Tag: mid north coast
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KITCHEN NAMED IN AUSTRALIAN WOMEN’S TEAM
Port Macquarie cyclist Lauren Kitchen has been named in the Australian women’s team for the 2015 Road World Championships in the US. The 24-year-old is the reigning Oceania Champion. She will join seven other women on the team including world championship silver medallist Rachel Neylan and former road national champions Gracie Elvin and Amanda Spratt.…
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TEENAGE GIRL KILLED IN CAR CRASH
A teenage girl has died, and another has been injured, following a car crash near Grafton last night. Emergency services were called to Ramornie Station Road at around 6:40pm, after a Toyota Rav4 crashed into a tree. The 17-year-old driver died at the scene, while her 18-year-old passenger was taken to Grafton Base Hospital with…
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700 ESSENTIAL ENERGY JOBS TO GO
Essential Energy employees on the North Coast are in the firing line, following an announcement it’ll axe 700 jobs across the state next week. While the electricity provider hasn’t confirmed how many jobs will go locally, it says the cuts can’t be avoided.
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RFS DECLARE EARLY START TO BUSH FIRE DANGER PERIOD
Dangerously dry conditions have forced the Rural Fire Service to declare an early start to this year’s Bush Fire Danger Period on the coast. It’ll begin tomorrow, a month earlier than predicted.
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POLICE IDENTIFY BODY FOUND NEAR PORT MACQUARIE
A man whose body was found in a river near Port Macquarie, has been identified as a 39-year-old from Lakewood. Police launched a search at around 11-o’clock Thursday night, after a witness saw the man in trouble in the Hastings River. A body was located near Queens Head on Friday A report will now be…
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MAN KILLED IN MID NORTH COAST CAR CRASH
A man has died, after his car crashed into a tree and burst into flames on the Mid North Coast. Police were called to the scene on Ellis Road at Coutts Crossing, south of Grafton, at around five o’clock this morning. The driver is believed to be a man in his early 20s, but he’s…
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THREE CHARGED AFTER UNIT SEARCHED
Police have seized drugs and a firearm, during a search on the Mid North Coast. Officers raided a unit on Cornish Street at Coffs Harbour yesterday afternoon, and allegedly found the drug ice, a firearm and firearm parts. A woman and three men were arrested and later charged with various offences. A fourth person was…
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PORT MACQUARIE SHARK ATTACK VICTIM ISSUES STATEMENT
A father of two, Dale Carr has issued a statement for the first time since being attacked by a shark whilst body boarding at Port Macquarie on Saturday. The 36-year-old thanked everyone who assisted him after what’s believed to have been a 2.7 metre great white shark attack. “I firstly would like to thank those…
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BOAT CAPSIZES ON MID NORTH COAST
Two men have had a lucky escape, after their tinny capsized south of Port Macquarie. It’s believed the men were fishing at around 11 o’clock this morning at Bonny Hills, when a large wave overturned their boat. A couple, who was visiting the area from Melbourne, witnessed the incident and alerted emergency services. By the…
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POLICE FIND MAN’S BODY IN KEMPSEY
Police have located the body of a man, believed to be that of a missing 51-year-old from Armidale. Emergency services made the discovery this morning, after being called to a motel room on the Pacific Highway at Kempsey. The man’s death is not being treated as suspicious.