Mum, daughter under clippers for a cause
A mother and daughter in Port Macquarie are braving it all and going under the clippers for this year’s World’s Greatest Shave.
Bank of Queensland...
Williams promises to keep foreshore a public matter
Westport Park will remain as a public open space if Nationals candidate for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams is elected on March 26.
Ms Williams made...
Focus on goals to better our schools
Principals and their Deputies from the Hastings Valley Community of Schools (HVCS) met recently to co-ordinate a number of strategies designed to involve and...
Are you the lotto winner?
A Port Macquarie Lotto player has scooped more than $320,000 on the weekend.
The lucky winner was among 13 winners in Saturday Lotto’s $4 million...
Touring locals 65km from NZ earthquake
A TAFE tour party found itself on the brink of the Christchurch earthquake tragedy recently.
A group of nine students from across the Mid-North Coast,...
From trenches to Tanna
Cutting through bureaucratic red tape and negotiating with governments in third world countries is all in a day’s work for Port Macquarie resident Ray...
Guide girls gather
Oxley Trefoil Guild members celebrated Thinking Day on February 22, the joint birth dates of Lord and Lady Baden Powell.
The event took place at...
Residents take it all off for a great cause
Brian Riordan (right) will be taking it all off for a good cause.
Brian will be the star of the 2011 World’s Greatest Shave for...
Show true grit and commit to clean up
Residents will be wasting no time getting their hands dirty on Sunday.
The 2011 Clean Up Australia Day is set for March 6, with a...
Six groups get a chance to pocket $20,000
Six local community organ-isations will compete to win a share of $20,000.
Douglas Vale Conservation Group, Hastings Men’s Shed, Port Macquarie Marine Rescue, Mid Coast...
Seven suffer severe burns in camping fire
Seven people were injured, including three from Port Macquarie, after a fire in a camp ground on Saturday.
Emergency services were called to the Point...
Man dies at Shelly Beach
A 53-year-old man from the Wauchope area has died after being dragged from the surf at Shelly Beach.
The man was swimming with his 45-year-old...
