Grafton Senior Citizens Inc. recently held October meeting saw an attendance of 44, with 6 apologies. Guest speaker Pauline Glasser, spoke on her life, beginning on a farm at Lower Southgate, then as a schoolteacher, and after retirement, farming of alpacas, who are members of the camel family, and being herd animals, two or more are needed. The Glassers have…

Members of Grafton CWA will be returning to the CWA Rooms for their next meeting on Friday, October 11. This will be the AGM which will be starting at 10am and will be followed by the Branch meeting. We are looking forward to being able to use the rooms again after being closed for renovations. The building now complies with…

A concerted effort by the Broadwater Public P & C Association, the local community and Nationals MP for Clarence Richie Williamson has led to the green light being given by the NSW Government to grant building approval and bypass a lengthy development application for the reconstruction of flood impacted Broadwater Public School. “This matter has been front and centre for…

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