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Author has Kelly covered

LOCAL author Kerry Medway’s new book 'Is Ned Kelly in Heaven’ was launched at the Port Macquarie-Hastings Library on Saturday, with 35 people attending. Mayor...

Christmas meets sandy shores

HELP is needed to ensure that one of the most important events on the local Christian calendar goes ahead. From humble beginnings eight years ago...

Rewards for effort

STUDENTS from Year 11 at Port Macquarie High School assembled to receive their portfolios and reports to mark the end of their preliminary course...

Clash of tennis titans

TEAM Yates will play Team O’Neale in the final of the Hastings District Ladies Tennis Association competition today at Westport courts. In the semi-final matches...

Call up for willing crews

THE search is on again for the best corporate outrigger crew in the Hastings, with only 10 days remaining for paddling hopefuls to stake...

Richness in our people

VOLUNTEERS have been recognised for their work in the Mid North Coast Volunteer of the Year awards held at Panthers Port Macquarie. Ann Woodbury and...

Tackle diabetes head on

TODAY is World Diabetes Day, a time to reflect on a disease that is attacking more and more Australians. For the secretary of the Hastings...

Robbery charges

A MAN has been charged over the alleged attempted armed robbery of a bank at Laurieton last week. Police allege that about 12.20pm on Thursday...

Test with a twist

TAFE students enrolled in the Diploma of Hospitality are preparing for yet another assessment tonight - this time with a twist. This evening, they...

Forum’s focus on helpers

THE Port Macquarie Volunteer Centre hosted the first Mid North Coast Volunteering Forum earlier this month at Panthers. “We aimed to bring together knowledge and...

A question of power

PORT Macquarie MP Leslie Williams has welcomed Premier Barry O’Farrell’s dismissal in NSW Parliament of concerns the electricity poles-and-wires network will be sold off,...

Thin blue line

THE Police Association of NSW is agitating for the State Government to address what it says are critical staff shortages across the northern region...