THE final three months of 2020 have had many an important story covered on the front pages of The Irrigator.
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This has included the loss of two great residents in the late Neil Boardman and Buster Ryan after both tragically died in separate workplace accidents.
Council also decided not to extend the town water main to remaining Fivebough Road residents and the mayor also made calls for COVID-19 rules to be wound back in regional NSW, including in Leeton.
Council also outlined how a proposed, amended bill on dividing fences in the state's parliament could have devastating consequences on its bottom line, a claim refuted by Member for Murray Helen Dalton.
Yanco Agricultural High School was one of many across the state to be targeted by a hoax bomb threat early in term four and the Whitton Malt House opened its doors to residents and the wider region, already cementing its spot as a leading tourism destination in the MIA.
Leeton's crime rates for the quarter to September were released, showing domestic violence have the highest rates of incidents across the board.
The year ended with a warning from Murrumbidgee Police District's Superintendent Craig Ireland, who pleaded with residents to be careful on the roads through the holiday period and to be mindful of their behaviour while enjoying the festivities in public places.
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