Tag: mid north coast
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$608.4-MILLION BACKLOG OF MID NORTH COAST ROAD REPAIRS
Council’s on the Mid North Coast have the biggest road infrastructure backlog in the state according to the NRMA. Port Macquarie-Hastings Council came in as the worst, with a $225-million shortfall.
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TWO BOYS APPROACHED NEAR COFFS HARBOUR
Police have released an image of a woman they wish to speak to, after two boys were approached near Coffs Harbour yesterday morning. Just before 8:30, the boys were riding their bikes to school along Matthews Parade at Corindi Beach, when they were approached by two people in a light-coloured Holden Commodore. Police say the car…
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NORTH COAST REP SIDE SELECTED
The Mid North Coast will field a strong side for the rugby league Country Championships at the end of the month. The representative team will be led by former World Cup back rower, Matt Shipway.
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WORK TO START ON NEW TOURIST ATTRACTION
The first sod has been turned on Coffs Harbour’s newest tourist attraction. Work is about to commence on a $1.6-million water park at the famous Big Banana. The new park will include a 96-metre long slide and a raft ride spanning more than 100-metres. Management says the Big Banana will remain in its traditional spot,…
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TAREE SERVICE STATION ROBBED
Police are appealing for information after a Taree service station was robbed overnight. At around 10 o’clock the attendant at the Victoria Street business was threatened by a man, who demanded cash. He then drove from the scene in an older-model red Camry or Falcon. He’s been described as having an athletic build, wearing a…
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MID NORTH COAST LOCAL ALIVE AND WELL AFTER NEPAL EARTHQUAKE
A Mid North Coast couple have had a sleepless night, trying to contact their son who was backpacking in Nepal when the magnitude 7-point-8 earthquake hit on Saturday morning. 21-year-old Sam Bailey from Bob’s Creek had just finished a 45-day trek through Annapurna with three mates when the earthquake struck. Father, Jon Bailey said he was…
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MID NORTH COAST MAN ARRESTED BY DETECTIVES
Bill Spedding has been taken by detectives from his Mid North Coast home. The 63-year-old was arrested by a police strike forceat his Bonny Hills property. It’s expected he will be charged with offences relating to the alleged sexual assaults of two girls, aged three and six, in 1987 in Sydney.
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WILLIAM’S PARENTS PLEAD FOR HIS RETURN
The pain of not knowing what happened to their precious, little boy has today been laid bare – with the parents of William Tyrrell breaking their silence. Their emotional plea for answers follows startling new police information, indicating the three-year old may have been abducted by someone linked to a paedophile ring on the New…
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WILLIAM’S PARENTS BREAK THEIR SILENCE
The parents of three-year-old William Tyrrell have spoken publicly for the first time since his disappearance, making an emotional appeal for his return. William vanished seven months ago from his grandmother’s home at Kendall on the mid north coast. Legal restrictions have prevented his parents from speaking until now, and their identities are not revealed…
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POLICE FIND SUITCASE OF CASH IN CAR
A woman will face court next month after police found more than $71,000 in her car near Forster. At around 11:30 last night, officers pulled over a Toyota Kluger along the Pacific Highway at Nabaic. The 38-year-old driver from Greenacre, who was travelling with four children in the car, was allegedly doing 128 kilometres per…