Tag: lake macquarie
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LAKE MACQUARIE EVENT HANDY PREPARATION FOR JESSICA PICKERING
Lake Macquarie trampoline gymnast, Jessica Pickering will be one of the headline acts at this weekend’s Country Championships at Glendale. It’ll be handy preparation for a much bigger competition coming up later this year.
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LAKE MACQUARIE UNVEILED AS THE NEXT ‘SMART CITY’
Lake Macquarie has become a “smart city,” with the rollout of new-high tech data system. Everything from parking spaces to recycling bins will be monitored, with the goal of making the region more efficient.
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TEEN CHARGED OVER ALLEGED THEFT OF NUMBER PLATES
A teenager accused of stealing number plates from cars triggered a police pursuit from Edgeworth to West Wallsend overnight. Police were patrolling around Edgeworth, shortly after 10:30pm when they spotted a Honda Integra on Neilson Street without number plates. They attempted to pull the car over, but it allegedly sped away. The pursuit continued through…
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POLICE PURSUIT AT LAKE MACQUARIE
Police are hunting for a man, following a pursuit at Lake Macquarie last night. At around 8.20pm, officers tried to pull over a Toyota utility to breath test the driver on South Street at Windale. Police say the male driver failed to stop and a pursuit was initiated. He got out of the car and…
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LAKE MACQUARIE ATHLETES BOUND FOR LITHUANIA
A group of Lake Macquarie athletes are bound for the International Children’s Games in Lithuania. The team of 12 track and field athletes will be among 1500 competitors from more than 80 cities competing in Kaunas from 4-9 July. Lake Macquarie has been a regular participant in the International Children’s Games since 2008 and became…
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SIX ARRESTED IN CAMERON PARK SEARCH WARRANT
The execution of a search warrant in Lake Macquarie led to the arrest of six people yesterday. Investigations into car thefts in the Lake Macquarie and Newcastle area over the past few months led police to a house in Springvale Circuit in Cameron Park, where the search warrant was executed just before 11:30am. Police allegedly…
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TEEN ALLEGEDLY INVOLVED IN BELMONT POLICE PURSUIT
Police will allege a 14-year-old boy was behind the wheel of a car involved in a pursuit near Lake Macquarie this morning. Police say the vehicle failed to stop for a random breath test on the Pacific Highway in Belmont around 4:30am. The chase ended on Milray Street in Swansea, when the car hit a…
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LAKE MAC AIRPORT TO DRIVE TOURISTS
Big changes are afoot at Lake Macquarie Airport, with the owners hoping to expand the Belmont facilities. A development application will soon be put into council, as part of a multi-million-dollar investment.
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61-YEAR-OLD TO FACE COURT OVER ALLEGED SEXUAL ASSAULTS
A man has been charged over the alleged sexual assault of three teenage boys at a Lake Macquarie property during the mid-to-late 1990s. Police say the sexual assaults occurred at the Dora Creek home of a then-34-year-old man between 1994 and 1999. The boys were aged 14, 15 and 17 at the time. Police investigations…
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FIRE CREWS WORK TO CONTAIN FUEL LEAK OF SUNKEN CRUISER
Not a great start to the Easter break for the owner of this motor cruiser, which ended up partially submerged in Lake Macquarie. The vessel was moored offshore from the Belmont 16s Sailing Club, when it began taking on water this morning. Fire crews were called in to contain a fuel leak. It’s not yet known…