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Mega garage sale an Easter gift

THE fast-approaching arrival of Easter doesn’t just mean Easter eggs and school holidays, it also means the garage giveaway.

Students make deals over brekky

THERE was a delicious spread more fitting for a ritzy restaurant than a school when Redbank Plains State High School held their business breakfast last Friday.

Bridge ruins home

WHEN a 30 metre footbridge was lowered in Jindalee in February, dozens of residents looked on ‘oohing’ and ‘ahhing’ and taking photos of what was considered a...
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Growing with the community

GROWING vegetables in a public park might seem a bit unusual but a group of south-west Brisbane residents are doing exactly that at Rocks Riverside Park.

Businesses get dirty

FRIDGES, ovens and even a double bed – this was just some of the rubbish about 40 employees from four businesses in Synergy Park (in the Carole Park Industrial...

New teacher brings spice to science

TONI Fox is a new teacher the students might really like.

The Piper’s Son pipes you in

THE London bombings, the Vietnam War, alcoholism, shattered relationships, grief and death.

Funny man on the folk scene visits Brisbane

BEFORE Vin Garbutt, England’s north-east was known mainly for its shipyards and steel - it’s now known as the homeplace of the funniest serious man on the folk...

Warned: one punch can kill

WHEN Matthew Stanley went to a party in Alexandra Hills in September 2006, no one was prepared for the outcome of that night.

Grindle Road gets speed reduction

RESIDENTS and community groups in the south-west have had a win with news the speed limit on Grindle Road will be reduced from 70km per hour to 60km per hour.
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