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Pictured is the volunteer crew from Penrith Fire Station on High Street in 1967.

An U9 all-girls team hailing from the St Clair Comets has got everyone talking this season - and there's still one more chapter to be written. The team are headed to the Penrith and District Junior Rugby League Finals as Minor Premiers after blitzing the seven-team mixed competition they play in.

The Penrith Panthers Basketball team are currently on an undefeated run of 15 games in the Waratah 2 Youth League Men competition. On Sunday, at the Penrith Regional Valley Sports Centre they will come up against a team who have just lost one game themselves for the first time. Article includes a...

At the St Marys Literary Institute last Saturday afternoon, the ceremony of unveiling the Roll of Honour, on which are inscribed the names of the gallant legion of soldier volunteers who enlisted from St Marys, or who hailed from that town or district was held. Article lists the names of those in...

Penrith's promised Medicare Urgent Care Clinic (UCC) was officially opened by the Federal Government this week. This facility is to help provide additional healthcare, without the need for an appointment, to help ease the pressure on Nepean Hospital.

Former NSW State Member of Parliament, the Honourable Faye Lo Po', AM received an honorary doctorate from the University of Western Sydney last week. Mrs Lo Po was awarded a Doctor of Letters, honoris causa, at a graduation ceremony being held last Friday. Articles includes photo.

A compact logistics system of high-explosive guided missiles for Australia's Army, Navy and Air Force, is being centred on St Marys and Kingswood. St Marys and Kingswood will be two of the three main storage centres for guided missiles.

Two Penrith men have been honoured for more than 50 years' service to the St Vincent de Paul Society. They are Mr Pat Brady, 88, and Mr Vince Cuttell, 82, both former public servants. The pair received illuminated scrolls from parish priest Father John Grady at a mass last month in St Nicholas of...

A Penrith local will take part in the Spirit to Cure walk next week to raise money for cancer research. Spirit to Cure is Suncorp's second largest cancer fundraising challenge, which gives people from all walks of life the opportunity to get fit and connect with their colleagues for a cause.

A rubbish dump will be built in Penrith despite the Supreme Court decision in favour of Penrith City Council and classifying the proposed Londonderry Waste Disposal Depot as a 'designated development'. The decision, from the Court of Appeal, was the culmination of months of legal battles between ...