Power shock for hotelier
The world’s highest electricity prices have come to the doorstep of a Port Pirie hotel.Portside Tavern is among many businesses around the Mid North...
Drink driver reported following crash
A man has been reported for drink driving following a crash at Port Pirie last night.Just before midnight on Thursday July 6, police were...
Couple etched in Pirie history
History buff Julie van de Water remembers Anzac Day, 1974, like no other date. Her father Norm Doyle died during the ex-servicemen’s march in Port...
‘Biggest crowd’ so far at sport hub tour
The evolving construction site at Memorial Oval hosted its biggest “crowd” so far when about 60 people toured the sport hub on Tuesday.In fading...
‘I’ll sea you in court’
Port Pirie’s rescue boat, the Sea Angel, is embroiled in a legal dispute over its seaworthiness.The boat and its trailer, belonging to the local...
The ‘Beeman’s’ legacy
As bees migrate across Nelshaby each morning in soft morning light, the memory of Graham Clarence Lines is carried into a new day.The 66-year-old...
Nosey Parker: From the 1974 archives
Morrie Rafanelli opens a spray painting business on Wanderah Road.Golden North celebrate 50 years in South Australia. It has markets in Alice Springs and...
Phew! It’s the land of ‘bugs’
David Johnston is on a mission on a “lunar landscape” occupied by millions of “bugs”.As the only worker at the Port Pirie Wastewater Treatment...
Outspoken Dino sparks debate
Port Pirie Regional Council will review its media strategy after recent publicity in The Recorder about the future of its chief executive officer.While the...
Council looks at London inferno
Civic leaders’ legal obligations in the event of a major fire were discussed at the latest council meeting.Cr Dino Gadaleta raised the issue in...