The Village Voice

The Village Voice The Village Voice is your paper. Community News, Good News, Sports News. Covering Lithgow, Oberon , Blayney and Bathurst. This is the news of the people.

Send stories to [email protected] Why is it that the news we get each week is bad, terrible or worse. We live in a great community, the gateway to the central west of NSW and we have amazing stories to tell. Lithgow is a unique area being made up of so many wonderful villages, full of great people that still believe in local community. Our goal is to tell the stories of those communities

week in week out, but we need your help. The Village Voice is built on the principle of citizen Journalism, you already have the stories, we just provide you a platform to be heard. Our state of the art website allows you to send us your stories, which are then checked and published to the website every day, the stories that are of interest to the community, gauged by some clever technology on the website, are the ones that our journalists then follow up further on and get right into the story. Our region can lead the way and show the rest of the world how it is done. Rich Evans
Founder/Editor

It's Pool Time in Portland. Pool opens tomorrow from 1pm.
14/12/2025

It's Pool Time in Portland. Pool opens tomorrow from 1pm.

Get your swimmers and towels ready... The Portland Pool is opening tomorrow, Monday 15 December 2025, from 1pm.

As the summer heats up come on down and support our community owned pool, every person through the gate helps us keep the pool open for the community.

Please keep an eye on Facebook for updates with opening hours, we rely on availability of lifeguards and staff and weather impacts the pools operation.

Big thank you to the committee for all the work behind the scenes to get the pool open for this summer!

--> Entry Prices: Child $4.50; Adult $6.50; Concession $4.50; Spectator $3.50

--> Please share this far and wide so everyone in the region knows where the best pool is this summer!

13/12/2025

Come on down to The Foundations Twilight Markets! On till 9pm. Food & Over 60 stalls!!! Also zig_zag_brewery and Fast Fox Portland!

AND SANTA!!!🎅

Shopping local is one of the best way to keep our communities thriving!
09/12/2025

Shopping local is one of the best way to keep our communities thriving!

Shop Local This Christmas and WIN BIG! 🎁🎄

Exciting news, Oberon! Check out the attached flyer for our latest initiative to support local businesses this holiday season.

Flyers will be distributed to shopfronts across the LGA, but here’s how it works:

From 11th to 18th December
How to Participate:

Shop at any participating local business and keep your receipt.

Write your name and contact information on the receipt and hand it back to the business.

OBTA representatives will collect all entries on the 19th of December, just before the draw on the 21st.

Amazing Prizes Up for Grabs:
2 x $500 Shop Local Vouchers
4 x $250 Shop Local Vouchers
10 x $100 Shop Local Vouchers

Let’s support our wonderful local businesses, celebrate the season, and make this Christmas truly special for our community.

09/12/2025
06/12/2025

Official opening of the zig_zag_brewery at The Foundations, Portland NSW’

05/12/2025

Celebrating 150 years at Cullen Bullen Public School!

05/12/2025

LINC Lithgow Information & Neighbourhood Centre is hosting their All Abilities Animal Day at PCYC tomorrow, the 6th of December from 11:00 to 2:00.
It promises to be a great day of fun and inclusion with Reptile displays, animal encounters, Food and Refreshments.

If you are looking for something fun to do, come on down to PCYC and say Hi!
We look forward to seeing you then.

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30 Williwa Street
Portland, NSW
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Why is it that the news we get each week is bad, terrible or worse. We live in a great community, the gateway to the central west of NSW and we have amazing stories to tell. Lithgow is a unique area being made up of so many wonderful villages, full of great people that still believe in local community. Our goal is to tell the stories of those communities week in week out, but we need your help. The Village Voice is built on the principle of citizen Journalism, you already have the stories, we just provide you a platform to be heard. Our state of the art website allows you to send us your stories, which are then checked and published to the website every day, the stories that are of interest to the community, gauged by some clever technology on the website, are the ones that our journalists then follow up further on and get right into the story. This is real news, not political spin, or big company press releases. This is the news of the people. Our region can lead the way and show the rest of the world how it is done. We are excited about this, we hope you will be too. Rich Evans Founder/Editor