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How is your Tuesday shaping up?
WEATHER
Forecast: Mostly sunny. The chance of morning fog inland. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 5 and 8 with daytime temperatures reaching around 20.
GRAFTON: 6-21
YAMBA: 10-20
MACLEAN: 8-21
COPMANHURST: 6-21
WOOLI: 9-21
BARYULGIL: 8-21
NYMBOIDA: 5-20
CURRENT COVID RESTRICTIONS
School children 12 years and over must wear a mask on any form of public transport, including the school bus. The Department of Education recommends masks for all students in Year 7 and above as well as all staff and teachers. Click here for more information.
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
Jason Lee Trudgian
Formerly of Rochedale, Brisbane, late of Grafton, passed away suddenly on May 31, 2021 aged 48 years. A memorial service for Jason will be announced at a later date due to the current Covid restrictions.
Denny John Brown
Formerly of Yamba, late of Sydney, passed away on July 2, 2021 aged 40 years. A service of farewell is to be held at the Raymond Laurie Sports Fields, Yamba, on Wednesday, July 14 at 11am.
DIGITAL EDITIONS
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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Cops release image of man as shooting probe intensifies Police have urged the public to help locate a 40-year-old man as part of an investigation into the shooting of a boy, 15, in South Grafton.
Revealed: How long will Northern NSW wait to book Covid shot online? High demand has caused our health district phone lines to be swamped, but why can’t we book online like other areas?
Gallery: Maclean Cup Day’s junior fashionistas Check out all the juniors who entered this year’s Maclean Cup Day fashions on the field event.
PUZZLES & HOROSCOPES
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ON THIS DAY
1772 Captain James Cook begins 2nd voyage aboard the Resolution to the South Seas to search for Terra Australis (Southern continent).
1923 The Hollywood Sign is officially dedicated in the hills above Hollywood, Los Angeles. It originally reads “Hollywoodland” but the four last letters are dropped after renovation in 1949.
1943 Greatest tank battle in history ends with Russia‘s defeat of Germany at Kursk, almost 6,000 tanks take part, 2,900 lost by Germany.
LOTTERIES
Set For Life
Draw: 2166
Winning Numbers: 42, 9, 15, 35, 37, 40, 24
Supps: 25, 21
Division 1: Not won
Division 2: $5,000 a month for a year
Division 3: $1,152.90
Division 4: $139.75
Division 5: $40.50
Division 6: $24.40
Division 7: $12.65
Division 8: $10.45
From cells to care: Grafton Gaol’s transformation begins
From a place of confinement to a place of care: Grafton’s historic gaol is set to be reimagined with new developments taking it two steps forward to support the Clarence Valley’s growing health needs.
‘Life-changing’: How high school students can ‘earn and learn’
A growing focus on school-based apprenticeships is transforming pathways for students at a northern NSW public school, giving them a head start in careers ranging from beekeeping and aged care to real estate and decorating.