Kelly, a support worker with Mission Australia, and David, from Carer Gateway, at The Glasshouse event. Photo: Pauline Cain. Clarissa Hawkins, left, and carer Carole Hawkins. NATIONAL Carers Week is a time to recognise, celebrate and raise awareness of the more than three million Australians who provide unpaid care to a family member or friend. […]
Hastings Secondary College principal Meaghan Cook with HSC students Lachlan Browne and Cameron Carson, and Year 12 Advisor Rory Willaton. Photo: Pauline Cain.
YEAR 12 students across NSW began their Higher School Certificate written examinations this week. Hastings Secondary College students from Port Macquarie campus are sitting their exams at the Salvation Army Hall in Lord Street. After the first English paper, student leaders Lachlan Browne (vice captain) and Cameron Carson (Towns house captain) were quietly confident about […]
Ashley Love addresses the protesters.
Ashley Love addresses the protesters. Protesters had a clear message. Photo: Brian Mahoney. MORE than 60 people from the NSW Mid North Coast protested simultaneously with actions in Canberra, Sydney, Batemans Bay and Hobart on 8 October, to send a message that there was no social licence for the clear-felling of forests, damage to wildlife […]
Home Lending Specialist Pauline Hoad, Community at 3 Co-Chair Theo Hazelgrove, and Laurieton Branch Manager Kristie Kilpatrick.
LOCAL charity Community at 3 has received a $20,000 donation from the Commonwealth Bank Community Grants Program, providing a significant boost to the organisation as it prepares to relocate to a new home. The funding comes as Community at 3 approaches its tenth anniversary and undertakes a series of changes aimed at strengthening its services […]
The Deadly Science team will deliver STEM workshops to First Nations students across NSW. Pictured, from left, are Rachel Peek, Robert Dwyer, Belinda Stewart, Melainie Baker, Corey Tutt and Jessica Tapp. Photo: Supplied.
A $250,000 NSW Government grant will allow Port Macquarie-based Indigenous STEM charity Deadly Science to deliver workshops in 50 regional and remote schools across New South Wales. The workshops will reach students from Kindergarten to Year 9, with a particular focus on Years 4 to 9. They will begin in 16 regional schools during Term […]
Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer with Moorland School Principal Lyn Schneider. Photo: Supplied.
THE new Moorland Public Preschool has opened its doors, providing local children with greater access to quality early childhood education and giving families more opportunities to prepare their children for a successful start to school. Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer said the new preschool would be a valuable addition to the Moorland community, supporting local […]
Transgrid's bushfire prevention helicopter patrols. Photo: Supplied.
WITH much of Australia bracing for heightened bushfire danger this summer and authorities calling for early preparations for the season ahead, Transgrid has completed its bushfire prevention throughout NSW. Transgrid’s transmission network spans 12,200km and its prevention work included extensive surveys, inspections and preventative maintenance. About half of Transgrid’s annual maintenance expenditure is directed to […]
APPLICATIONS opened this week for a new scholarship program from St Agnes’ Catholic Parish, designed to help local students pursue careers in nursing and early childhood education. ‘Parish Pathways’ will provide eligible students with up to $12,000 over the duration of their degree to help with tuition fees and other study-related expenses. The program is […]
The Mark Hughes Foundation is a past recipient of a Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation grant. Photo: MHF.
CHARITIES and not-for-profit organisations in regional NSW with inspiring ideas are encouraged to apply for financial assistance through a grant from the Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation (NPCF). This year the NPCF’s annual grassroots grants program has more than $540,000 available to support the health and social wellbeing of communities in regional NSW. The program offers […]
Members of the Djarii Markets Working Group, from left: Alunya Wilkinson, Keri Harris, Rebecca Cant, Kate Everingham, Jane Hosking and Elise Wynyard. Photo: Supplied.
FIRST Nations artists, makers and producers will take centre stage at the inaugural Djarii Markets in Taree on Saturday, 10 October. Presented by Reconciliation Taree and Manning Regional Art Gallery, the event will celebrate Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander creativity, entrepreneurship and cultural strength. Reconciliation Taree secretary Kate Everingham said the markets were inspired by […]
