Tag: news
Insiders’ views on the magic of mums
WHAT does Mother’s Day mean to young people and do they stop to reflect on what their mothers have done and continue to do...
Jobs in the works
ONGOING improvements to the Pacific Highway are set to create thousands of jobs on the Mid North Coast over the next five years delivering...
Merger a time for change of plans
THE merger of the NSW departments of environment and planning presents an opportunity to put the environment and local communities at the heart of...
Almost the real deal
PARAMEDIC students at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Port Macquarie will receive the most realistic training possible with the arrival of a simulator ambulance...
Surviving the pace of change
CHARLES Sturt University (CSU) in Port Macquarie will host a free public lecture by Professor Clive Hamilton on Wednesday 14 May.
Professor Hamilton holds the...
Plan to promote more pedal power
THE Port Macquarie-Hastings Draft Bike Plan 2014 is now available for public comment, until 19 May.
The aim of the plan is to increase safe...
Good sports get a move on
PORT Macquarie Memory Walk and Jog has undergone a makeover - and Alzheimer’s Australia NSW is calling on you to get your entry in...
Club meets as things get nippy
THE Wauchope Bonsai Group’s next meeting is on Saturday 10 May, commencing at 10am and going until 3pm.
The group meets in the Community...
Consultation’s just the trick
YOUNG people from the Wauchope area have had a major say on the layout of the town’s proposed new skate park.
The Port Macquarie-Hastings Council...
Bakeries say thanks a million
PORT Macquarie bakers have been busy helping raise funds for the Breast Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) in this year’s Pink Bun Campaign.
The annual fund-raising...
New faces on the beat
By MATT NICHOLLS
LONG gone are the days when men and women head straight to the police academy from high school.
To be admitted into the...
Flasher in court
In brief
AN ARMIDALE man facing obscene exposure charges faced court for the first time on Monday.
John Daniel Munro, 18, pleaded not guilty wilful and...