• Labor legends help celebrate Thirroul’s centenary

    OVER 100 people have gathered to mark the centenary of the Thirroul branch of the ALP. At the Thirroul Railway Institute hall celebrations were State Opposition and NSW Parliamentary Labor Party Leader, John Robertson,…

  • Farewell to mall’s trademark ‘monkey bars’

    THE remainder of the Crown Street Mall’s trademark ‘monkey bars’  will be removed this weekend, weather permitting. Following the removal of the steel arches contractors will begin work on the construction of the mall…

  • Bellambi apprentice a cut above the rest

    BELLAMBI apprentice Simon Savini has been named the 2012 Engineering Fabrication Apprentice of the Year at the NSW and Victorian Manufacturing Industries Group Apprenticeship Scheme (MIGAS) Awards Night earlier this month. MIGAS recruits and…

  • Man charged over Corrimal murder

    POLICE have charged a man with the murder of 41-year-old Linda Stevens at Corrimal last week. Wollongong police arrested 39-year-old Colin Maxwell Farrow at Kembla Grange around 4.20pm yesterday (Wednesday). Detectives interviewed Farrow overnight…

  • Man arrested over body in boot

    THE man wanted for questioning over the discovery of the woman’s body in the boot at Corrimal last Thursday (April 11), has been arrested at Kingston Town Drive, Kembla Grange, at 4.30pm today. He…

  • Council wants input on pools

    IF you like swimming in one of the northern Illawarra’s pools, at Helensburgh, Thirroul, and Corrimal, Wollongong City Council wants you to spend five minutes to complete a survey. Council said it is aware…

  • Bellambi pub robbery foiled

    POLICE are investigating whether the theft of an ATM from Mt Kembla Hotel this morning is connected to a break-in at the Bellambi Hotel two hours later. Wollongong detectives are investigating a possible link…

  • Stanwell Park man on drug and knife charges

    A STANWELL Park man will face court next month after he was found in possession of drugs and a hunting knife on Sutherland Railway Station last Wednesday. Around 4pm police were patrolling Sutherland Railway…

  • Looking Back: The Bulli Railway Bus

    By MICK ROBERTS. PUBLIC transport has moved forward in leaps and bounds since Lance Brown drove the Bulli railway bus in 1927. Lance was one of the Illawarra region’s early bus drivers and revealed…