THURSDAY, 14 AUGUST 2025
YOUR WEEKLY INDEPENDENT LOCAL NEWSPAPER
ISSUE #499
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Pelican Time given a new lease on life
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Out&About
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Business
Pelican Time attracts thousands of visitors each year
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Two crashes shake the Umina school community A second crash within a week has shocked the Umina Beach Public School community and raised fresh concerns over plans to locate a preschool within the school grounds.
Emergency vehicles at the scene of the latest incident
NSW Police confirmed a car struck two boys at approximately 4.30pm on Tuesday, August 5, on Melbourne Ave near the corner of Hobart Ave, Umina Beach. One boy suffered an ankle injury, while the other’s injury was non-lifethreatening; he was later transferred to a children’s hospital for further treatment.
The boys had been riding an electric scooter. The female driver was not injured. The incident came days after a stolen vehicle collided with a taxi, sending it into a home on that same corner, as parents and children arrived for morning drop-off at the adjacent Umina Beach Public School on July 31. NSW Police said a silver Toyota Corolla and a taxi collided at the intersection, resulting in the taxi mounting the kerb and crashing into the front veranda of a corner property. Continued page 7
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