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Council to confirm alcohol-free zones
Tesch welcomes progress on Pelican Park playground
Council installs cameras to monitor unpatrolled beach
Working bee at Arboretum on Sunday
Cancer Council receives $7000 from Rotary event
Bourke Rd store turns 70 this year
CWA branch celebrates 92 years
Trees group holds planting day at Guyangil Park
Mary Mac's feeds homeless pets too
Sammy returns to Woy Woy Channel
Meeting to protect land for use by the community
Practice for probationary fire fighters*
Mary Mac's marks Reconciliation Week*
Rotary club celebrates fifth birthday at Changeover
Tesch makes her 800th speech
Rotary club has 'fellowship weekend' in Canowindra*
Council announces completion of Esplanade pathway*
Average June rain falls in one week
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Council approves 85 applications in six months
Demolition work expected to start on Monday
Researchers find local events are community lifeblood
Hotel will close for renovations
Residents' association gives tips about DA submissions
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Inconsiderate Council shuts down busy footpath
Peninsula needs its own emergency unit
Writers' festival was a special treat
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Baby basket donation coincides with branch birthday*
Breastscreen bus returns to Woy Woy CWA grounds*
Boy flown to Westmead with burns*
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Woytopia organisers plan 'Funkraiser'
Little Theatre prepares for The Girl on the Train
Quilters work on quilt-top as a group
Cult movie screens at Ettalong for 50th anniversary
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The bridge between teaching and learning*
Two win awards of appreciation*
Convincing netball win*
Students participate in zone cross country competition
Esteban was head chef at training centre cafe*
Greek is a hit at St John's
School encourages participation in ICAS program
Happy birthday*
Umina parents create volunteer positions
Woy Woy to have Year 6 Fundraiser PJ Day*
Canteen vouchers for reading raffle winners
Students visit reptile park
Words on the Ripples for primary students*
SJBAFL^ - AFL teams attend gala day*
St John's teams play in grand finals*
Mandatory meetings for snow excursion
Two Woy Woy students named as stars*
Uniform shop opens with winter clothing*
You win one, you lose one*
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Aussie rules club enjoys sunshine after rain
Bridge point score results for May
Charity bowls event raises $650
Grant formally presented to soccer club*
Nine teams compete in national bridge qualifier
Bowling club orders 'stylish hoodies'
Tesch injured in first game of para ice sled hockey
Ocean Beach holds surf life saving award presentations
Park run attracts 147 runners
Ettalong Pelicans win State trophy
Tennis club to host pickleball club
Woy Woy has fierce rugby contest with Lake Macquarie
Soccer results
Awards for doing the splits
Tennis 'tragics' take a chance
Ettalong wins Classic Triples day
Umina surf club presents annual awards

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Bourke Rd store turns 70 this year

The Bourke Rd store Umina is turning 70 this year, and current owners Michelle and Matthew Overton are having a party.

"We will be having loads of giveaways," said Ms Overton.

She said the store was originally built as a house in the 1920s.

Owned by a Mr and Mrs Adams, they named it Plymouth, after Mrs Adams' home town.

In the mid-1950s, Mrs Adams started to purchase some ice-cream and bottles of drinks.

She put a sign up on the front fence advertising them.

"She later went to the old store in Woy Woy and purchased 50 pounds of groceries.

"Mr Adams made a shop front at the front of the house and put some groceries on the shelf and people started coming in one by one.

"And so began the Bourke Rd Store," said Ms Overton.

"The store has had many transformations from the early days selling groceries and deli products to the introduction of NSW Lotteries in 2007."

She said it had now been in the same family for 27 years.

"In 2020 Matt and I expanded the business from a basic general store to offer more."

It now has coffee, boutique sauces and condiments, homemade food, meat from a Saratoga butcher, giftware, deli, cheese and antipasto products.

"It has been completely renovated to become a trendy destination for people to visit," she said.





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