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LONG-COVID: Surveys of COVID-19 patients around the world indicate a stronger link between some genetic precursors and long-COVID development. Picture: FILE

Preliminary surveys suggest there are a few indicators of whether you might develop long-COVID.

Who's most likely to end up getting long-COVID symptoms?

Gazette photographer Simon Bennett was out-and-about in the Hawkesbury assessing the current lay of the land on Friday, March 4.

PICTURES | Shots from around the Hawkesbury from Friday, March 4.

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Jacqui Petrusma's departure forced Premier Jeremy Rockliff to postpone parliamentary sittings (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Recount to replace retired Tas Liberal MP

Passengers were forced to leave the terminal after reports of shots at Canberra Airport. (Mick Tsikas/AAP PHOTOS)

Canberra Airport reopens after shooting

The planned increase in care can't be achieved without more staffing, CompliSpace's CEO says. (Alan Porritt/AAP PHOTOS)

Aged care reforms 'unattainable': survey

An increase in the threshold would be in the country's best interests, Brendan O'Connor says. (Luis Ascui/AAP PHOTOS)

Calls for skilled migration overhaul

States and territories have largely rolled back protections including mask mandates. (Joel Carrett/AAP PHOTOS)

New subvariants loom as wave nears end

Bligh Park Community Services is attending Hawkesbury Community Hubs fortnightly to promote preparedness and resilience.

Get help to prepare your important documents for natural disasters

Isabelle Fuhrman returns as the little sociopath Esther in prequel Orphan: First Kill. Picture: StudioCanal

New prequel film Orphan: First Kill hits cinemas on September 1, and to celebrate, Australian Community Media has 10 double passes to give away.

Score tickets to Orphan: First Kill

Local producers will tease tastebuds at Savour the Flavour. Picture: Supplied

Savour the flavours of the Hawkesbury at a new event showcasing the best produce and products our region has to offer.

Savour the flavours of the Hawkesbury at new foodie event

Water on The Terrace at Windsor during the March 2022 floods. Picture: Sarah Falson

Hawkesbury Community Alliance is inviting the community to attend a public information forum as part of a campaign to urge the NSW Government to "act now on urgent flood mitigation" before the forecast wetter-than-average spring season arrives.

Forum to urge 'urgent' flood mitigation action on Warragamba Dam

A-TEAM: (L-R back) House of Spirits bartender Angus Lewry, Copperstone Restaurant cook Liam Buchan and sous chef Alex Paterson, (L-R front) Karu assistant distiller Madison Blown, House of Spirits bar manager Irene Easton and duty manager Taylor Lang, and Copperstone Restaurant chef patron Graham Neilson. Picture: Sarah Falson

Local hospitality businesses joined with producers on the weekend to showcase food and beverage pairings that put smiles on the faces of all in attendance.

Long lunch highlights what's growing in Hawkesbury's backyard

Warragamba Dam, pictured close to full in November 2021. Picture: Simon Bennett

Hawkesbury City Council is continuing its campaign to raise the Warragamba Dam wall, but would raising the wall have the desired effect on flood mitigation in the Hawkesbury Valley?

Council says raise Warragamba Dam wall - but would it stop floods?

Former SAS commander James McMahon, Minister for Veterans David Elliott, and General the Honourable Sir Peter Cosgrove, turning the sod on the St John of God Richmond Hospital redevelopment. Picture: Peter Tabor

Construction has begun on a new Hawkesbury-based mental healthcare hospital for veterans and first responders.

Construction begins on new Hawkesbury mental health facility

On track: Jodie Amor, Pink Finss founder, pictured in 2020 when she ran 10 kilometres every day for 10 days to raise money for her charity. Picture: Geoff Jones

Hawkesbury's Jodie Amor, founder of Pink Finss charity which assists locals with cancer and their families, is a finalist in the Penrith Westfield Local Heroes competition - and you could help her win $20,000 for her charity.

Help 'local hero' Jodie win $20k for Pink Finss charity

GET INVOLVED: Hawkesbury schools have been encouraged to participate in the 2022 Prime Minister's Spelling Bee. Picture: Marina Neil.

Schools in the Hawkesbury have been urged to get involved in this year's Prime Minister's Spelling Bee to promote literacy.

Local schools encouraged to sign-up for PM's Spelling Bee

Pancreatic cancer was the third-biggest cancer killer in Australia in 2021, and a South Windsor resident is on a mission to spread awareness after losing her father to the disease in 2020.

Soccer club plays for pancreatic cancer funds in memory of local dad

St Joseph's Primary Schofields pupils celebrate the opening of the school's new main building. Picture: Supplied

St Joseph's Primary Schofields pupils have moved into a brand new school building, allowing the institution to cater for the ever-increasing population in the north-west corridor - right on the outskirts of the Hawkesbury.

St Joseph's Primary Schofields pupils celebrate new facility

Nominated: Bendigo MP, Lisa Chesters (left), and Macquarie MP, Susan Templeman (right), drag the new Speaker, Oxley MP, Milton Dick, to the chair on July 26. Picture: Auspic.

Federal Macquarie MP, Susan Templeman, successfully nominated the Speaker for the 47th Parliament of Australia last week.

