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• All Townsville Catholic schools have switched to solar with Vatican ...

  

  Taking action: Thirty-one Catholic schools in Townsville have switched over to solar powered energy proving a saving of $250,000 a year.SOLAR projects powering dozens of Queensland Catholic schools have so impressed Vatican officials that they believe the projects could be duplicated across the globe offering massive power savings, as well as demonstrating the Church’s environmental commitment.All 31 schools in the Diocese of Townsville have now switched to power from solar panels as part of a ..

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• Historic Townsville Commonwealth Hotel on the market

  

  The old Commonwealth Hotel in Townsville is looking for a new owner operator. For $990,000, the historic South Townsville pub comes with a huge beer garden, bistro, front bar and pool and also has 20 rooms for accommodation. Selling agent Adrian Pascoe, of Ray White Commercial Townsville, said the owners and publicans are looking to take things slower. Agent Adrian Pascoe said there’s plenty of potential in the hotel’s beer garden. Photo: Supplied “The owners are retiring, they can’t keep runni..

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• Townsville daily wrap up, Wednesday June 22

  Assault Police – Kirwan: A 32-year-old Kelso man has been arrested overnight in Kirwan after police attended to a disturbance in Churinga Street. Police will alleged that the Kelso man was originally observed on Bamford Lane to be verbally loud but stated to police that he was walking home.  Police have then been called to attend the Churinga Street address where they have again observed the same man again. The 32-year-old was creating a disturbance and as police approached him and attempted to..

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• Mate vs Mate, Takes time out

  

  On the day of day’s where most people in Queensland are just thinking about squashing the Roaches from NSW, two officers that are one eye supporters for their state took time out from the rivalry to spend time with the kids from the Townsville Community learning centre, State Special School. Constable Eve Harvey a filthy one eye cockroach supporter from New South Wales and Constable Rhys Matijasevich a champion Queensland supporter had been at each other all week leading up to toady. The one ..

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