THE choice of 'Eye of the Tiger', the theme from the movie Rocky III, would seem like an odd selection at a funeral, but for Garry Miller's farewell at Bungendore this week it was the perfect fit.
DIMITY Azoury's ballet career has reached giddy heights since she joined The Australian Ballet in 2008, but next week the former Queanbeyan girl will perform for a local audience once again when the Australian Ballet comes to the Canberra Theatre.
ALL dressed up in their colourful swimming costumes, goggles firmly strapped around their heads, the children from the Queanbeyan Children's Special Needs Group have congregated for their weekly swimming lesson.
PALERANG Mayor Pete Harrison says he can't see how a merger with Queanbeyan would benefit his constituents if the NSW Government accepts the Local Government Review Panel's recommendation for a merger between the neighbouring Local Government Areas (LGAs).
LOCAL residents will have at least two chances to have their say on the Independent Local Government Review Panel's recommendation for a merger between Queanbeyan City Council and Palerang Council.
WHEN keen scrapbooker Ann-Maree McKay moved to Queanbeyan last year and realised the town didn't have a dedicated scrapbooking and craft store, she realised it was a niche opportunity in the world of Queanbeyan small business.
"EVERYONE is born with a fear of fire," Queanbeyan Fire Station commander Wayne Huggins tells me. "So it is a very strange feeling at times to be walking into a situation that other people are running out of.
A QUEANBEYAN man who travelled through the McDonald's drive thru half naked and fondling himself was sentenced to a three-year good behaviour bond for committing an act of indecency at Queanbeyan Local Court on Monday.
