Springfield
Megan Woolley reporting Students from The Springfield Anglican College and Springfield Central State High School put their dancing shoes on and competed at the QUOTA Beenleigh Eisteddfod at the Logan Entertainment Centre on Wednesday, 3 August. The annual QUOTA Beenleigh Eisteddfod brings young school students all across Logan together every year to compete in a…
Megan Woolley reporting Springfield United Football club players sported the colour pink over the weekend of August 19 – 21 to celebrate and raise money for the National Breast Cancer Foundation Pink Round. The home grounds of the club were peppered with players in pink jerseys and socks to raise awareness for Pink Round in…
Senior secondary students at The Springfield Anglican College have partnered up with clothing charity Thread Together to help distribute new clothes to vulnerable residents. It is one of the school’s many programs designed to instil in its students the value of community service. “Students are dedicated to helping support local social service agencies,” a representative…
Half a year has passed since the major flooding that ravaged Ipswich and surrounds. For many residents and workers in the Greater Springfield region who had to deal with its impact, it was yet another burden after years of the ongoing COVID crisis. Mayor Teresa Harding, in the immediate aftermath, captured the sentiment: “After the…
Ipswich City Council will spend tens of millions of dollars over the coming months partly widening Springfield’s most congested roads and shoring up public amenity safety. In an effort to keep up with the region’s burgeoning population, Council announced in March last year a multi-stage strategy – known as the Major Road Duplication Project –…
Megan Woolley reporting “Leo” the Lion, the iconic mascot of The Lion Richlands club hotel and Lions FC soccer, paid special visit to the venue to celebrate his birthday on Wednesday, August 10 – which also happens to be World Lion Day. Children’s faces lit up as Leo made his way around the busy restaurant,…
Young entrepreneur Kirsty Thian has launched a mobile podiatry service, Imperial Podiatry, to help greater Springfield residents get back on their feet. The service involves driving to local residences to help cure foot woes in-home. “I knew it was something that I enjoyed doing,” she said. “I had helped a fellow colleague with her business…