Cruise passengers welcomed
Cruise passengers welcomed
Waitaki Mayor Alex Familton yesterday welcomed 460 cruise ship passengers from the Pacific Dawn, who arrived by train in Palmerston.
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Last stationmaster enjoys special Seasider trip
Last stationmaster enjoys special Seasider trip
Palmerston's last stationmaster, Doug Anderson, rode the rails again as a passenger on a special Seasider train between Palmerston and Dunedin this week.
Show crowd numbers up
Show crowd numbers up
The number of people at the 127th Palmerston and Waihemo A and P Show on Saturday exceeded the 2000 who attended last year, committee member Gal Mills said.
Museum keen to celebrate
Museum keen to celebrate
The Waihemo Museum is looking for ways the district can celebrate Palmerston's 140th anniversary next year.
Doctor's busy life detailed
Doctor's busy life detailed
An overworked Palmerston doctor who sometimes had his grandson travel with him and sing to help to keep him awake as he drove to attend patients features in a new family history, In the Spirit of their Age, launched in Palmerston yesterday.
Bakery joins lake partner
Bakery joins lake partner
The 97-year-old McGregors Bakery and Tearooms in Palmerston has been sold.
Group seeks cash for cycle trail feasibility study
Group seeks cash for cycle trail feasibility study
A group of Palmerston and Dunback people have applied to the Ministry of Tourism to receive funding for a feasibility study on a cycle trail between Palmerston and Middlemarch.
East Otago Practitioner returns to area
East Otago Practitioner returns to area
One of the few nurse practitioners working in general practice in the South Island, Anne Fitzwater, has started work at the East Otago health centres at Palmerston and Waikouaiti.
Tour business capitalises on visits by Seasider train
Tour business capitalises on visits by Seasider train
Another new business is about to join the 14 that have opened in Palmerston in the past two and a-half years.
Visitors leaving waste outside car park
Visitors leaving waste outside car park
The mess at the public car park at the end of the Moeraki boulders public access road was appalling, local farmer and Waihemo Community Board member Ken Wheeler said yesterday
River concerns
River concerns
The degradation of the Shag River is a concern, Otago Regional Council natural hazards analyst Richard Woods says.
Jumps cluttering platform
Jumps cluttering platform
Skateboard jumps cluttering the recently refurbished Palmerston railway station platform are upsetting the operator of the Seasider trains between Dunedin and Palmerston.
Cycle trail still in works
Cycle trail still in works
A cycle trail from Palmerston to Dunback and on to Hyde or Middlemarch via Macraes is still being investigated.
'People could be run over'
'People could be run over'
Staff and pupils at the 18-pupil Karitane School are worried the speed limit on the road outside the school could be increased from 50kmh to 100kmh.
New vicar
New vicar
The Rev Vance Vidal, of Mosgiel, has been appointed the part-time vicar for the East Otago Anglican churches from Warrington to Hampden, including Waikouaiti and Palmerston.
Dept. Principal appointed
Dept. Principal appointed
South Otago High School head of social sciences Lennox Sharp has been appointed deputy principal at East Otago High School.
Recycling to start tomorrow
Recycling to start tomorrow
Palmerston recycling group Waihemo Wastebusters will start a trial weekly household street collection of recyclable materials in Palmerston tomorrow.
Church closes after 108 years
Church closes after 108 years
The prayer books closed for the last time in a Dunback church yesterday as the township's Presbyterian church was decommissioned and closed after 108 years of services.
Fellowship
Fellowship
Lorraine David of Waikouaiti, a member of the East Otago Lions Club, has been awarded a Melvin Jones fellowship.
$1200 raised for museum
$1200 raised for museum
More than $1200 has been raised for the Palmerston museum from two events.