The appetites of holidaying bookworms are likely to help the Alexandra Rotary charity book sale set a record this year, with proceeds expected to reach $25,000 for the first time.
Showers over much of Central Otago yesterday morning did little to ease the fire risk, but cherry growers were happy northwest winds followed the rain.
Objectionable odours should not be a problem when treated Roxburgh wastewater is discharged on land rather than in the Clutha River, a hearing before an independent commissioner was told last week.
The first reserve in New Zealand set aside for an insect can be found just outside Cromwell. Lynda van Kempen investigates how the rare Cromwell chafer beetle is doing on its very own little patch of Central.
Unearthing a larva is the cue for celebration during the annual survey of the chafer beetle population.
TheVincent Community Board observed a minute's silence yesterday as a mark of respect for the Alexandra lineman who died last week.
The family of a trail biker who received fatal injuries during a collision with another motorcyclist in the Pines reserve near Alexandra has welcomed the Otago-Southland coroner's view that access to the area should remain open.
A new adventure camp base for youth groups in Waikerikeri Valley near Alexandra was opened at the weekend.
Delta Utility refused to answer questions yesterday in the wake of Thursday's accident near Millers Flat in which a lineman died.
Continuing dry, windy weather has prompted a total fire ban in Central Otago, starting at midnight tomorrow.
If a serious spray-drift incident happened in Central Otago, it would tip some wine-growers into bankruptcy, an industry group warns.
The fire risk in Central Otago is worsening daily and a prohibited fire season will be imposed if there is no rain in the next few days.
Refurbishment of the Alexandra St John base - considered long overdue - should begin early next year.
The Central Otago mayoral candidate who spent the most on his election campaign, Malcolm Macpherson, attracted the lowest number of votes.
More than half the funds needed for the Alexandra Community House are in the bank and, "fingers crossed", building work could begin as early as March, house trust chairwoman Bernie Lepper says.
Contact Energy says there is no demand at present for any expansion of irrigation from the Kawarau Arm of Lake Dunstan.
A row is brewing over the proposal to name the highest unnamed peak in Otago after a three-legged cooking pot.
Champion cherry-pip spitters have an extra month to practise their technique, with the contest to decide the best in the country postponed until early January.
The final serve may have been delivered in the long-running saga of Alexandra's Pioneer Park tennis courts.
Cromwell Movember contest "best mo" winner Des Offen (left) challenges the "weakest effort" winner Carl McNulty to an arm wrestle and offers some words of wisdom on how to grow prize-winning whiskers.
