Lynda van Kempen

Pleading for an underpass are (from left) Clyde School principal Doug White, and pupils Amy Hislop, Finlay Russel and Zoe Hislop. Photo by Lynda Van Kempen. 

Police want to talk to two young men in connection with a recent burglary at a Cromwell rest-home and believe the men could be ''targeting'' rest-homes and hospitals.

Graeme Marshall has a glint in his eye as he remembers the best night of his 34 Brass Monkey rallies, when the temperature plummeted to -18degC.

The thorny issue of funding repairs and maintenance of Central Otago's growing number of cycle and walking trails will be back under the spotlight tomorrow.

The Central Otago District Council has denied a suggestion the three-year ''red-stickering'' of Bannockburn's Coronation Hall was a costly ''fiasco''.

Firewood thieves in Cromwell are repeatedly stealing from the elderly and families with small children, Cromwell police say.

At first glance, this group could be mistaken for a new motorcycle gang.

Alaxandra's 11-year-old Molyneux Aquatic Centre needs more than $200,000 spent on upgrading the roof insulation to stop condensation ''raining'' down on the side of the pool complex.

The trusts behind two of Central Otago's recently opened cycle trails have formed a charitable company to manage, maintain and market the trails.

Almost 100 riders lined up to get their own ''warrant of fitness'' at the Brass Monkey rally.

Dunstan High School will have 10% of its pupils absent next week, but the powers that be could not be happier.

A hard frost and a little sprinkle of snow on the hills - the stage is set for the 34th annual Brass Monkey Rally.

Delays in redeveloping the Cromwell Memorial Hall, built to honour those who served in two world wars, lasted longer than both the wars put together, a former mayor said, chiding the district community board this week.

Fifteen months after it opened, the Alexandra Community House is already looking at expanding.