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Lucindale Station reopens 3 hours a week

Jan 16, 2024 | Article, This Week's Issue | 0 comments


By Chris Oldfield
FOR three hours per week, on Monday afternoons, the Lucindale community will have access to “partial front station services” at their local police station. Two months ago on November 16, Lucindale’s police officer Brevet Sergeant Jason Doig attended a call out to a property at Senior, north of Bordertown 120 kms away, and never returned home.
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