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House price surge

IT'S official: the north-west is an above average area.

After a time of tension it's hello to a good buy

News photographer Natalie Roberts and her husband Grant discovered first-hand what it takes to buy a block of land in The Ponds when they secured their own patch of dirt there last week.

Antidote to shield girls from raunch culture

DANNIELLE Miller says her workshops for girls are a way to vaccinate them against a toxic culture of raunch, unrealistic airbrushed images of beauty and commercialism.

Drivers headed down slow lane

Battle on for eight-storey block

Impossible to add up cost of life, says vet

Country girl supports cancer concert

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Happy to head back into hell

IT'S been two months since Hills resident and off-road racing guru Bruce Garland tackled the long and arduous Dakar Rally in South America.

Kellyville second on ladder

THE Kellyville Cricket Club's under-12 division two team have had a great season.

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Over the last week students have been getting results back from their trials, and starting to get back into studying, with an aim of preparing for the final HSC exams.