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Train guard on sex charges
A SECURITY guard has been charged over the alleged indecent assault and attempted sexual assault of a teenage girl on a Wollongong train earlier in the year. In July 2013, officers attached to the…
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Bulli fire disrupts traffic
FIRE fighters have extinguished a blaze in a storage shed behind the antique shop at Bulli this morning. Firies were called to the old Princes Highway shop, opposite Station Street, about 8.30am. The…
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Corrimal library upgrade
WORK on the refurbishment of the Corrimal District Library and Community Centre will proceed following a Local Infrastructure Renewal Scheme funding. The project will also enable Wollongong City Council to remove the two ageing…
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Council loan to revamp Thirroul beach kiosk
WOLLONGONG City Council has been successful in gaining a three per cent interest rate subsidy for a $4.3 million loan under the NSW Government’s Local Infrastructure Renewal Scheme (LIRS). Together with Council funding of…
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Balgownie service station robbery
POLICE are appealing for information after the armed robbery of a service station at Balgownie last night.A man armed with a knife entered the business on Balgownie Road about 9.45pm on Sunday, walking behind…
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Body found at Scarborough
POLICE have found the body of a woman at Scarborough. Fairfax media reports that search teams located the woman’s body at a cliff around 3.20pm on Friday. The Illawarra Mercury reports that while the…
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Ancient bones may lie in old police station
By MICK ROBERTS. REPORTS that ancient Aboriginal remains from Sandon Point were re-buried in the grounds of the former Bulli Police Station have sparked calls for an investigation by local indigenous leaders. Aboriginal bones…
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Search underway at Scarborough for missing woman
A SEARCH is underway near Scarborough Railway Station for a woman who went missing from her home yesterday. About 7.30pm (Thursday), Wollongong police were contacted after 25-year-old Vanessa Burne was reported missing from her…
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Arrest over bag snatches
POLICE have charged a man in relation to a series of car thefts, bag snatches and frauds in Wollongong. Since May this year, Wollongong detectives have been investigating a range of offences across suburbs,…
