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Gloucester High students Albie Cameron, Nick Maggs, Kymani Tarr and Sophie Lenehan look to life after school

FOR Gloucester High School’s Year 12 students, the final weeks of school are about more than study, exams and the countdown to the HSC. They mark the end of years spent growing up alongside friends, teachers and a community where, as Nick Maggs puts it, “you know everyone”. When Nick, Albie Cameron, Kymani Tarr and […]

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World-class music strikes a chord at Craven Creek

The Old Tin Shed. Photo: Supplied. Classical musicians in full flight. Photo: Supplied. IT’S not often classical music performers and their audience are visited by an inquisitive possum or a lazy python, but that’s exactly what’s happened in the past at the Craven Creek Music Festival. Each year, some of Australia’s most outstanding classical musicians […]

Community, Local News

Dorothy Kirk, 92, a storehouse of Gloucester’s local history

LOCAL citizen historian Dorothy Kirk turned 92 in September. She has a trove of stories, having spent all but three years of her long life in the Gloucester region. Ms Kirk attended Stratford Primary School and Gloucester Central School before attending Methodist Ladies’ College as a boarder for three years. “I remember being terribly homesick […]

Gloucester District

Opposition’s promised youth crime crackdown slammed for ignoring root causes

CONTROVERSIAL ‘adult crime, adult time’ laws proposed by the NSW Opposition have been criticised for wrongly targeting vulnerable young people being used as tools by organised crime gangs. The NSW Coalition on Sunday pledged to make young offenders face tougher penalties within 100 days of winning government if it triumphs at the March state election. […]

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Blake Walker, Brodie Taylor, Amy Fry and Daniel Brooks on leadership at Gloucester High School

LEADERSHIP is not simply about standing in front of an assembly or wearing a captain’s badge. For Gloucester High School’s outgoing captains, Blake Walker and Brodie Taylor, the past year has taught them that much of leadership comes down to something less visible: listening. As they prepare to hand the role to incoming captains Amy […]

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Gloucester trucking legend to be reunited with his ‘Old Beddie’

The ‘Old Beddie’ before restoration. Photo: Supplied. The ‘Old Beddie’ after being given a new lease on life. Photo: Supplied. PART of Gloucester’s transport history will be on display at the Gloucester Auto Show being held at the Gloucester showground on Saturday 26 September. The show, hosted by the Gloucester Auto Club, will feature a […]

Health, Local News, School

Screen-time restrictions set in NSW public schools

SCREEN time in all NSW public schools will be capped from the beginning of Term 1, 2027, as the NSW Government takes action to help curb excessive screen use, improve students’ attention, and lift educational outcomes. Public schools will limit Kindergarten to Year 2 students to 15 minutes a day on laptops, tablets or desktop […]

Business, Community, Government, Local News

No timeline for Gloucester Machinery site clean-up

IN November 2024 NOTA reported that the old Gloucester Machinery property, opposite Billabong Park in Denison Street, had become Crown Land, and that the site was being investigated for contamination. The site was used as a service station until about 16 years ago and has underground fuel storage tanks. Crown Lands indicated at the time […]

Community, Government, Local News, Regional

Road reconstruction works on King Street, Gloucester

THE first stage of road reconstruction works on King Street, Gloucester is complete and the newly sealed section is now open to traffic. Motorists can now access a portion of King Street at the Railway Street end. This also reestablishes parking outside MidCoast Council’s Customer Service Point on King Street. Road reconstruction works are continuing […]

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Work begins on new sewage treatment plant

WORK is under way to build a new sewage treatment plant at Gloucester. The new facility will be constructed next to the existing sewage treatment plant on Showground Road and is expected to be up and running by early 2029. MidCoast Council’s Director of Infrastructure and Engineering Services, Rob Scott, said the facility would cater […]