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From The Mayor’s Desk

June 27, 2024 by Phyllis Miller, OAM Forbes Mayor

Well Frost and Fire was our fifth and fa­vourite. Although we do probably say that every year.

It really was a fantastic night, with almost 2,000 tickets sold for a night, to enjoy the really amazing home grown talent of Cam­eron Sharpe, Gracey Denham-Jones, Cler, Em and Jo, Raechel Whitchurch and of­ course international sensation Vera Blue.

How lucky are we to enjoy that special moment of Celia and Em Pavey singing to­gether? All the performers were fantastic.

I hope you all had the best time.

It really is a credit to the whole team at Council, obviously our Community and Events team but to everyone who helped deliver our premier event. The team is already making plans for next year and I can’t wait.

A big thank you to everyone who attend­ed and especially those who had friends and family from out of town. We loved see­ing you all there.

It was lovely to celebrate two amazing locals this week when Local Member Phil

Donato presented Helen Westwood and Carly Fisher were added to the 2023 Hid­den Treasures Honour Roll. This is a very special award which has been presented to more than 12,000 women as standout community volunteers.

I had the pleasure of visiting one of Forbes’ newest early learning centres, in the former Sullivan’s supermarket. It is a really wonderful facility and I’m sure will be a great asset to many local families. Our population is growing and we need more childcare services so this is a very wel­come investment in our town.

Until next week, God bless
Phyllis Miller,

OAM Forbes Mayor

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