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Full flood recovery ‘likely by 2029’
Easter traditions still strong in Gloucester
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Environment group celebrates Autumn THE Gloucester Environment Group (GEG) held its first seasonal feast of 2026 at the Minimbah Gardens in Gloucester District Park on Sunday, 29 March. Sixteen GEG members enjoyed Gloucester’s first touch of Autumn with the sharing of a lunchtime variety of dishes prepared from home. “The setting was perfect,” said Gloucester Environment Group president Tibor Kovats. The feast took place days after a dozen GEG members, who support its Rivercare program, worked at clearing weeds from the Minimbah Gardens site. This work assisted regular custodian Julie Hardy who, with her parents Barry and Nita Hardy, envisioned and
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Sixteen GEG members gathered for an early Autumn feast.
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Concerns mount as Gloucester Chamber future remains in doubt
Wednesday, 8 April 2026
By John WATTS
THE future of the Gloucester Business Chamber seems no clearer after a recent
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public meeting. As previously reported in NOTA (11 March 2026), after 99
years the Chamber is facing likely closure. CONTINUED Page 3
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