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11 Mar 10 | THIEVES who stole a large trampoline from the front yard of a Windermere Park home have been labelled "an embarrassment" by the victim.
"We hope they are very proud of themselves, stealing from chi
11 Mar 10 | WHEN it comes to pushing the boat out for open air activities and education, Avondale is fast becoming recognised as a specialist campus.
The Cooranbong school recently launched a kayak program as
11 Mar 10 | COORANBONG sailor Theo Kuiters is about to turn his 40ft luxury yacht into a medical supply ship and needs help to stock it.
He is calling for unwanted spectacles and donated Bandaids, bandages, dr
11 Mar 10 | KEEN gardener Fran Newman knows as much about growing funds for charities as she does about growing plants.
For four years the green-thumbed pensioner has been participating in Australia's Open Gar
11 Mar 10 | KO-FM brekkie announcer David Collins (pictured left) admits he is a stick-figure type of sketcher. But last week he moved on to eyes and lips.
"I'm not nearly ready to draw a face, you've gotta st
11 Mar 10 | NOEL Taylor vividly recalls the night iconic Australian rock band AC/DC first performed live - he was playing drums.
The Brightwaters resident was gigging at a Sydney hotel when he was approached b
11 Mar 10 | GLENN Berkeley from Bonnells Bay turned out for Clean Up Australia Day on Sunday because he is angry.
"Never thought I'd be a cranky old bloke but I am really cranky at the way we have allowed all
11 Mar 10 | THOMAS Stevens was an 11-year-old schoolboy when he started spending two days a week work experience with a Morisset computer company learning all about how computers are made and what makes their 'br
11 Mar 10 | LIFEGUARDS would patrol Soldiers Beach at Norah Head during winter under a recommendation put to Wyong Shire Council.
A council staff report to councillors recommends that extended seven-day-a-week
11 Mar 10 | ANY future coal mining at Chain Valley Bay, Gwandalan and Summerland Point should exclude residential and commercial areas, Wyong Shire Council heard this week.
Greens councillor Sue Wynn, of Manne
11 Mar 10 | A MINUTE of silence called by Gary Simon of the Koorana Aboriginal Corporation to show respect for Aboriginal elders marked the opening of a $1.44 million upgrade to Toronto foreshore Regatta Walk las
11 Mar 10 | IF you see a shiny black limousine pull up at the lights in Morisset, riding in its chauffeured luxury is more likely to be a local than than a visiting VIP.
Morisset and district residents can now
04 Mar 10 | GRAFFITI vandals recently caused thousands of dollars of damage to commercial buildings in Morisset's Gateway Industrial Park.
The service station under construction on Wyee Road appears to have be
04 Mar 10 | WORK is finally under way on the $1.15 million upgrade of Toronto Country Club.
The project had been scheduled for completion this month, but delays in meeting Lake Macquarie City Council developme
04 Mar 10 | service station.
"They put their postcode on it," Mr Shamley said.
"Apparently, you've got to leave your postcode, so everyone knows where you come from.
"But we've got security cameras up th
04 Mar 10 | KOOMPAHTOO Aboriginal Land Council members have set up a 'tent' office on Toronto foreshore to protest the council's proposed dissolution.
The activists, led by council chairman Bob Sampson, say th
04 Mar 10 | "We're still in the trial process. We're trying to get a few combinations happening and see how players go."
Last year's grand final winning coach Mick Gavin, who will coach reserves and assist Eag
04 Mar 10 | OLYMPIC skier-turned-barrister Zali Steggall will be one of 3000 cyclists who line up for the Loop the Lake ride around Lake Macquarie.
Steggall, who won slalom bronze at Nagano in 1998 and World C
04 Mar 10 | A NEW initiative at Arcadia Vale Public School is a real bottler - a water bottler, to be precise.
Hunter Water has given the school a grant to ensure all 92 of the students have a clear personal w
04 Mar 10 | MARMONG Point Marina will become one of the largest marinas in the state, with the NSW Government approving its expansion from 160 to 245 berths.
Assistant Planning Minister said the $4 million pro
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