Templeman successfully nominates Speaker for 47th Parliament

A United States Air Force 353rd Special Operations Group MC-130J Commando II lifts off from the RAAF Base Richmond runway during Exercise Teak Action 21. Picture: CPL David Said

RAAF Base Richmond will be hosting the United States Air Force (USAF) as it conducts training across NSW from August 1 to 26 for 'Exercise Teak Action 22'.

Unites States air force to conduct training out of Richmond

Greyhounds As Pets NSW General Manager, Dr Alicia Fuller, with Toast the greyhound at the official launch of the the organisation's Richmond adoption centre. Picture: Sarah Falson

A new greyhound adoption centre in Londonderry allows visitors to 'meet a greyhound' and potentially adopt one on the same day.

New 'walk-in' greyhound adoption centre opens in Londonderry

Angela Maguire is Director of The Gap Consultancy. Picture: Supplied

Working mum extraordinaire Angela Maguire is honing-in on the pool of female talent in the Hawkesbury - all while raising kids and running multiple small businesses.

'Work is my hobby': Karaoke, kids, and being a mum in business

Clockwise from top left: Roland aged 20 and his father; The New Ringer book cover; Roland with Brahman cattle; with one of the Arab mares at HAC in 1967; a HAC vet tutorial. Pictures: Supplied

Author Roland Breckwoldt has lived an extraordinary life, but if it wasn't for Hawkesbury Agricultural College (HAC), there wouldn't be a book telling us all about it.

Hawkesbury Ag College a turning point for author: Tell-all memoir

Do your bit: NBMLHD Clinical Nurse Consultant Organ and Tissue Donation, Jodie Cowell, is calling for local residents to sign-up as organ donors, and help save lives. Picture: Supplied

This DonateLife Week, the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District (NBMLHD) is encouraging Hawkesbury residents to register as organ donors because they could save lives.

Are you an organ donor? Don't forget to tell your family

Pitt Town Public School pupils unveil their whole-school mural made for NAIDOC. Picture: Supplied

Pitt Town Public School hosted its first smoking ceremony last Friday to celebrate NAIDOC and open the school's Yarning Circle.

Pitt Town pupils open Yarning Circle during NAIDOC ceremony

Musical healing: Bells Line Music Festival organiser and head of Muso Promotions, Jed Zarb, is hoping the new festival in October will bring tourism to the area west of the river. Picture: Supplied

A new country music festival is coming to the Hawkesbury and bringing with it opportunities for the local tourism sector.

Inaugural Bells Line Country Music Festival to 'heal' community

HUMBLE HERO: Paul 'Nipper' Aquilina is pictured here doing what he does best - fishing. But when the floods come, Nipper is out helping locals. Picture: Alex Tucker/Instagram

"You take a bit from the river, you've got to give back, right?" said Paul 'Nipper' Aquilina, a professional fisherman who spent so much time helping people on his boat during the flood, that he caught the flu.

Friendly fisherman 'Nipper the flood boat guy' is a humble hero

A listing at Maraylya - this lounge set is just one of the items that are free for victims of flood. Picture: MarketLyfe.com.au

If you're a Hawkesburian affected by the floods, or you would like to help people in other regions who have experienced flooding, you can trade second-hand furniture for free online through a flood initiative by MarketLyfe.

Online marketplace trades free items for flood-affected families

Many hands: (L-R) Jenny Morrison, Hawkesbury's Helping Hands co-founder Linda Strickland, Prime Minister Scott Morrison, and Hawkesbury Councillor Sarah Richards. Picture: Hawkesbury's Helping Hands/Facebook

Hawkesbury's Helping Hands co-founder Linda Strickland talks about what it's like to be in 'disaster mode' during the March 2022 floods in the Hawkesbury Valley.

'Disaster mode and hugs': How Linda Strickland helps Hawkesbury

Emma Bracks is studying a Bachelor of Agricultural Science and is the
recipient of the 2021 Norman Lethbridge Award.

Bede Polding College graduate, Emma Bracks, has been named as the recipient of the prestigious 2021 Norman Lethbridge Award, presented by Angus NSW.

Local graduate wins prestigious agricultural award

Munro's Quality Meats butcher's apprentice Jayden Hermon (L) and butcher Ty Longford are staying with their boss, Craig Munro, through the floods. Picture: Supplied

The resilience of the Hawkesbury community was on show this week when Wilberforce shoppers "took it in their stride" and shop-owners stocked-up ahead of time to ensure locals could feed their families.

Wilberforce shop-owners stock up to feed hungry families

Thanks: Many locals donated goods for this year's Operation Backpack initiative at Richmond Marketplace.

Richmond Marketplace has praised the community for once again getting behind its annual Operation Backpack and supporting families in need.

Richmond Marketplace thanks all for Operation Backpack support

David McCullough won Pulitzer Prizes for his biographies of Harry Truman and John Adams. (AP PHOTO)

Historian David McCullough dies at 89

Hundreds of Japanese soldiers escaped from the Cowra POW camp on August 5, 1944. (PR HANDOUT IMAGE PHOTO)

The ghosts of the Cowra break out

Wangayarta Memorial Park serves as the burial ground for repatriated Kaurna remains from museums.

Kaurna remains return to country

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