THE Karuah Computer Group will take a break until the New Year when we will reassess its operation. Numbers have been low and no new members have expressed an interest over recent months. The group has been meeting on the…
AUSTRALIA DAY NOMINATIONS THIS month is the last chance you will have to nominate a worthy local person for a Great Lakes 2015 Australia Day Award. I know there are many “quiet achievers” in our community who provide outstanding community…
My retirement was one of the best moves in my life. I chose the time at 60 and slowed down over the next five years by working part time doing work that I liked. I pruned roses for friends. Propagating them as well as other plants…
The American Braided Rug Group, from the Myall Community Arts and Crafts Centre, said farewell to their fellow rug maker, Meg Simmons. “Meg has been a fixture at the Centre for many years and has been a resident of the…
An man has died after falling head first down a well or sewer septic tank at 12 Mile Creek, Karuah area just north of Raymond Terrace. The man could not be saved. He was aged in his 70’s. Emergency services…
Police have launched an investigation after a man fell out of a boat and died in Swansea this morning. About 9.45am (Sunday 2 November 2014), the sole occupant of a vessel, a 45-year-old Edgeworth man, was navigating into the southern entrance of…
A teenage boy, 15 has died following a lightning strike at One Mile Beach, Port Stephens. About 5.10pm (Saturday 1 November 2014), emergency services responded to reports of a boy hit by lightning at Hannah Parade, One Mile, Port Stephens. Officers from…
A man is due to appear in court today after being arrested in Swansea this morning. Police from Lake Macquarie Local Area Command were called to the intersection of Bowman Street and the Pacific Highway about 12.04am(Friday 31 October 2014), following…
Police have commenced inquiries after a man was seriously injured during a home invasion in the state’s Hunter Region, Dora Creek. The 32-year-old man was confronted by two men inside his home on Cowell Street, Dora Creek about 6.20am today…