April 2022 – Page 7 – The Valley Profile

Tina Wright says the need has grown for the community food stall, The Gift Box. Photo: KELLEY TANTAU

Cost of living puts strain on charity stall

Post author:Kelley Tantau
Post published:April 18, 2022
Post category:April 2022

An elderly man reduced to living on one pension after the passing of his wife; Alzheimer sufferers who have forgotten how to cook; and people who steal toilet paper from…

Post and Telegraph Office in Queen Street, Thames, circa 1900. Photo: SUPPLIED

Man dies after ‘binge drinking’

Post author:Meghan Hawkes
Post published:April 14, 2022
Post category:April 2022 Dead Cert Features

As part of a Valley Profile series, MEGHAN HAWKES explores our local history by seeking out stories of life and death in the Thames Valley John Quinn sold his coat…

Keaton rides his favourite horse, Sooty, with help from RDA volunteer Marilyn Inch. Photo: SUPPLIED

Riders to mount up for fundraising trek

Post author:Gordon Preece
Post published:April 14, 2022
Post category:April 2022 Rural

Paeroa boy Keaton Bonser-Hooton has loved riding horses since he was two.The seven-year-old Goldfield’s School pupil has been attending Riding For the Disabled (RDA) sessions for around five years, and…

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