Joy Burch has the happy news that the land has been sold for a childcare centre in Holt. Ms Burch said the sale to developer Temloc Pty Ltd for $685,000 is part of the broader childcare planning strategy to ensure that Canberra families have choice in their children's education and...

ACT Policing is investigating an explosion at a house party in Holt overnight (Saturday, 26 May) which left three people injured. Around 12.40pm Police were notified by ACT Ambulance Service (ACTAS) that they were attending an address in Holt in response to a woman with burns. Police had earlier attended...

ACT Policing is investigating a fatal collision at the intersection of Southern Cross Drive and Florey Drive this morning, May 19. About 7.30 am a white Toyota Corolla was turning right from Florey Drive onto Southern Cross Drive when it collided with a light truck which was travelling east along...

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery in Holt last night (Wednesday, January 18). About 11.30pm a man entered the 7-Eleven at the Kippax shops in Holt. CCTV footage shows the man approaching the staff members and threatening them with a knife, demanding they give him the cash...

ACT Policing is investigating an attempted aggravated robbery that occurred at the Pizza Hut store in Holt on Friday night (October 28). Around 10.00pm, a man armed with a syringe entered the Pizza Hut store on Hardwick Crescent and approached the front counter. He threatened and demanded cash from an...

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to the aggravated robbery of a pizza delivery driver in Holt last night (Saturday, October 22). About 9:20pm, a Crust pizza delivery driver had been called to an address on Southern Cross Drive, Holt (near the Holt neighbourhood ovals) to deliver an order. At the...

ACT Policing is seeking witnesses to an aggravated robbery at the Kippax Shopping Centre last night (Thursday, 10 March). Around 11.00pm a female offender entered the Woolworths supermarket at the Kippax Shopping Centre in Holt. The female offender approached the cigarette counter and asked for a packet of cigarettes. After...

A 60-year-old Holt man was arrested yesterday afternoon (Wednesday 9 March) after driving his vehicle intoxicated and being involved in a collision. Police were called to the Kippax Shopping Centre around 2.45pm after members of the public reported a motor vehicle collision involving a possible intoxicated driver. No one was...

The ABC informs us that the Lake George Zebras have a full dance card. Following on from whoring themselves to the tree murdering Canberra Times they have a baby Zebra imaginatively named "Georgie" (Do the other Zebras have names?). With the new addition they're going to be seen at Floriade...

First it's the palm trees, now the apartment blocks. The ABC has a snippet on a fire in the small hours of the morning forcing 70 apartment dwelling Holt residents onto the streets (every one of them no doubt grateful it wasn't happening in July). One wonders how many of...

The Canberra Times is reporting that the National Archives have received eight personal films of Harold Holt, including rare footage from a birthday boating trip just months before his death. Sadly there is no footage of the Russian submarine that whisked him away to see his mate Kim Philby on...

Holt Magpies is situated within the golf course at Holt. A remote place to find a laksa, but if you're up Belconnen way and in search of a Laksa, a worthwhile visit - here’s a blow by blow comparison: A SK Laksa for comparison purposes is a straight 10/10/10 HM...

I hadnt heard about this locally: herald sun The 11-year-old suffered burns to his head after he and his friend, riding under Southern Cross Drive in Holt about 2.40pm, were confronted by a group of up to eight youths. Police say one of the youths lit the contents of an...

Today, November 11, Capital Chemist Charnwood will officially launch a new delivery service to West Belconnen residents. The service, which is already offered to select customers, will now be available 96 hours a week to all customers in Charnwood, Dunlop, Fraser, Spence, Latham, Macgregor, Holt, Higgins and Flynn. Samantha Kourtis,...

Region Media's Festival of Open Minds was proud to showcase Sassi Nuyum, a performer, person and soul travelling life’s road with a compelling insight and honest creativity that rises above the barriers that sometimes block cultural understanding and open conversation. Sassi Nuyum, aka Meaghan Holt, has been writing since she was...

Woolworths supermarkets in Canberra are set to join a national trial that will allow their customers to purchase their favourite products in reusable containers, rather than single-use plastic packaging. Customers will be able to receive products in reusable containers, delivered right to their doors. Commonly used products such as washing detergent,...

ACT Policing has seized a shotgun and drugs following three search warrants as part of an ongoing investigation into a Canberra drug syndicate. At around 5:00 am this morning (1 November), ACT Policing, alongside Australian Border Force and WorkSafe ACT, executed three simultaneous search warrants in Flynn, Holt and Fyshwick. Police...

