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The team from left: Eleanor McLoughlin; Michael Spurgeon; John Rynne; James Gavin - Credit: Polly Hancock Brendan the Navigator has poured its first pint for punters – and proclaimed “the good times are back”. The new pub at 90 Highgate Hill opened on Thursday evening (April 22) after much anticipation and excitement from the local community. The free house, a fusion of Irish and English influences, says it will focus on live acoustic music, “recognisable, homely food” – and “creating a good night”. In the building once home to the Old Crown, it is being run and restored by ...

Council reviewing toll bridge subsidy scheme after resident complaints We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss Normal text size Advertisement Brisbane City Council will review the fine print of its Go Between Bridge toll credit scheme after residents found even utes and vans being used in a private capacity were being excluded despite the council’s insistence otherwise. The subsidy was rolled out alongside the closure of nearby Victoria Bridge to general traffic in late January as part of the $1.2 billion Brisbane Metro project to help residents...

I have no idea what we can do but I feel so strongly about this I thought I’d email. A few people are spoiling the Heath for the many. To be honest, if it takes a ban on picnics and drinking to stop it then I’d be in support of such draconian measures if people cannot exercise the simple courtesy of taking their rubbish with them or depositing it in one of the many rubbish bins provided. If you have received any other letters on this and/or there is something I can do to help stop this antisocial, selfish behaviour then I’d be glad to know.

Being a midyear used to be awesome I was a London midyear. That means that, rather than coming to Brandeis in fall 2017, I was selected to make an unheard-of choice: sit around and do nothing for a season or take my abroad semester immediately. My other option was to go to Australia or something with Northeastern anyway, so going to London for Brandeis didn’t seem like such an insane idea at the time. I have never been more grateful to make a rash decision in my life. My experience as a midyear was foundational to my life at Brandeis, and it grieves me to no end that today’s midyears are ...

Council isn’t budging on bridge credit after residents hit ‘brick walls’ We’re sorry, this service is currently unavailable. Please try again later. Dismiss 11.40am Normal text size Advertisement Brisbane City Council has no plans to change eligibility requirements for its Go Between Bridge toll credit scheme despite fewer than 1000 residents being granted the subsidy and others hitting unexpected impasses while trying. Most of the 9000 vehicles that had used the nearby Victoria Bridge daily have re-routed to the William Jolly Bridge, with patronage on the Go Between remai...