Bill Campbell

A proposal by St John to establish a first response unit at Palmerston has been greeted favourably by the community.

After 37 years and an estimated 1.6 million km, Kelvin Lyon has retired from his East Otago rural delivery contract.

The 129th Palmerston-Waihemo A and P Show is expanding, thanks to a report in the Otago Daily Times.

The Waihemo museum at Palmerston has attracted more than 5000 visitors since it opened in January 2009.

Backers of the proposed Waihemo water conservation scheme in East Otago say more support is needed.

The 175th anniversary of the establishment of the seaside settlement of Moeraki by whalers in 1836 will be celebrated on Boxing Day.

Dunedin North Rotary Club scholarships of $1000 each have been awarded to Sarah Law, dux of East Otago High School, and Holly McGrouther, the school's head girl.

The 175th anniversary of the establishment of the whaling settlement at Moeraki will be celebrated on Boxing Day.

The first professor of general practice at the Dunedin School of Medicine, Prof Campbell Murdoch, has taken his stethoscope to Palmerston.

Naleigha French (1), of Palmerston, took pride of place as "The Angel on the Pony" at the Good Samaritan Christmas lunch at the Waihemo Lodge, Palmerston, on Friday.