Bag a book bargain
THE Rotary Club of Port Macquarie’s annual Giant Book Sale this year has over 40,000 books to choose from.
Last year, the Rotary Book Sale...
Heart of community
IN RECENT years, Betty Allman has dedicated herself to the Hastings Cancer Trust, raising about $1 million for the local organisation.
Betty was just one...
Students enjoy tribal beats
PORT Macquarie High School Year 7 and 8 students, along with senior music students, enjoyed a mini-concert from Aboriginal musican Tjupurru recently.
Specialising in in...
Community cashes in
NSW Treasurer Mike Baird and local MP Leslie Williams with Neil Black (centre). Neil is from the Rotary Club of Port Macquarie Sunrise who...
Step ahead for Ironman
PORT Macquarie Podiatrist and Australian Podiatry Association (NSW and ACT) member, Debbie Marks, will re-join the medical team for this year’s gruelling Port Macquarie...
Free e-waste dumping
COMPUTERBANK New England is now taking unwanted televisions and monitors for free, in Armidale and Uralla.
Electronic waste (e-waste) is a snowballing issue. The financial...
Back on track for schooling
THE BackTrack complex in Armidale now includes a two day a week classroom where 13 boys are catching up on the school work they...
No place like a hollow
THERE’S no place like home. But if you were one of 46 native Australian mammals, 81 birds, 31 reptiles or 16 frog species then...
Injection phobia study
RESEARCHERS at the University of New England are recruiting individuals suffering from blood injection injury phobia to participate in a new study about the...
Series explores mental health
A SIX-WEEK radio series ‘Bush Remedies’, exploring mental health in rural areas, commenced last week on the radio station ABC New England North West,...
Thunder run
By GARY FRY
PLANS are already well underway for the 2013 Uralla Thunderbolt Festival, to be held in October.
In a blow for Uralla, the ‘Harleys...
Odd socks raise cash
THE annual Donate4Kate Odd Socks fund-raiser week is back during 3-10 May, hoping to raise more money than last year in memory of local...
