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Council boss search reopens

By NIKKI TODD TWEED Shire Council will not have a new general manager for at least several months after it was agreed to readvertise the...

Once upon a festival

By TANIA PHILLIPS ONCE upon a time in Murwillumbah there was a banana festival. Yes it’s that time of year again - the 58th annual Tweed...

Pedestrian death probe continues

INVESTIGATIONS are continuing after a man was hit by a car at Banora Point on Monday night. Just after 6pm, an 84-year-old Banora Point man...

Meeting the challenge

A seminar looking at service provision to Indigenous Australian’s will be held at the Gold Coast campus of Southern Cross University this evening from...

Koalas on the map

PORT Macquarie-Hastings Council will seek public comment on Koala Habitat and Vegetation Mapping Datasets before they are considered for formal endorsement. The datasets, once endorsed,...

Ole for the day

SOMBREROS and ponchos replaced uniforms at Port Macquarie High School last week. The student representative council held a Mexican Day for students and staff to...

Flight of fancy

FROM horses to horsepower, helicopters to horticulture, there is something for everyone at this year’s Comboyne Village Fair. The entire village is organised to welcome...

Farmer to speak out

AWARD-winning author Nicole Alexander will speak at the Port Macquarie Library next month, talking about her writing and how her life on the land...

MP’s speech has legs

LAURIETON’S King of the Mountain fun run has been recognised in NSW Parliament. Member for Port Macquarie Leslie Williams used a speech in parliament to...

Boost for Bravehearts

HASTINGS businesses and community organisations have been congratulated for putting their hands in their pockets to support Bravehearts. Port Macquarie MP and Bravehearts advocate Leslie...

Test this gym out

FITNESS fans will have the opportunity to put Port Macquarie’s new outdoor gym to the test over the next few weeks. Port Macquarie-Hastings Council recently...

Tops in tourism

By MATT NICHOLLS TOURISM operators and organisations from Port Macquarie and the region enjoyed considerable success at the 2013 North Coast Tourism Awards in Ballina,...