It was the end of an era last week when Hay’s pharmacist of close to 70 years finally passed on the baton.

“The time has come,” Allan Japp told The Riverine Grazier after signing over his share of Japp’s Pharmacy to Mina Malek who had been working with him for the past two-and-a-half years.

Those driving down Lachlan Street would no doubt have noticed the bright and attractive new signage adorning the shopfront of Mackers Meats.

Gary McRae is passionate about the need for signage in the shopping districts of towns.

In addition to enlisting Anthony Slattery Painting to create some eye-catching business signs for the butchery, he is also getting new awnings.

One of Hay’s cornerstone businesses, Robertson’s Hot Bread Kitchen has celebrated 40 delicious years of baking.

A lack of staff has long plagued local businesses, and this month will see the closure of Hay Ag & Auto, entrenched in the Hay community for 26 years.

Forty years at our service - Dr Wayne Gardham

Work is under way on Witcombe Place Phase 2 on the western side of Lachlan Street.