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Goulburn and Murray valley libraries will be celebrating books and the joy of reading this year as the National Year of Reading begins.

Deniliquin Mayor Brian Mitsch says he welcomes the decision to build the new Deniliquin Police Station on its current site.

There’s a new chariot racing around Deniliquin, and it will be on display at the Farm Innovation and Technology Expo. The inaugural expo will be held on March 30 and 31 at the Murray Valley Industry Park, known as the Todds Rd field station.

The Ricegrowers’ Association (RGA) is calling for the NSW Office of Water to conduct new modelling after voicing fears about low water allocations due to carryover rules.

For the last 14 years Lindsay Jefferies has helped with the running of the Deniliquin RSL Fishing Classic, which prevented him from ever entering the competition himself. This year is the first time he has competed in the classic, and it paid off. He won the champion angler trophy.

Organisers of the 15th annual Deniliquin RSL Club Fishing Classic promised a bigger and better classic this year ... and they delivered. Total entries almost doubled from last year with close to 1200 anglers registered.

Local opportunity to provide informed feedback on the Murray-Darling Basin Plan has never been stronger with the creation of a community submission centre in Deniliquin.

The Murrumbidgee Local Health District (MLHD) is still working to secure more doctors for Deniliquin, according to director of operations Jill Ludford. Deniliquin has eight GPs again with the recent return of Dr Ian Dumbrell, but may be left with just one obstetrician after May.

Experienced civil engineer Steve Briggs has designed a plan which he says could solve water issues in the Murray-Darling Basin. Mr Briggs, who is in Deniliquin working on the fishway project at Stevens Weir, has designed a desalination project which would feed water from the coastal Eden area to other parts of the basin.

Students at Deniliquin South Public School welcomed five new teachers when classes returned earlier this month.