TERRA Sancta College teacher Layla Aziz was recognised with a staff recognition award last week for innovation in learning and teaching. The award is presented to one teacher in the Parramatta diocese each year. Principal Phil Smith said the Catholic Education executive director, Greg Whitby, presented the award to Ms Aziz for developing a program [...]
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THE kingfish bite is hotting up, with a couple of lucky anglers snaring some over the 80cm bite in the Parramatta River on lures and baits intended for flathead and bream. This is rare, and bodes well. Matt T, of Parramatta, was also fortunate enough to land a 75cm jewfish on his lunch break from [...]
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A 30-year-old man will face Parramatta Local Court today charged with importing heroin into Australia that had been concealed within mahjong tiles and dominoes. Customs officials stopped the Ashcroft resident for questioning when he arrived at Sydney International Airport on a flight from Vietnam yesterday. A search of his luggage allegedly uncovered four medium-sized black [...]
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HERE are just three of the 750 things I swore I’d never do when I became a parent. 1. Give in to repeated requests for finger buns or plastic spider people in supermarkets (sorry, but there’s a limit to the number of Iwantatreats I can take before something inside me breaks). 2. Use the TV [...]
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PARRAMATTA ferry-lovers can circle this date in their diaries: on Monday, November 23, at 7am, the first peak-hour ferry service will depart Parramatta Wharf for Circular Quay. Nearly six months after a commuter service to Parramatta was first flagged in the State Budget, Labor will deliver on its promise when Transport Minister David Campbell announces [...]
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