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Shellfish warning after Broken Bay 'algal bloom'
Peninsula excluded from facade improvement pilot
Neighbourhood service wins $4500 grant
Progress association elects committee
Aunty Di takes on co-ordinator role
Bays community group to hold general meeting
Big Blue Table dinner raises $500
Reid visits early childhood centre
Slow down for echidna
Food scraps wanted
Bingo will return to community centre
Draft management plan covers Lion Island
Commissioned as Anglican rector
Harvest Festival service to be led by Rev Dr Peter Swain
Dr Pat Harrison dies aged 86
Woy Woy CWA holds annual meeting
Club visits Tamworth to 'infuse money'
Free energy-efficiency talk at The Bays
Reid addresses Chamber of Commerce
Trees to be clad in colourful knitting
Another Paul St planting day
Rotary club holds annual meeting
Council seeks interest in Meals on Wheels building
Extended sit-down breakfast at The Bays
Trivia night for community group
Swimming water quality rating remains static
Charged with driving offences
Fish habitat grants available
Ferry prepares for Heritage Challenge
New monthly reflective church service starts
Residents oppose new sites at home park
Meeting to 'save the boatshed'
October records more than twice average rainfall
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Brushbox tree kept, with 15 submissions treated as one
Roof-top terrace proposed for dual occupancy
Council obscures design details in variation application
Dual occupany proposal advertised without description
Application for three four-bedroom townhouses
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Administrator refuses to be the voice of the people
Council elections needed to 'sort out this mess'
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Mental health worker employed for second year
Trivia night for Top Blokes
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Jazz afternoon in aid of arboretum and memorial hall
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Umina parents' group is 'association of the year'
Students suggest 'pod homes' for affordability
Plovers take up residence on school roundabout
Music documentary to be filmed at Woy Woy school
Gardening club picks nine kilograms of snow peas
Breakfast club trial starts at Umina
Year 6 students complete First Aid course
Walkathon for outdoor learning and play space
Students reach home reading targets
Summer is Griffin of the Week
'Outstanding results' at Hunter Beef Bonanza
Learning about acronyms
Meeting to discuss bathroom beautification
Pre-loved book sale for Ethiopian programs
Little angels playgroup
Year 5 students asked about selective high school
Two school upgrades still to be completed
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A nice night to be out with the kids
Liesl Tesch to be inducted into NSW Hall of Champions
Meena wins Umina Minor Singles
Charity bowls raises $1165
Joel wins 'man of the match' hitting six off the last ball
College boys win touch football cup
Roosters announce seven signings
Representative netball teams announced
Umina members selected for interbranch competition
Netballers serve 10 years
Surf club celebrates 100 years
Soccer coaches wanted
Disabled surfers' association holds volunteer training

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Dr Pat Harrison dies aged 86

Dr Patricia Lesley Harrison of Umina has died peacefully after a short illness, while travelling in WA.

She died on October 12, aged 86.

"Patricia was a long-serving member of the local community," said her daughter-in-law Ms Meg Farquhar.

"She was a champion for women's right, first (and only) female Mayor of Gosford and a long-serving medical practitioner.

"Pat started her vocation as a doctor of medicine, qualifying at the University of London in 1959.

"After her graduation, she spent two years with the British Army in Libya as medical doctor to the army families."

Dr Harrison migrated to Australia with her husband, John, also a doctor, and her two older children in 1966 and settled in Umina.

"She then had a lifetime of working in general practice, specialising in women's health.

"Her family grew to three daughters and one son and eight grandchildren."

Ms Farquhar said: "Alongside her medical career, Pat undertook many business and public life commitments."

She was a member of the Business and Professional Women's organisation and served as its international president from 1999 to 2002.

Regionally, she was chair of The Sun media group that published two local newspapers and specialised publications in the City of Gosford.

"She was elected to the council for eight years (1983- 1991) and served as mayor for four of those years.

"She was the one the founding board for Central Coast Grammar school and was on the foundation committee for the Gosford Women's Health Centre.

"Pat also chaired the Magill Language College in Gosford, which taught English to overseas students, and served on the Board of NSW Economic Development Corporation."

She received an Order of Australia medal in 1992 for services to local government and women's affairs.

In 2000, the University of Newcastle granted her an honorary doctorate, in establishing its satellite campus at Ourimbah.

"Patricia will be dearly missed by her extended family and her many friends," said Ms Farquhar.

A celebration of Pat's life will be held at Greenway Chapel, Green Point, at 10am on Friday, November 18.





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