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Will ZwarCouncil Reporter

Will Zwar is the council reporter for the NT News. He brings you the latest in all local matters and the stories directly affecting you – where the newest restaurants, bars and cafes are, where to take your dog for a walk and where all the best hidden gems are. He’s the go to man for developments and getting out and about in Darwin and across the Territory. He also dabbles in the latest fishing stories and enjoys writing a good yarn about anything to do with the outdoors.

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Northern Territory

Lights have finally been erected at Gardens Oval, which will host its first ever night NTFL match this Friday between Waratah and Palmerston. Picture: Global Headquarters

Lights plan for cricket a great opportunity to activate the CBD

Gardens Oval’s brighter lights trial will help NT Cricket fixture in what is set to be one of the biggest years for the sport in the NT.

Bombing of Darwin

Bombing of Darwin veteran passes away aged 99

One of the three surviving Bombing of Darwin heroes passed away earlier this week.

Northern Territory

The Beachfront Hotel have a Thursday knockoff party and will be playing Sport Saturday through to Monday at the scenic location Colleen Sproule from Smokey J's Kitchen . Picture Katrina Bridgeford.

NT hospitality venues preparing for a bumper Easter long weekend

Top End hotels, restaurants, bars and pubs are gearing up for an above-average Easter long weekend as Territorians prepare to get out.

Northern Territory

Arrivals from Covid 19 hotspots at Darwin International Airport enroute to mandatory Quarantine as Borders open to Interstate visitors.Picture GLENN CAMPBELL

NT puts Tweed, Lismore, Ballina under COVID watch and wait

Several northern New South Wales regions have officially been issued a watch and wait by the NT chief health officer off the back growing COVID-19 cases in Queensland.

Darwin

35 Carstens Cres Wagaman recently sold for $80,000 above the vendor's expectation. Picture: Supplied.

Darwin vendors selling homes for way above price expectations

Darwin’s property market continues to build with vendors making more than 10 per cent above their expectations due to high demand, according to a local agent.

Northern Territory

Mr Barra prepare for the big Good Friday Easter rush, Mr Barra Sales assistant Mark Bawden-Hill . Picture Katrina Bridgeford.

Fish on the menu for a Good Friday

LOCAL fish produce is flying off the shelf in the Territory ahead of Easter with families stocking up for a traditional Good Friday seafood meal

Northern Territory

Gardens Oval cricket trial to go ahead

DARWIN’S A-Grade Cricket season will have games played under lights at Gardens Oval this year, after Darwin Council approved a three-month trial

Northern Territory

The NT's first private mental health facility "The Clinic" is being opened on Tuesday evening. Darwin Private General manager Jo Seiler and Healthscope CEO Steven Rubic.Picture Glenn Campbell

The NT’s first private mental health facility opens

THE Northern Territory’s first private mental health facility was officially opened tonight

UpdatedNorthern Territory

A Storm Front skirts Darwin CBD , Saturday 09/01/21Picture GLENN CAMPBELL

Chance of cyclone developing over Easter on the increase

The chance of a cyclone forming in the northern region by the weekend is on the rise with the BoM increasing its tropical cyclone outlook to ‘low’ — or up to a 20 per cent chance — by Friday.

Northern Territory

NT Cricket applies for game trial under brighter Gardens Oval lights

NT Cricket has applied to trial night cricket games under lights at Gardens Oval during the 2021 domestic season

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