• Lend a hand this weekend for big clean up

    LAST year’s ‘Clean Up Australia Day’ in Wollongong was a huge success – and that’s despite having to postpone due to wet weather. All up, 14,500 volunteers, including schools, businesses and community collected a…

  • Park opens Fairy Meadow’s new bar

    STATE MP for Keira Ryan Park officially opened new facilities at Fairy Meadow Surf Club this week. The club’s bar, kitchen and toilet facilities were upgraded through $14,000 from the NSW Government’s Building Partnership…

  • Contractor found for mall refurbishment

    WOLLONGONG City Council has accepted a contract from Lahey Constructions to refurbish the city’s Crown Street Mall. Lahey Constructions submitted a revised offer of $11.6 million to carry out the construction of the refurbished…

  • Sandon’s future laid on table

    AS part of the community consultation on the draft Plan of Management for Sandon Point and McCauley’s Beach, Wollongong City Council will host a public hearing at Thirroul Community Centre and Library on Wednesday…

  • Bulli boy eye stabbing

    PARAMEDICS were called to an address at Bulli to treat a 4-year-old boy who had accidently stabbed himself in the eye with a pair of scissors on Monday night. The child was transported by…

  • Wollongong music conservatorium ‘short changed’

    THE Wollongong Conservatorium of Music receives three times less funding from the State Government than what the Newcastle Conservatorium. The NSW Minister for Education Adrian Piccoli released figures in response to questions raised by…

  • The Hobbit makes Wollongong home

    A PERMANENT exhibition, which will showcase what has been dubbed ‘the scientific find of the century’, is coming to Wollongong. The exhibition will showcase University of Wollongong’s research into Homo floresiensis, a new species…

  • Celebrating Parks Week at the Royal

    AUDLEY will come alive on Sunday March 3 as Australia’s first national park joins in the state-wide celebrations for Parks Week. National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Regional Manager Mike Patrick said the events…

  • Four men attempt to abduct Bulli girl

    POLICE are appealing for witnesses to the attempted abduction of a girl at Bulli yesterday. About 5pm on Wednesday an 11-year-old girl was walking along Organs Road when a van stopped in the street.…