• Helensburgh grandstand upgraded

    WORK has started on the refurbishment of the grandstand at Helensburgh’s Rex Jackson Oval. The project is expected to take around three months, and includes replacing the grandstand’s roof, upgrading the concrete steps and…

  • Balgownie shooting charge

    A MAN has been charged over a public place shooting in Balgownie yesterday. Just after 7am on Sunday, a 29-year-old man went to a home on Meadow Street and threw a small incendiary device…

  • Austinmer beach work continues

      AUSTINMER Surf Club is to get a new roof this month, as part of an ongoing improvement program for the popular beachside spot. The replacement roof will be the same heritage red as…

  • Boot sale comes to Towradgi

    THE Giant Car Boot Sale comes to Towradgi on Sunday. Wollongong City Council’s Giant Car Boot sale is an opportunity to uncover a treasure, find a beautiful pre-loved item or score a bargain. It’s…

  • Digger robbed in Corrimal

    TWO men will face court next month charged with larceny after allegedly stealing cash from a veteran in Corrimal. Police have been told a 79-year-old man went to a bank to withdraw cash, before…

  • Northern beaches close for winter

    Council Lifeguards and volunteer surf life savers will no longer be stationed at 16 of Wollongong’s 17 beaches from this week until 23 September 2017. Throughout the winter, North Wollongong will be the only…

  • Bellambi pool repairs

    WOLLONGONG City Council will begin work in early May to repair damage to Bellambi Rock Pool sustained during storms in June 2016. Repairs to the pool will include the removal of damaged concrete panels,…

  • Council responds to climate change claims

    WOLLONGONG City Council have responded to claims by the Wilderness Society Illawarra (WSI) that its draft budget 2017-2018, currently on public exhibition, has “ignored the financial risks of climate change”. WSI spokesman Stephen Young…

  • Grimmer witness found

    NSW Police detectives have been successful in their international appeal to locate important witnesses in the murder of Wollongong toddler, Cheryl Grimmer, who disappeared 47 years ago. Three-year-old Cheryl was kidnapped and murdered during…