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Wollongong police arrested a man at Tarrawanna on Tuesday. Picture: NSW Police A MAN is before the courts after he was charged by police on Tuesday with a number of domestic violence offences. Police were contacted on Sunday (21 July 2024) following concerns for the welfare of a 48-year-old woman, after she was allegedly threatened a number of times – once allegedly with a weapon. Police…

Woonona East Public School will get much-needed playground repairs and a makeover under State Government funding. THE Woonona East Public School will receive much-needed playground repairs and a makeover to the value of $29,850 under the NSW Government’s 2023 Community Building Partnership Program. State MP for Keira Ryan Park said his electorate has secured $300,000 in funding for a total of…

THE Tarrawanna Tiny Forest is having its first birthday. The ‘Tiny Forest, located in Harrigan Park, was planted a year ago with the help of students from Tarrawanna Public School. The Tiny Forest is made up of 350 native plant species commonly found in the area such as eucalypts, wattles, palms, tea trees and grasses all propagated from local sources at Wollongong Botanic Garden…

Tarrawanna gets city’s first ‘tiny forest’ under plan to swap grass with trees and shrubs

Tarrawanna students help plant Wollongong’s first ‘tiny forest’ FROM little things big things grow! This is exactly the case with a tiny forest, which sprouted-up on Wednesday at Harrigan Park, Tarrawanna. Students from Tarrawanna Public School took steps to plant Wollongong city’s first ‘tiny forest’. Working closely with Wollongong City Council staff, who selected plants for the location,…

Corrimal East and Tarrawanna students’ artistic skills were inspired by Towradgi tree vandalism

The students artwork on the Towradgi Park tree guards The vandalism of a Norfolk Island Pine at Towradgi Park last September LATE last year the local community was devastated by the tree vandalism of 12 Norfolk Island Pines in Towradgi Park. The Norfolf Island Pines have since been replanted with protective fencing with signage from students sharing the importance of trees to the…

Woman charged over Tarrawanna house fire

A WOMAN has been charged after allegedly deliberately lighting a house on fire in Tarrawanna last month. About 5.45pm on Sunday, August 29, emergency services responded to reports of a house fire in Henry Street, Tarrawanna. Wollongong police attended and found the house well alight, while Fire and Rescue NSW extinguished the blaze, which destroyed the home. No one was inside at the time and…

Man to face court today charged with allegedly sexually abusing a teenage girl

A MAN will face court today charged with allegedly sexually abusing a teenage girl.

Late last year (Wednesday, December 11, 2019) a search warrant was executed at a Thirroul home as part of an investigation by Wollongong Police into alleged child abuse offences.

During the course of the warrant, officers seized electronic devices for forensic examination. A man was arrested at the time and is…