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Six members of the community were presented with citizens awards at a ceremony in the Stratford District Council chambers last week.

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Awards go to deserving citizens

A selection of the ;latest letters to the Stratford Press.

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Your letters: Big thanks, kind people

Grid 2 is a good racing game but it bears little resemblance to what made 2008's original Grid a great racing game.

Entertainment

Game Review: Grid 2

Wilco's Jeff Tweedy is the mastermind behind this release from Mavis Staples, but without doubt the key ingredient is Staples' five-star soul-voice.

Entertainment

Album Review: Mavis Staples, One True Vine

Sometimes you need to separate the man from the music to appreciate that music.

Entertainment

Album Review: Kanye West, Yeezus

Where are the friends with the untidy bedrooms, the dishes still in the sink, the supermarket-bought cakes, the children tantrumming in the corner while they turn the music up loud to drown out the noise?

Columns

Maternal Musings on social media

The Stratford Singers' mid-year concert on June 30 at 2pm in St Andrews Presbyterian Church will be something a little different.

Entertainment

Concert mixes tunes, views

It's kind of ironic that Fat Freddy's Drop recorded Blackbird in their own Lyall Bay studio which, in a former life, was a recording pressing plant and a church.

Entertainment

Album Review: Fat Freddy's Drop, Blackbird

It's hard to believe it's been six years since Josh Homme and QOTSA's last album, Era Vulgaris.

Entertainment

Album Review: Queens of the Stone Age, Like Clockwork

You really know what to expect when Australian director Baz Luhrmann is the man behind a big budget film.

Entertainment

Movie Review: The Great Gatsby (+trailer)

On the back of his 2011 album Let Them Talk and an enthralling TV special trawling through the music vaults of America's southern states, actor Hugh Laurie is back with an outstanding new release.

Entertainment

Album review: Hugh Laurie, Didn't it rain

Music lovers on iOS need look no further than CarTunes Music Player.

Entertainment

App Review: CarTunes

We're bringing New Zealand Music Month concerts to a close in style, with the debut of our latest exclusive session: The Phoenix Foundation.

Entertainment

Sundae Session: The Phoenix Foundation

The CD may be a dying format but there are still bands whose physical discs I absolutely must own.

Entertainment

Album Review: The National, Trouble Will Find Me

If you loved The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel, you'll definitely be interested in this title.

Entertainment

DVD Review: Quartet (+trailer)

Last Friday night the Stratford RSA Club was boogying to the Country Music Hall of Fame Group's music, supported by the RSA Resident Dance Band.

News

Dance a big hit

Having just returned from performing at Anzac Day commemorations in Gallipoli, the Royal New Zealand Navy Band will be enthralling central North Island audiences during its "Heartland Tour" at the end of May.

Entertainment

Popular Navy band will get toes tapping

A few weeks ago I had the pleasure of previewing Irrational Games' highly anticipated Bioshock Infinite.

Entertainment

Game Review: Bioshock Infinite

The lads from Rotorua five-piece Loop Road say they like to have a bit of fun when writing.

Entertainment

Music review: Loop Road EP

Kickstart lifestyle changes safely and healthily with this week-long plan. You'll improve your posture, beautify your skin, overhaul your diet and more.

Lifestyle

Beauty: Seven days to transform your body

New Zealand soul music artist Sassy is performing at the Leigh Sawmill at Matakana on May 18. Hannah Norton talked to her about her love of music.

Entertainment

Sassy: Music brings freedom

The New Zealand Dance Company is hitting the road with their Language of Living tour this month.

Entertainment

NZ Dance Company: Artistic athletes

The Central Taranaki branch of Rural Women donated this piano, played by Beth Old, to the new hospital wing at Maryanne Rest Home and Hospital in Stratford.

News

Rural women offer musical gesture

The Wizard of Oz will be on stage in Hawera in June and July and a number of locals star in this all-time favourite.

Entertainment

Locals perfect fit for Oz

Some people, maybe other reviewers, will probably peg this new Eric Clapton album as being overly sentimental and self-indulgent.

Entertainment

Album Review: Eric Clapton, Old Sock

Six Romeos, five Juliets and a dedicated backstage crew worked together to create an outstanding piece of theatre, performed at the Taranaki Secondary Schools Sheilah Winn Shakespeare Festival on April 17.

Entertainment

Acclaim thrills student theatre performers

If you fancy some pampering but don't want to splash out on expensive treatments, you can enjoy some relaxing, indulgent and beautifying treatments all from the comfort of your own home.

Lifestyle

Beauty: Relaxing home spa ideas

Madeleine Peyroux's recording career has been a stop-start affair, with The Blue Room just her sixth album in 17 years.

Entertainment

Album Review: Madeleine Peyroux, The Blue Room

Julie Gillespie, a teacher from St Joseph's Stratford, is dancing the lead in the Dance of the Hours from Coppelia, one of the works being showcased in a performance entitled "Dance Gems", opening at New Plymouth's Little Theatre next month.

News

Teacher takes lead in dance showcase

Reporter Ilona Hanne writes: As I write this, I am sorting through photographs taken over the past week and working out which ones will go where in the paper.

Opinion

Ilona Hanne: The reporter's diary

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