Community

Great day out at open gardens

By KATHLEEN McCUEGrenfell Garden Club had a successful Open Garden’s weekend including five gardens, The Little Gallery and Weddin Community Native Nursery. This gave visitors the opportunity to purchase plants they saw growing. Saturday was...

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19 Oct 2025

Community

Weddin Services Day returns this month

Weddin Services Day returns to Grenfell this month on October 14 and members of the community are invited to connect with a range of essential services. This is the third year the event has been hosted in Grenfell and is an initiative of Weddin...

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12 Oct 2025

Community

Community spirit and new faces shine at the 2025 Weddin Mountain Muster

The 2025 Weddin Mountain Muster has concluded on a high note, with organisers and participants alike celebrating a week of outstanding rides, camaraderie and community support at the finale dinner held at the Grenfell Showground Simpson Pavillion on...

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12 Oct 2025

Community

Community spirit and new faces shine at the 2025 Weddin Mountain Muster

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12 Oct 2025

Community

Combined Pensioners change meeting date

After hosting their regular meetings on the second Wednesday of each month for the last 25 years, the Grenfell branch of the Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association (CPSA) have changed their meeting daysThe CPSA will now meet every second...

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05 Oct 2025

Community

Holiday fun at Grenfell Library

There’s lots to see and do at the Library during these school holidays. Rocket into the Library during the school holidays. The theme for this holidays is Rocket Action. While it is a little late notice, on Thursday 2 October (today) at 2pm, the...

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05 Oct 2025

Community

Welfare Committee host monthly meeting

President Dennis welcomed 13 members and noted six apologies being received at the Grenfell and District Senior Citizens Welfare Committee’s monthly meeting on 23 September. Business arising from the previous meeting had been attended to with the...

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05 Oct 2025

Community

A day to celebrate our pets

We all love our pets and they are such great friends. To honour this bond with pets, the Grenfell Anglican Church will be hosting a special service to highlight the companion animals. At 9am on Sunday, 5 October at the Grenfell Anglican Church will...

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28 Sep 2025

Community

Garden Club prepare for exciting events

By Anita EdwardsOur September meeting, held in the Public Library, was well attended. Our main topic for discussion was finalizing details for our Street Stall on Saturday, 13 September. The main issue was the bowl of jelly beans for the Guess the...

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21 Sep 2025

Community

A day to celebrate our pets

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28 Sep 2025

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Garden Club prepare for exciting events

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21 Sep 2025

Community

Mystery abounds at the Rose Street Little Theatre

By Anita EdwardsFirst, a disclaimer: Midsummer’s Murder is in no way related to the TV series, Midsomer Murders. There is a possible murder, but in a middle-class city suburb, and the sleuths are 4 Book Club ladies. At this point, we need another...

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14 Sep 2025

Community

A fantastic celebration supporting young people

By Margaret CareyWow. What a night. Over 150 people joined us to promote and celebrate the CEF of Grenfell and its past and present recipients at the fundraising ball on Saturday evening. With a great cross section of the community with three...

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07 Sep 2025

Community

Sheep to race into Caragabal

Mark your calendars for Saturday, 13 September when sheep race through Caragabal for the the return of the Coopers Farm Gear Caragabal Sheep Races. The event is expected to a great day out, with a full race meeting planned comprised of seven races...

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07 Sep 2025

Community

For the love of theatre

By Anita EdwardsDarryl Knapp has loved the theatre since he was 8, and has been involved in most areas of it, on and off the stage. Midsummer Murders is the first full-length play he has written for adults, and we are thrilled that Rose Street...

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31 Aug 2025

Community

Grenfell Lions host district governor

By Deidre CarrollThe Grenfell Lion Club Inc members welcomed Lion Judy Ryan District Governor of 201N4 to their lunch-time meeting on Sunday August 17. Judy was accompanied by her husband Past District Governor Lion Michael Ryan. Judy and Michael...

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31 Aug 2025

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Legacy looking for local support

What is Legacy ?Its common knowledge that the RSL supports returned servicemen and many know about the ‘Soldier On’ organisation which supports returned service personnel, but how many people know about Legacy and what it does?‘Legacy’ is...

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31 Aug 2025

Community

Hard work recognised

At the recent meeting of Grace (Grenfell Association for Christian Education), members were introduced to Rachael Bell, the Scripture Union (SU) Australia Field Development Manager for our area. She was here especially to congratulate our own Tim...

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24 Aug 2025

Community

Networking night success

The Weddin Shire Council was proud to host the Central West Inspired Women’s Speed Networking Night on Wednesday 14 August 2025, with 40 women from across the region gathering in Grenfell for a vibrant evening of connection and conversation. The...

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24 Aug 2025

Community

Anglican Church welcomes new Rector

By Jill HodgsonReverend Steve Wockner has arrived in Grenfell and will be commissioned as priest-in-charge of Grenfell Anglican Parish on Saturday, 23 August at 11am. All interested people are welcome to attend. Reverend Steve’s wife Clenda is the...

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17 Aug 2025

Community

Are you ‘Wet and drying’ your ewes this marking?

By Alicia Moses, District Veterinarian Grenfell Local Land ServicesIf you have lamb marking coming up, make sure you are allocating enough time to ‘wet and dry’ your ewes. This involves examining the ewes’ udders for signs of being suckled...

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17 Aug 2025

Community

Garden Club prepare for Open Gardens

By Anita EdwardsOur August meeting included the AGM. As our current President, Kathy McKellar, was unable to stand this year, we have great pleasure in welcoming Linda White into that role. Sue Dunlop and Anita Edwards remain as Secretary and...

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17 Aug 2025

Community

Community supports Voices Against Violence

By April HedleyThe Grenfell Voices Against Violence’s annual fundraiser this year was a Blind Date with a Book. Donated books were wrapped in plain brown paper, sorted into genres and sold for $5.00 each. The Blind Date with a Book concept ensures...

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10 Aug 2025

Community

Community shops local this winter

July is usually a quiet month for local retailers however the Weddin Winter Wander proved there is still plenty of support for Grenfell’s small businesses with 500 entries received over just three weeks. The initiative saw several of Grenfell’s...

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10 Aug 2025

Community

Grenfell Men’s Shed buzzing with activity

The Grenfell Men’s Shed has hosted several events over the last few weeks including the “Big Breakfast” which was inspired by a donation from a former resident of Grenfell and current member of The Grenfell Men’s Shed. The generous donation was used...

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10 Aug 2025

Community

Lots planned at Grenfell Library

While the school holidays may have wrapped up there is still lot of fun activities coming up at the Grenfell LibraryBook Week: Campfire CraftTuesday 19 August 3.15pmHead down to the Library during Book Week to create a cozy cardboard campfire...

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03 Aug 2025

Community

Full throttle to $150k for prostate cancer

With just over two weeks to go until an epic tractor trek is ready to roll, Richard Jefferay and his team have already smashed their $100,000 fundraising goal. And now they’re chasing an even bigger target of $150,000. The Parkes mechanic and business...

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03 Aug 2025