Households come clean
SATURDAY’S chemical clean-out has been declared a success with more than 200 people taking the opportunity to dispose of unwanted chemicals from in and...
Students raise the ribbon
TWO TAFE Community Services students are helping organise the annual White Ribbon Coastal Walk as part of their course work.
Marette Smith and Emma Bull...
Skills to make meals count
GO4FUN participants took their new skills to the supermarket shelves earlier this week as part of a free, healthy lifestyle program for 7-13 year...
P-plater in a jam
POLICE have warned motorists to wear appropriate footwear when driving after a stuck thong caused a major two-vehicle crash in Port Macquarie on the...
Down to the wire
HASTINGS District Ladies Tennis Association Division 1B finals were played on Thursday. Team Yates 26 defeated Team O’Neale 22 in a fascinating match that...
All fired up
By CAROLINE STRAINIG
LOCAL professional firefighters have thrown down the gauntlet to other brigades competing in round three of the NSW Firefighter Championships, which will...
No buts about fire danger
IF you think we’re too smart in Port Macquarie for ‘dumb’ fires, think again.
Last week Chris Harris, of Bay Park Photos adjacent to Panthers,...
Old favourites hard to find
NEXT time you go down to your local supermarket, don’t be surprised if you can’t find one of your favourite brands of food.
It seems...
Heart-felt thanks
PORT Macquarie woman Diane Irving, who survived a potentially fatal swimming accident at Town Beach earlier this year, has finally had a chance to...
Memorial set in stone
THE war memorial and flagpoles on Town Green in Port Macquarie will not be relocated - despite rumours to the contrary.
Earlier this week, mayor...
Rain, rain, come again
HEAVY rain earlier this week has done little to ease the region’s water situation or change the need for Port Macquarie-Hastings Council to consider...
Firies up for prickly challenge
WHEN it comes to taking on a challenge, the guys at the Lake Cathie Rural Fire Service are never backwards in coming forwards.
This...
