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Remembrance Day ceremony held at Ettalong
Umina Mall demolition makes way for new centre
Fire hazard reduction burns planned for The Bays
Blackwall Mountain 'severely damaged', says Trust
Ettalong Bowls Club weathers coronavirus pandemic
Information centre receives level two accreditation
Bridge Warriors renew letter-writing campaign
Council backs off on street tree planting
Men's Shed to hold garage sale in former car yard
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New graduate appointed to Umina fire station
Survey to understand arboretum use
Rotary holds christmas tree sale
Litter collected from Woy Woy Bay
Continued success with bacon and egg rolls
Help sought to locate missing man
Fire brigade holds 'relay training'
Group pursues environmental options
Historic newsletters wanted
Letters to let people know they are not forgotten
Opera raffle closes next week
Safer driver's course offered through PCYC
More than $6000 raised in Cup sweep for Rotary
Bags being filled with toiletries
Markets held at Umina
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Were mergers really making councils 'fit for future'?
A complete bungle on the part of the Council
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Aged care home resumes bus outings
Christmas drummer bear included in decorations
Aged care residents buy ECG machine
Bently is 'cutest pet'
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Hoping mural will be the first of many
Author launches new children's book
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Vice-captain appointed to Minister's steering committee
New building planned for Ettalong school
Woy Woy campus captains chosen
School seeks voluntary ethics teachers
Nominations open for SRC and school captains
Students were voluntary referees
Preschool children plant vegetables and flowers
Learning about the life cycle of silkworms
'Naughty or nice' fundraiser
Students tutored in lawn bowls
Swimming zone champions receive certificates
Rugby league and touch teams make it to the finals
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Umina United women win soccer grand final
Daniel celebrates his 100th First Grade game
Women's bowls club celebrates 61st birthday
State bowls championships to be held at Ettalong
Representative netball players selected
Southern Spirit cricket results
With more players, four Ducks teams are fielded
Christmas Party entries close early
Bicycle group holds 'coffee cruise'

Aged care home resumes bus outings

A Woy Woy aged care home has resumed bus outings for its residents.

One of the first trips for Blue Wave Living residents was to Patonga last week.

"NSW Health has finally allowed this to occur, as long as it is an outing to an outdoor venue and there is minimised contact with other people," said BlueWave Living chief executive Mr Matt Downie.

"This has been one of the many frustrating aspects of managing the risk of Covid for our residents, and it has been many months now since we have been able to take residents on an outing.

"This will be a wonderful opportunity for many of our residents, especially those who don't have immediate family nearby, also very opportune as we move through spring towards warmer weather."

Mr Downie said: "We are all looking forward to further relaxation of restrictions, which can only occur with all within the community participating and doing the right thing.

"We appreciate everyone's efforts in assisting with this process over many months.

"The success of a coordinated approach is clear in Victoria, where there has been resounding success at suppressing the spread of the virus, and there are now only a handful of active cases across the aged care network in Victoria.

"With Covid now seemingly well managed within Australia, it is easy to become complacent.

"However the risk remains real, and until there is a viable vaccine widely implemented, the virus could still be circulating largely undetected and pose a potential risk to our elders.

"While we are relaxing many restrictions as community cases diminish, there will have to remain some measures in place for the foreseeable future.

"Most of these restrictions are legislated and we are obligated to have them in place.

"Some of the restrictions we may impose we do so as part of our on-going risk assessment."





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