Tag: news
Heritage track on course
THERE’s now another walking-cum-bike track to help residents and visitors alike make the most of the great outdoors.
Stage one of the Googik Heritage Track...
Hit and run
By CAROLINE STRAINIG
A LOCAL self-defence instructor says he has been inundated with inquiries from worried women since a woman was assaulted at Lighthouse and...
Hit by truck
A MAN was hit by a truck at Bonny Hills just after 8am yesterday.
The man, believed to be from Bonny Hills, was crossing Ocean...
The kindest cut
THE Port Macquarie branch of the RSPCA has weighed in to promote National Desexing Month locally.
The RSPCA has decided to pay for 75 dogs...
Retune in
SOME free-to-air digital TV channels in the Northern NSW Coast changed frequencies yesterday (Wednesday).
The retune affected viewers along the northern NSW coast who receive...
Appeal for winter appeal after harsh budget
THE St Vincent de Paul Society is asking Hastings residents to dig deep to help to meet its$1.6 million target for its Winter Appeal.
Between...
Carbon tax repeal slammed
REPEALING the carbon price is an act of policy vandalism, according to Mid North Coast climate action group Climate Change Australia (CCA).
The group says...
School works
In brief
FOUR local schools have received funding for major capital works in the State Budget.
The works are scheduled to commence within the 2014/15 financial...
Birds of prey
Local photographer David Fitzpatrick got more than he bargained for when he went out out to shoot some whale pics off the coast of...
New chief secures role
PORT Macquarie-Hastings Council has a new general manager - but he’s far from new to the role.
The council resolved last week to appoint current...
Carpark report highlights concerns
PORT Macquarie-Hastings Council has fired another shot in the debate over the future of the Plaza carpark site on Port Macquarie's foreshore.
The council has...
Stand up for cancer battle
A MAN on a mission passed through Port Macquarie earlier this week.
Andy Owen stopped off on Tuesday afternoon on his way past during a...
