Eager bookworms were lined up well before the 9am opening of the 21st Alexandra Rotary five-day book sale in Alexandra yesterday, but they need not have rushed as there were thousands of books available.
Hot showers at the Clyde camping and sporting complex now cost $2, with a new gas water heating system installed.
Dave Muir has been spending his summer holidays at the Clyde Holiday and Sporting Complex for more than 30 years and he loves coming back each year.
Alexandra centenarian Chris Pope will turn 102 today.
Alexandra police are looking for a 1.87m man who allegedly assaulted a 34-year-old Alexandra woman on Saturday night and stole her handbag.
Central Otago's food bank is expecting extra demand this Christmas as more people seek help with food and general household living.
The future of the proposed walkway between Alexandra and Roxburgh will be decided by ratepayers when they make submissions on the long-term council community plan next year.
Sue Harris loves Central Otago and she has written a song to prove it.
An Alexandra developer received a nasty surprise recently when he bought a property in Station St which he believed had a 150mm sewer pipe going on to the property.
The old Alexandra bridge piers have been enhanced with four large spotlights which bathe the stone edifices in a golden light.
Mayor Malcolm Macpherson stands by the Central Otago District Council's decision this week to spend a further $80,000 on bringing a consultant from the United Kingdom to train council management in a pilot programme aimed at streamlining customer service and reducing waste.
A Cromwell man was presented with a Royal Humane Society medal for bravery this week for rescuing a fruit-picker from an icy pond near Cromwell in July last year.
Central Otago Wastebusters was given a financial helping hand yesterday when councillors agreed to cover the recycling company's operating costs for the next three months.
St Bathans postmistress Sharon Hinds died on Tuesday at Dunedin Hospital.
Construction of a $3 million, 33km walking and cycle track from Alexandra to Roxburgh, which could link to a network of other trails popular with tourists, will be discussed by the Vincent Community Board on Friday.
Five young cherry trees were destroyed and 12 rows of trees were damaged after vandals went on a late night spree at Freeway Orchard on State Highway 8B at Cromwell on Monday night.
Clyde and Alexandra fire crews were faced with a relatively unknown situation at 9am yesterday, after a large bank of CO2 cylinders activated at the Clyde dam.
Seven sections being auctioned at a mortgagee sale at the $42 million Perriam Cove development near Cromwell on Saturday failed to reach their reserve and were passed in.
An oversight in organising building consent has meant a delay in the pouring of concrete bases for three new wind turbines in the Teviot Valley.
Thirty-two cars lined up in the car park at the Golden Gate Lodge at Cromwell yesterday morning, full to the brim with all kinds of bits and pieces their owners no longer wanted.
