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In the Bosiny Surfboards shaping bay near Arrafina, Portugal, shaper Alex Knight is creating high-performance wooden surfboards that might just become a trend.
Therese Ann Gaylord, age 79, of Mesick, passed peacefully on the morning of Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at home, looking out over the snow-covered property before a glorious sunrise.
Ben Marcus is a natural born writer who worked at Surfer Magazine as an editor for 10 years, and now has 15 published books with his name on them - well most of them, anyway. Born in San Francisco in 1960, Ben lived in the Santa Clara Valley until he moved to Santa Cruz with his mother Sue and younger brother Michael in 1970. Ben was a "Valley" trying to fit in with the cool kids during a time when Santa Cruz was a smaller, quieter, inexpensive hippie beach town. While walking home from Del Mar Middle School, down the hill toward Twin Lakes Beach, Ben saw a wave break at Middle Peak ...
It's the end of the road for this temporary pathway along Park Rd. This pathway was constructed in 2018 while the major boardwalk upgrade to the national park was taking place. Councillors were told by staff that the pathway would cost $103,000 to bring up to safety standards and the cost of removal was $130,000. Removal costs will be covered as part a budget review or other project savings. Residential care facility Noosa Hill’s scenic Viewland Dr will now be home to a new Youngcare high-needs residential care facility despite local concerns about the impact of the facility on traffic...
Cr Stewart, who has never held previous public office, narrowly deposed incumbent Tony Wellington for the top job, largely on her "new broom" approach and a promise to listen and respond more to community and business needs. Not a woman in sight – the first Noosa Shire Council in 1910 was as 'blokey' as they come. This was after the Wellington Council had become "tainted" with the jailing of long-serving councillor Frank Pardon and the public outrage that erupted around former councillor Jess Glasgow's behaviour on TV reality show The Bachelorette. Mr Pardon, who has since lost his app...