Tag: Grafton
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INDIGENOUS ART ON EXHIBITION AT GRAFTON GALLERY
The vibrancy of Clarence Valley indigenous artists is currently on show at Grafton’s Regional Gallery. The exhibition features the works of 19 artists, entered in the biennial Indigenous Art Award.
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CONCESSION DAY AT GRAFTON SHOW A HUGE HIT
It’s run for more than 150 years, and day one of the Grafton Show has painted the perfect picture of what to expect. Showbags, baby animals and sideshow rides all the way from Europe – the town has put it all on Show.
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CYCLE-MANIA IN GRAFTON AS FESTIVAL OF THE BIKE CONTINUES
Grafton has transformed into the country’s bike capital this week, for the second annual Festival of the Bike This year the Regional Gallery has assembled a history of all things two-wheeled.
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YOUTHS LEAD POLICE ON DANGEROUS PURSUIT
‘Just crazy, just absolutely crazy’ – that’s how police have described not one, but two high speed police pursuits near Grafton overnight. Four teenagers, including the 16-year-old driver of one car face extradition to Queensland, while a 27-year-old Port Macquarie woman was clocked at speeds in excess of two hundred kilometres per hour.
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FOUR TEENS CHARGED AFTER PACIFIC HIGHWAY PURSUIT
Four teenagers, the youngest aged just 13, have been charged after two separate police pursuits on the state’s north coast. The group from Queensland were arrested at Bom Bom near Grafton on Saturday evening, after police deployed road spikes to stop the Mazda they were travelling in. It’s alleged the car, which was believed to…
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ELDERLY WOMAN DIES IN HEAD-ON CRASH NEAR GRAFTON
An elderly driver has died after a head-on collision, five kilometres out of Grafton on the Summerland Way. The tragedy saw the highway closed in both directions for several hours.
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CHARGES LAID OVER FATAL CRASH NEAR GLEN INNES
Police have charged a 19-year-old man over a fatal crash at Newton Boyd, east of Glen Innes in September last year. The South Grafton man will face court in May, charged with a string of offences, including dangerous driving occasioning death and grievous bodily harm. It’s alleged he was behind the wheel of a Nissan…
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B-DOUBLE DRIVER ARRESTED FOLLOWING POLICE CHASE NEAR GRAFTON
A B-double driver has been arrested for driving erratically and allegedly under the influence of drugs on the state’s mid-north coast. Police were called out just after 8pm, following reports of a truck swerving between lines and running over guard posts on the Pacific Highway. Police attempted to stop the 48-year-old male driver at Glenugie,…
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MAN CHARGED WITH MURDER OVER SOUTH GRAFTON STABBING
A 33-year-old man has been charged with murder, following a fatal stabbing at South Grafton over the weekend. Officers have been told two men got into an argument at a home on Gardenia Way in the early hours of Saturday morning, with it alleged the 33-year-old stabbed a 28-year-old twice in the abdomen. The man…
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MAN DIES IN GRAFTON CRASH
A man has lost his life and five people have been injured in a horrific head-on near Grafton. The crash closed the Summerland Way for more than six hours.