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WEATHER

Forecast: Mostly sunny. Light winds. Overnight temperatures falling to between 6 and 12 with daytime temperatures reaching the mid to high 20s.

GRAFTON: 7-25

YAMBA: 10-21

MACLEAN: 8-23

COPMANHURST: 7-25

WOOLI: 11-21

BARYULGIL: 8-26

NYMBOIDA: 6-23

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FUNERAL NOTICES

May Ford
Late of Lower Kangaroo Creek, passed away on August 20, 2021 aged 97. Due to current Covid restrictions, a private farewell service will be held for May. Live Streaming will be available on the Christ Church Cathedral Facebook Page on Wednesday, September 1 at 12pm.

Martin ‘Marty’ Stait
The family of Marty Stait will be having a Funeral Service for him on September 12, 2021 in Grafton. Due to Covid restrictions, the service will be streamed and recorded for people unable to attend. For more information, please visit Riverview Funerals website.

DIGITAL EDITIONS

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IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

Which country sewage sites are being tested now? Following calls for more sewerage plants to be treated in Clarence, we find out which nearby country sites have started being tested.

Woman rescued after found clinging to Grafton bridge pylon A woman has been rescued by emergency service workers after being found clinging to a pylon of a Grafton bridge.

Your new island home? Take a look at Clarence River’s most unique property It’s not often a holiday home as unique as this comes on the market, but this one comes with its own island. Take a look at all the photos of this amazing property.

Explained: When Northern Rivers students could return to school The state government has revealed its back-to-school plan to get students back into classrooms.

Small-town paramedics fight big-city Covid outbreak A paramedic service run from its owner’s lounge room has answered a call for help to join an intense battle to stop Covid spreading in a major city.

PUZZLES & HOROSCOPES

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ON THIS DAY

1862 Second Battle of Bull Run, fought in Manassas, Virginia begins, Confederate victory (US Civil War).

1882 Australia beat England by 7 runs - ‘Death of English cricket’.

1949 USSR performs its first nuclear test at Semipalatinsk, Kazakh SSR.

2005 Hurricane Katrina makes 2nd and 3rd landfall as a category 3 hurricane, devastating much of the U.S. Gulf Coast from Louisiana to Florida Panhandle. Kills more than 1,836, causes over $115 billion in damage.

LOTTERIES

Saturday Lotto

Draw: 4185

Winning Numbers: 17, 30, 22, 23, 19, 21

Supps: 43, 32

Division 1: $1,247,527.15

Division 2: $12,186.30

Division 3: $602.70

Division 4: $21.65

Division 5: $16.70

Division 6: $7.40