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Guides give a coo-ee
By NATALIE GALLENTI-BREKALO
The Girl Guides are returning to Hobsons Bay and youngsters are being encouraged to give it a go. 118828 Picture: DAMJAN JANEVSKI
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Plaza backdown
THE State Government has been urged to adopt a draft plan of management for the Port Macquarie foreshore to ensure unsuitable development like the...
Holding tight
SALLY Ham and her fellow High Velocity Trick Riders will be one of the star attractions at the Wauchope Show next week. Check out...
Here’s cheers, big ears
THE Easter bunny has been out and about making some early visits around the Hastings, including the Hastings Co- Timbertown supermarket and Wauchope supermarkets....
Hearts open to mum’s plea
THE mother of a severely disabled boy who pleaded for the community’s help on the front page of last week’s Independent said she has...
Eggs-actly her size
EASTER is almost here, and with it all-things chocolate! Sara Daryton, 3, was in seventh heaven when her mother Jade took her shopping for...
Mess message cuts through
THE main highway leading into Port Macquarie has had a tidy up - of the slashing variety.
The weed-infested state of the Oxley Highway roundabouts...
Backing for bale out
MARK Brennan is accustomed to helping people.
He is an Assistant in Nursing at Port Macquarie Base Hospital but lately his support has also...
Two dead in truck blaze
POLICE are investigating a truck crash in which two people were killed south of Port Macquarie last week.
About 3.15am on Thursday, officers attached to...
A yearning for learning
PORT Macquarie MP Leslie Williams has congratulated a local recipient of the NSW Government’s Early Childhood Teaching Scholarships.
Mrs Williams said the scholarships are supporting...
Standing room only
HIGH Velocity Trick Riding is an action-packed adrenalin rush on horseback.
Witness daring stunts performed on galloping horses as riders hang upside down by one...
Top field for Port pro-am
CRAIG Parry heads a strong field for the 2014 Better Homes Pro-Am to be played at Port Macquarie Golf Club in two weeks.
This will...
