December 7, 2025
Historic Timbertown in Wauchope up for sale after nearly 50 years A collection of past photos of visitors to Timbertown. Photo: Facebook
Community

Historic Timbertown in Wauchope up for sale after nearly 50 years

Jaida from Forster assisting train driver David Waite. Photo: Facebook A collection of past photos of visitors to Timbertown. Photo: Facebook A collection of past photos of visitors to Timbertown. Photo: Facebook A collection of past photos of visitors to Timbertown. Photo: Facebook A collection of past photos of visitors to Timbertown. Photo: Facebook FOR […]

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Scarlett Women of the Camden Haven celebrate 20 years Kay Eccleston and Barbara Pole.
Community

Scarlett Women of the Camden Haven celebrate 20 years

Kay Eccleston and Barbara Pole. The Scarlett Women of the Camden Haven. THE Red Hat Society – Scarlett Women of the Camden Haven celebrated a special two-decade milestone on Monday, 20 October. The date marked 20 years since female golfers at Laurieton United Services Club decided to form a social women’s group, after Barbara Pole […]

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Infrastructure ‘key’ offers to unlock regional housing Planning Minister Paul Scully says the NSW government is supporting housing growth in the regions. Photo: Bianca De Marchi/AAP PHOTOS.
Regional

Infrastructure ‘key’ offers to unlock regional housing

SOME regional Australians may get a reprieve from the housing crisis as councils are offered interest relief to build more drains, roads, and other infrastructure. Though many parts of regional Australia have ample residential land, it often isn’t ready for development due to a lack of funding and planning for critical infrastructure, a 2024 national […]

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Old fire practices rekindled as Aboriginal communities collaborate with Forestry Corporation The training has provided accredited firefighting qualifications to members of the Port Macquarie-Hastings Aboriginal community. Photo: supplied.
Local News

Old fire practices rekindled as Aboriginal communities collaborate with Forestry Corporation

The training has provided accredited firefighting qualifications to members of the Port Macquarie-Hastings Aboriginal community. Photo: supplied. ABORIGINAL communities across the NSW North Coast are working with Forestry Corporation of NSW to integrate cultural burning into government bushfire management frameworks. These local partnerships, under the Federal Government-funded Fire, Country and People program, aim to strengthen […]

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Cowarra Dam milestone highlights need for expansion Mayor Adam Roberts with council staff and guests at the Cowarra Off-Creek Storage Dam. Photos: PMHC.
Government

Cowarra Dam milestone highlights need for expansion

Mayor Adam Roberts with council staff and guests at the Cowarra Off-Creek Storage Dam. Photos: PMHC. PORT Macquarie-Hastings Council is celebrating two decades since the opening of Cowarra Dam – a critical source of the region’s water supply. Council staff and guests gathered at the site in the Cowarra State Forest earlier this week to […]

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New online tool to support farmers prepare for and recover from natural disasters The platform brings together functions that previously existed in a suite of existing tools such as the Drought and Supplementary Calculator, DroughtPack, Feed Cost Calculator and Drought Feed Calculator.
Regional

New online tool to support farmers prepare for and recover from natural disasters

A NEW online tool is available to help NSW farmers better prepare for, respond to and recover from natural disasters including fire, flood, and drought. The platform, called myStockPlanner, enables farmers to provide details of their farm, risks and resources to access tailored response options to consider and implement with their feed and livestock. Federal […]

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Camden Haven High School in good hands with new student leaders
Community, School

Camden Haven High School in good hands with new student leaders

Grace Donovan, Kurt Northover, Hayley Smith and Claire Whitelaw. Sharon Westman (relieving Principal), Hayley Smith (captain), Shayne Vonbun (Deputy Year 12 advisor), Claire Whitelaw (Vice Captain), Deb Gilbert (relieving Principal), Grace Donovan (Vice Captain), Brent Wilkinson (Year 12 advisor), Kurt Northover (captain). CAMDEN Haven High School appears to be in good hands, with the 2026 […]

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