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Neighbourhood Watch Week By Rachael VAUGHAN
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NEIGHBOURHOOD Watch week encourages community members to get involved with their local group. Neighbourhood Watch is a community led safety and awareness program that aims to prevent crime, stop antisocial behaviour and improve security and quality of life for everyone in your community. Medowie Neighbourhood Watch was lucky to have Bill Hackney, the Hunter Region Area Coordinator for Neighbourhood Watch, attend the Medowie meeting last week as a guest speaker. Bill spoke about the history of Neighbourhood Watch, how it is funded, what groups can do for the community, and how to best get their message across to residents. “It is not all about crime,
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POLICE have charged a woman following investigations into alleged
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child grooming at a Port Stephens school.
Strike Force Minnamorra was established in June by Police to investigate
allegations into the procuring and grooming of children for sexual activity by an
employee at the school. It is allege that a number of explicit text messages
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