bussell Highway and hit a tree in Forest Grove yesterday afternoon.
15 May 12 | THE battle of the Blackwood River cut continued at Wednesday’s Augusta-Margaret River Shire Council meeting, with a 5-2 vote to consider allocating $15,000 to reopening the cut.
15 May 12 | PREMIER Colin Barnett has told shire president Ray Colyer he does not believe the Mining Act needs amending to provide greater protection for the Margaret River region.
Greens' mines protection campaign targets Redman, Farina
15 May 12 | RESIDENTS who want the Margaret River region protected from mining have been urged to contact local politicians, particularly Blackwood-Stirling Nationals MP Terry Redman and South West Labor MLC Adele Farina, and call on them to support proposed amendments to the Mining Act.
Old school on the move
15 May 12 | COWARAMUP Primary School students and teachers lined Bussell Highway on Thursday morning to watch the predecessor of their school pass by. They were joined by shoppers, traders and some nostalgic locals, like Don Miller, who had attended the old school which was built beside Bussell Highway a kilometre south of the town in 1924.  | CommentsComments (2)
Readers, writers word up
11 May 12 | LITERATURE lovers thronged to Margaret River over the weekend for the fourth Margaret River Readers & Writers Festival.   | CommentsComments (1)
The Block comes to Bradshaws Margaret River
09 May 12 | FANS of The Block television show got to meet contestants Brad and Lara on Sunday at Bradshaws Mitre 10.   | CommentsComments (1)
Laurance comes up roses
09 May 12 | LAURANCE Wines welcomed guests to its Rose Garden Open Day on Sunday, offering morning tea and a stroll with head gardener Kale Roberts and rose expert Bob Melville to admire the garden’s autumn blooms.
Baz's cartoon
09 May 12 | Baz's cartoon
Join Margs' Million Paws Walk
09 May 12 | THE Augusta Margaret River Veterinary Hospital will host the town’s third Million Paws Walk on Sunday, May 20, from 10am.
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