Category: Mid North News
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BUSINESSES CALL FOR CCTV CAMERAS TO BE INSTALLED ACROSS TAREE CBD
Business owners are calling on MidCoast Council to install CCTV cameras across Taree’s town centre, hoping to catch thieves in the act. While council feels their pain, it says it’s not an easy process.
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MEN IN 80s FIGHT OFF THIEVES IN GRAFTON
Two brothers in their 80s have shown remarkable strength and courage – fighting off two intruders who broke into their Grafton home. The elderly men, using a curtain rod and even a door mat, to ensure the bandits fled empty-handed.
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WOMAN THREATENED, CHARITY COLLECTION TINS STOLEN DURING ARMED ROBBERY AT GRAFTON
Police are investigating after a woman was threatened and two charity collection tins were stolen during an armed robbery in Grafton. About 5am on Tuesday, a 44-year-old woman arrived at a licensed premises on Armidale Road at South Grafton, before a man forced entry to the hotel. The man approached the employee, threatened her with…
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RESIDENTS DISAPPOINTED OVER RALEIGH CHURCH SALE PROPOSAL
Raleigh’s Prince of Peace is the latest in a long list of churches put up for sale by the Anglican Diocese of Grafton. It’s one of the oldest chapels in the region – and residents are doing everything they can to keep it from selling.
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MID NORTH COAST STUDENTS HEAD BACK TO THE CLASSROOM
Mid North Coast students returned to the classroom in droves for the first day of term one. And while strict covid protocols might be aimed at keeping them safe, parents and teachers say there’s a long way to go.
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PARENTS COLLECT RAPID TESTS BEFORE SCHOOL RETURNS
Parents across the Mid North Coast spent today preparing their kids for tomorrow’s return to school. Rapid tests are the newest item on a lengthy checklist of COVID safe measures.
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MOBILE RECYCLING STATION SET UP IN BOWRAVILLE
A 20-foot shipping container, that’s home to a new mobile recycling station has been delivered to the old Bowraville Buttery. All the electrics are done – and it’s just a matter of days, before the real work begins.
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GROUP PEDALS TO MT KOSCUISZKO SUMMIT ON UNICYCLES
A group from Port Macquarie, has achieved an unheard of feat, unicycling from Tathra to the summit of Mount Koscuiszko. The one-wheeled wilderness journey took them 12 days.
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WOMAN DIES IN CRASH NEAR TAREE
A woman has died in a single-vehicle crash near Taree yesterday afternoon. Emergency services were called to a trail off Smiths Road at Kiwarrak, 10 kilometres south of Taree around 4.30, following reports of a crash. Upon their arrival, Police located a Jeep Wrangler that had slid down a steep incline on its roof. The…
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FUNDING STILL NEEDED TO REPAIR FLOOD DAMAGE ACROSS MID COAST
Last year’s devastating floods on the Mid North Coast might be a distant memory for some, but for others, the clean up continues. MidCoast Council is still awaiting millions in government funding to repair damaged infrastructure.