In brief
ELEVEN Port Macquarie-Hastings residents will become Australian citizens this afternoon in a formal ceremony conducted by Port Macquarie-Hastings Council.
Mayor Peter Besseling will present the new citizens with their certificates at 3pm in the council’s Burrawan Street chambers.
Candidates are from various countries including Belarus, Poland, the United Kingdom, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, the US and India.
Fire station
WORK on a new fire station in Port Macquarie will commence later this month.
Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams said the new fire station would provide firefighters with state-of-the-art facilities worthy of a modern fire service.
The new station will accommodate three fire engines as well as a hazardous materials van, boat and trailer and incorporate facilities for firefighters to refill breathing cylinders.
It will also provide office space for the zone management team.
Being located within the emergency services precinct will also improve the co-ordination and co-operation between the emergency service agencies.
Time to bake
IT’S time to start revising those recipes and digging for those piping bags, with the biggest bake off in the southern hemisphere just weeks away.
The RSPCA is calling on everyone with an oven around Australia to take to their kitchens and host a Cupcake Day Party at home or at work to raise vital funds for the RSPCA on Monday 18 August.
Getting involved is easy, visit rspcacupcakeday.org.au and register.
Bridge works
THE Stingray Creek Bridge project – a jointly funded venture between Port Macquarie-Hastings Council and the NSW State Government – is progressing with careful design considerations critical to the project’s success.
The council’s director Infrastructure and Asset Management Jeffery Sharp said the tender process can now commence ahead of the detailed design finalisation.
Heritage on trail
A HERITAGE and tourist trail through the greater district of Herons Creek was launched on Saturday.
The self-drive trail has been funded by the Australian Government’s Your Community Heritage Program and local businesses and families connected to the area.
Japanese visitors
PORT Macquarie-Hastings Council is set to welcome a delegation of students and teachers from its Japanese sister city.
Twelve students and three teachers from the Handa Higashi Senior High School will be arriving in Port Macquarie tomorrow and will remain until Wednesday 30 July.
They will be billeted during their stay by families from St Columba Anglican School.
