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If you find yourself the recipient of a zucchini dropped off in the dead of night, take heart. The New Westminster Public Library has cookbooks aplenty to help you use up this unexpected (but surely not unwanted?) bounty.

Police closed parts of Ash Street to traffic on Wednesday morning after an overnight home invasion sent two people to hospital. At about 11 p.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 3, New Westminster police officers responded to a call in the 300-block of Ash Street.

New Westminster's first local automobile show was held in the arena in Queen's Park in 1934. Along with the displays of cars and accessories, there were featured exhibits of ladies' fashions and household appliances.

SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 7 Parenting skills, a presentation by REACH Multicultural Family Centre, at New Westminster Public Library, 716 Sixth Ave., will provide information on parenting and family relationship issues for newcomers to Canada.

The meeting planned for next week to determine the fate of four Hyack Festival Association board members, who wanted executive director Douglas Smith fired, has been postponed. The association planned to hold a meeting on Sept.

From Mount Everest to the Galapagos, our readers have seen it all, and they have the photos to prove it. Do you want to be featured in Paper Postcards? Take a copy of The Record along with you on your next trip.

Green Drinks is seeking to add a little energy to its upcoming event. New Westminster Environmental Partners is hosting Green Drinks New West on Thursday, Sept. 12, and the fun gets underway at 6:30 p.m. with a meet and greet.

Summer may soon be coming to an end, but there are still plenty of activities to keep us busy in New Westminster.

Hip New Westminster furniture store closing

Royal Columbian Hospital is set to embark on the largest hospital redevelopment in British Columbia in the coming years.