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Surge in whooping cough in Illawarra
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Chloe Phillips is only two months old but has already spent a significant part of her life in a hospital bed gasping for breath.
Wollongong shoppers welcome grocery unit pricing
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Large supermarkets will be required to display and advertise the unit price of all packaged grocery items by the end of this year.
Horse events back at Albion Park Show
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Every horse-crazy little girl dreams of venturing out of the paddock and into the show ring.
Local businesses endorse Dapto plan
Magnet Mart Albion Park to close
Business chamber chief 'will be sorely missed'
Maddison relaxing after New Year's Eve stunt
Plans to remove Wollongong beach pay phones
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SLIDESHOW:
2008 - The Year in Review
31/12/2008 |
A selection of Mercury front pages from 2008 displaying the top news stories of the year.
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Image of the Illawarra 2009 Calendar
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The 2008 Santa Claus Pub Crawl
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Great expectations don't bother Darius
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Star St George Illawarra recruit Darius Boyd certainly isn't feeling any sense of expectation to be the next Mark Gasnier.
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New Dragons arrivals jump right ...
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Boyd keen to put 2008 behind him
Now or never, exhorts Cooks
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Wollongong coach Eric Cooks believes the NBL play-offs could be as little as four wins away for his Hawks but he cautioned "they have to be the right four games".
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Hawks gear up for huge week
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Stunning Hawks fly way over ...
Sterjovski's pass beats the best
Boyd keen to put 2008 behind him
Olympic champ sails into lead
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Highlands fire fight 'far from over'
Cooler, damp weather has significantly slowed a fire burning out of control in Morton National ...
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Pension demand surges 50%
Rates fall but nobody's listening
Atheist message misses local bus
Coalition will leave abortion law alone
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Stole in one: golf buggy heist charges
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