Nelson Bay optometrist Ian Brigden retires after 45 years - News Of The Area

Nelson Bay optometrist Ian Brigden retires after 45 years - News Of The Area

Mel Berrigan with Ian Brigden. IAN Brigden moved to Nelson Bay from Sydney in 1980 after purchasing an optical business that was initially operating part time. He soon amassed an impressive customer base across the Tomaree Peninsula. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au Once it became full-time, Ian’s practice evolved into an optometry…

Charlotte Lesser retires after 45 years leading Neighborhood Watch

On the last day of February in 1980, Charlotte Lesser saw a newspaper headline that grabbed her attention. “A Streak of Stealing That Just Won’t Stop,” the Daily Breeze headline read, atop a story about 111 burglaries that had occurred within Manhattan Beach in the previous month.  Neither the news of the crimes themselves nor the part that said “just won’t stop” settled well with Lesser. She is not given to apathy, and so Lesser had an immediat…