Christine Bryant

You may recognise these lines from the Coleridge poem The Ancient Mariner which describes the fate of a sailing ship becalmed at sea. However, after all the significant rain events we have experienced in the first months of this year, these lines became the daily reality for a number of communities in the motu, including Pirongia and Ōtorohanga, where drinking water was unsafe.

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Though Dana Moriarty began her nursing career in the Intermediate Care Unit at a local hospital, it wasn’t until two years later that her true path became clear.

When registered nurse Michelle Hynek speaks of the residents at Belvedere Senior Housing, she refers to them as her 126 grandmas and grandpas.

Hole in One Donuts opened at 6219 Ridge Road on May 1.

The Villa del Sol development will bring 300 apartments and 153 single-family homes to Grand Boulevard.

The End of the Golden Weather was a one-man play written by Bruce Mason.

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From spring tornadoes to summer floods, early fall snowstorms and winter freezes, Northwest Indiana faces a wide range of dangerous weather conditions that also pose varying health threats.

Mayor John Eric Hoover says there were “serious concerns” about communication, accountability and trust.