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Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has warned of the dangers operating household clothes dryers following a small fire in a home in Honeymyrtle Road, Kellyville, this afternoon. FRNSW arrived at the house at about 2pm to find a smoke detector operating due to a clothes dryer catching alight. Firefighters extinguished the fire and removed the […]

Mayor of The Hills Shire, Dr Michelle Byrne, has announced the following temporary local facility closures following Premier Gladys Berejiklian’s stay-at-home Public Health Orders, in effect until Friday, 9 July, to manage the spread of COVID-19. “Council will be temporarily closing its libraries, venues, sporting fields, customer service centre at Norwest, The Pioneer Theatre and […]

Thirty-three Hawkesbury residents, hailing from Europe, Asia, Africa and the Pacific, have officially become Australian citizens. Hawkesbury’s Deputy Mayor Mary Lyons-Buckett, who officiated at Council’s recent citizenship ceremony, congratulated the residents, saying becoming an Australian citizen was a very special occasion in a person’s life. “It is a great honour to confer Australian citizenship to […]

Filipinos are at high risk of developing diabetes, contributed partly by a traditional diet and lifestyle, says endocrinologist and Filipino medical practitioner Dr Rona Francisco. Dr Francisco (pictured right) will join other health professionals in presenting a diabetes seminar to educate Western Sydney Filipino residents on how to reduce their risk for type 2 diabetes […]

Thrilling barrel rolls and aerial combat will play out in the skies above Whalan Reserve, as the NSW Aeromodelling Championships are held this long weekend (12-14 June). Forget mode drones, see the real action of metre-wide specialty-built model planes with single or multi-cylinder engines roll, loop and manoeuvre right above your head. All the action […]

Thanks Kings Langley. You’ve donated tens-of-thousands of dollars worth of food in just four days to the Lions’ Feeding the Hungry campaign. A total of 39 trolleys were bursting with non-perishable items donated to the Kings Langley Lions Club by shoppers visiting the Coles and Woolworths stores at the end of May. Club secretary, John […]

With a ‘Polar Blast’ hitting our districts this week, WIRES is asking us to watch out for wildlife that may be struggling in the chilly conditions, particularly as our parklands continue to recover from the Black Summer bushfires. The Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) announced today (Wednesday, 9 June) much of the region will experience a […]

Western Sydney Local Health District (WSLHD) today (Monday, 7 June) opened a COVID-19 clinic in Rouse Hill to support increased testing for local residents while fragments of the COVID-19 virus were detected in routine sewage testing in the Castle Hill area. The sample was taken from the Castle Hill Cattai Sewage Treatment Plant last week, […]

A man, aged in his 60s, has sustained pelvic and leg injuries when the truck he was driving on Old Northern Road, Dural, struck a stationary car, which had two passengers on board, and subsequently hit a tree. CareFlight’s Rapid Response Helicopter was tasked by NSW Ambulance shortly before 12:30pm (Tues, 7 June) and landed […]

Second Richmond bridge | Richmond-North Richmond bypass | 21 land acquisitions | 6 major intersection upgrades A new two-lane bridge across the Hawkesbury River and a bypass of Richmond and North Richmond, are part of $500 million of works announced this morning by Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Premier Gladys Berejiklian. The government’s preferred route […]

Interested in improving access to mental health help for young people in the Hawkesbury? Then join with hundreds of other locals in signing a petition begun by Macquarie MP Susan Templeman, calling for funding for a Headspace service. Ms Templeman started the petition out of frustration after no funding was identified in this year’s Federal […]

“Let us know so we can do something about it,” is the simple message Blacktown Police Area Commander, Supt Steve Egginton, has for anyone who sees, hears, witnesses or is a victim of, domestic violence. Supt Egginton told the Independent Blacktown police station has about 72 domestic violence reports per week – anything from threats […]