Bugle Bulletin: Remembrance Day, vandals strike again and surfing history

This week's Bugle Bulletin brings you the best of the week’s local stories.

We lead off with the local reflections for Remembrance Day.
At Kiama’s Memorial Arch in Hindmarsh Park on Terralong Street, the strongest crowd in recent years of more than 100 people gathered to listen and reflect on the lived experiences shared during the service.

More than 100 community members gathered at the Memorial Headland Flag Pole for the Gerringong RSL Sub-Branch’s Remembrance Day ceremony. Remembrance Day services were also held at Albion Park RSL Club, the Wollongong Cenotaph and the Sussex Inlet RSL War Memorial.

We also report on the drama at Peace Park where vandals have struck again, destroying rose bushes, leaving the Illawarra Rose Society questioning their next steps and urging for council action.

The Gerringong Rural Fire Service has welcomed a new pumper truck to the fleet.

And in sport, history was made at Jones Beach over the weekend, with young surfer Alice Hodgson becoming the first female ever to win the annual Jones Beach Boardriders Robbo’s Round.

The Illawarra Hawks are back in business, stringing together back-to-back wins for the first time this NBL season. After a 107–93 win over previously unbeaten Melbourne United, the Hawks backed it up just two nights later with a 107–90 victory over Cairns.

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