It is often said that the measure of a great community lies in the compassion of its people. If this is true, then Canberra is truly blessed with greatness. For the past eight years, Belconnen Community Service (BCS) has run a unique community initiative called the 10/10 Project. Birthed from...

If you take the pages of Australia's most venerable fashion magazine, scale up the images (often shot by the world's best photographers) what you get is a series of portraits. But Women in Vogue at the National Portrait Gallery is so much more than a parade of beautiful faces. It's...

Three teenage boys will face the ACT Children’s Court today after a month-long investigation into an armed robbery. During the evening of 12 September, it is alleged that a 14-year-old boy and two 16-year-old boys committed an armed robbery at a takeaway store in Kippax. Yesterday, police executed a search warrant...

Police have seized 58 cannabis plants from the home of the man charged with burglary while armed with a baseball bat on Tuesday morning (17 September). Around 9:45 pm last night, police executed a search warrant at a house on Bannerman Place, Holt. The warrant activity was initiated after a...

Trivia fans, dig out the neon leg warmers, channel some Ferris Bueller and flex your grey matter with some Sporcles because the Belconnen Community Services’ (BCS) 80s themed trivia night is days away. The winning team from 2018 fully embraced last years’ 'spooky' theme, so BCS has thrown down a...

With the ACT's transition to a zero-emissions plan for all vehicles, Canberra's cousins over the border in Queanbeyan, Bungendore and Braidwood are catching up with plans to install electric vehicle charging stations there. A spokesperson from Queanbeyan-Palerang Regional Council (QPRC) told Region Media consideration is being given to electric vehicle (EV) charging...

There's a hive of activity in Parliament House, and this time, it's not all coming from politicians. The buzz is from a batch of honey vodka, infused with honey from the beehives at Parliament House. The five beehives produce a range of products, mostly gifted to foreign leaders and dignitaries....

When Chris Dennis first decided to open his cafe Two Before Ten at the derelict Aranda shops in 2014, he knew it was a gamble. Now nearly five years on since the cafe served its first coffee, the Bandjalong Crescent site that was once abandoned has sprung back to life,...

A man will face court on Friday morning (19 July) charged with an act of endangering life after allegedly choking an 11-month-old baby unconscious last month. Around 7:10 pm on 1 June, police were called to a Monash home by paramedics who were performing CPR on an unconscious baby. The...

A palatial custom home in Holt built by Classic Constructions and designed by TT Architecture has won the coveted House of the Year Award at the annual Master Builders ACT Building Excellence Awards held on Friday night (28 June) at the National Convention Centre. While the six-bedroom, six-bathroom home on...

The ACT has continued its tradition of naming suburbs after former Prime Ministers, with the first sod turned on a new suburb in the Molonglo Valley named in honour of former Labor Prime Minister Gough Whitlam. Joined by Mr Whitlam's daughter Catherine Dovey, Minister for Housing and Suburban Development Yvette Berry...

When reality hit and the ACT Down Syndrome Association (ACTDSA) thought it was going to have to close its doors, Alicia Flack-Kone couldn’t describe her despair. The self-help organisation, formed in 1987 by a group of interested parents, was facing a lack of funding. It was at crisis point. "I’ll...

The ACT government has flagged average general rates increases for Canberra suburbs in this year's budget. By suburb, residential general rates are set to rise from between 6 per cent (Hall) to 18 per cent (Barton). The average rise for houses is around 7 per cent, rising to 11 per...

Days away from the election, Canberra's Labor candidates may be anticipating a safe road to the big house given ACT electoral history, but you won't get any concessions from them about winning. In my second series of candidate interviews, I asked what motivates them; what the major issues for Canberra...

Every now and then, governments have a chance to change the course of a nation. Within a year of Bob Hawke’s election, Medicare was up and running. Justin Trudeau was a breath of fresh air to Canadian politics, justifying gender equality with the simple reply ‘because it’s 2015’. Kevin Rudd...

The ACT Government has allocated $1.65 million to improve footpaths across six of Canberra’s oldest suburbs, as part of a vision to improve footpath accessibility and connectivity across the territory. Narrabundah, Isabella Plains, Stirling, Campbell, Aranda and Holt are the newest suburbs to receive funding to upgrade and install new paths...

The next phase of the Ginninderry housing development in West Belconnen has been released with 122 blocks going out for public ballot. It is the largest single release of blocks in the development to date, a joint venture between the Suburban Land Agency and the Corkhill family's Riverview Developments. The blocks...