All your local weather, funeral notices and much more in one place

All your local weather, funeral notices, local news and much more in one place.

Good morning! Light showers throughout last night saw 8mm recorded for Grafton, while most of the 30mm at Yamba fell during the day.

WEATHER

Forecast: Cloudy. The chance of morning fog in the S. High chance of showers. Light winds. Daytime maximum temperatures around 20.

GRAFTON: 11-19

YAMBA: 12-18

MACLEAN: 11-19

COPMANHURST: 11-19

WOOLI: 11-19

BARYULGIL: 11-19

NYMBOIDA: 9-18

CURRENT COVID RESTRICTIONS

There have been 20 new cases from 67,000 tests in NSW in the past 24 hours. Over the past seven days the state has recorded 145 cases from 320,141 tests. There has not yet been any recorded cases in any LGAs on the North Coast. Queensland reported two new locally acquired cases on Tuesday, and many parts of the state including the South East Queensland are currently under a three-day lockdown until 6pm Friday, July 2.

Due to a rise in cases, the following restrictions are in place for NSW, including the Clarence Valley region:

• People who have been in the Greater Sydney region (including the Blue Mountains, Central Coast and Wollongong) on or after June 21 should follow the stay-at-home orders for a period of 14 days after they left Greater Sydney.
• Visitors to households are limited to 5 guests – including children;
• Masks are compulsory in all indoor non-residential settings, including workplaces, and at organised outdoor events;
• Drinking while standing at indoor venues not allowed;
• Singing by audiences and choirs at indoor venues or by congregants at indoor places of worship not allowed;
• Dancing not be allowed at indoor hospitality venues or nightclubs. However, dancing is allowed at weddings for the wedding party only (no more than 20 people);
• Dance and gym classes limited to 20 per class (masks must be worn);
• The one person per four square metre rule reintroduced for all indoor and outdoor settings, including weddings and funerals;
• Outdoor seated, ticketed events limited to 50 per cent seated capacity.

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FUNERAL NOTICES

Marie Constance Crispin
Late of the Whiddon Group Grafton, passed away on 28th June, 2021, aged 94 years. Relatives and friends are invited to attend Marie’s funeral service to be held at the Uniting Church, Prince Street, Grafton on Friday, 2nd July, commencing at 11am. The funeral will proceed to the Clarence Lawn Cemetery. Covid restrictions will apply with limited seating inside the church.

Norman Haylan
Late of South Grafton. Passed away 25th June 2021. Aged 75 years. Relatives and friends of Norm are respectfully invited to attend his funeral service to be held at Pullen Chapel, 3-7 Prince St, Grafton on Friday, July 2 commencing at 2pm.

Sue Holley (nee Wass)
Of Yamba, passed away unexpectedly on 16th June, 2021. Aged 76 years. Relatives and friends are respectfully invited to a funeral service for Sue to be held at Christ Church Cathedral, Duke Street, Grafton on Wednesday, 30th June. Requiem Mass commencing at 12 noon. A private cremattion will follow. Covid restrictions will apply.

DIGITAL EDITIONS

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Meet your 2021 Jacaranda Queen candidates: See who’s vying to represent our city and festival, and see the amazing photo shoot and behind the scenes video to introduce them to the town!

COVID-19 outbreak: How do our test numbers stack up? As the disease again spreads, authorities are urging people with even the mildest symptoms to get tested and isolate? Are the people across our region doing the right thing?

Amazing photos as cute sea-critter has a play on our beach: They come around every year, but it didn’t stop this little guy from delighting a crowd who watched from a distance.

#Coffs4Origin: Five reasons why the NRL should look north: With the NRL considering moving game three out of Sydney, it’s time for the Mid North Coast to flaunt its rugby league credentials.

PUZZLES & HOROSCOPES

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ON THIS DAY

1520 Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernán Cortés during “La Noche Triste” (the Night of Sadness). Many soldiers drown in the escape, and Aztec emperor Moctezuma II dies in the struggle.

Spanish conquistadors are expelled from Tenochtitlan (Mexico City) following an Aztec revolt against their rule under Hernán Cortés during “La Noche Triste” (the Night of Sadness). Many soldiers drown in the escape, and Aztec emperor Moctezuma II dies in the struggle.

1857 Charles Dickens reads from A Christmas Carol at St. Martin’s Hall in London in his first public reading.

Charles Dickens reads from A Christmas Carol at St. Martin’s Hall in London in his first public reading.

1859 Jean Francois Gravelet aka Emile Blondin, a French daredevil, becomes the first man to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope.

Jean Francois Gravelet aka Emile Blondin, a French daredevil, becomes the first man to walk across Niagara Falls on a tightrope.

1908 A mysterious explosion, possibly the result of a meteorite, levels thousands of trees in the Tunguska region of Siberia with a force approaching twenty megatons.

A mysterious explosion, possibly the result of a meteorite, levels thousands of trees in the Tunguska region of Siberia with a force approaching twenty megatons.

1934 Adolf Hitler orders the purge of his own party in the “Night of the Long Knives”.

Adolf Hitler orders the purge of his own party in the “Night of the Long Knives”.

1960 Alfred Hitchcock’s film

Alfred Hitchcock’s film

Psycho opens.

opens.

2019 While at the demilitarised zone, Donald Trump walked into North Korea to greet its leader, Kim Jong-Un, thus becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit that country.

While at the demilitarised zone, Donald Trump walked into North Korea to greet its leader, Kim Jong-Un, thus becoming the first sitting U.S. president to visit that country.

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