LICENSED venues across the Mid North Coast Police District have joined forces to bar troublesome patrons from every licenced venue across the region under an expanded multi-venue barring policy. The unified initiative sees the Nambucca, Hastings, and Macleay Liquor Accords working in direct partnership to ensure troublemakers barred in one town can no longer simply […]
Small moments, Big impact will be a celebration of everyday moments in aged care. Photo: magnific
IT’S time for aged care workers around the country to strike a pose, because Ageing Australia is looking to showcase photographs of the best in the sector. So many people contribute in positive and amazing ways to the care of older Australians, and Ageing Australia is holding a Humans of Aged Care photo competition to […]
SCREEN time in all NSW public schools will be capped from the beginning of Term 1, 2027, as the NSW Government takes action to help curb excessive screen use, improve students’ attention, and lift educational outcomes. Public schools will limit Kindergarten to Year 2 students to 15 minutes a day on laptops, tablets or desktop […]
THE Mid North Coast has recorded another positive test result for the deadly H5 bird flu virus in one of five new detections announced today across NSW. Locally, positive test results were all returned from samples of terns and included birds at Bonny Hills, in the Camden Haven; Boomerang Beach, on the Mid North Coast; […]
AS a child growing up in New Zealand I was an avid reader and dreamed of being a writer, but I lacked confidence. At university I earned a degree in languages and history before becoming a mum of three. With no clear career path I ended up working in construction administration, which I still do […]
Camden Haven Anglican Church. Photo: Supplied by Camden Haven Anglican Church.
FOR the past 25 years, Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church has been a fixture in Lakewood and the wider Camden Haven community. The church was officially opened on 9 September 2001 by the Bishop of Newcastle and well-known local resident Nancy Dykes. Rector, the Reverend Geoff Piggott, led the community from 1996-2010 and oversaw the […]
IF ever there was news that illustrated how catastrophic experts viewed a developing situation, the Australian Government’s decision to withdraw expeditioners from Macquarie Island research station must near top of the list. The Australian Government’s Antarctic Division has made the difficult decision to temporarily withdraw staff from Macquarie Island research station due to the psychosocial […]
The Dunbogan Boatshed & Marina
THE ongoing cost of living crisis is not only affecting household budgets. Small businesses are also facing difficult decisions as operating expenses continue to rise. Dunbogan Boatshed and Marina proprietors Kristy and Malcolm Bell are now paying more than $15,000 each year to have the property’s septic system emptied. The increase follows a change to […]
LAKEWOOD resident Lyn Castle is a self-taught contemporary textile artist known for her intricate mixed media fabric collages and fibre sculptures. In her early years, Mrs Castle was a florist, a passion that began in childhood. “I have just loved flowers since I was very small,” she said “Early on I learnt what all the […]
New plantings at the Port Macquarie restoration site. Photo: Supplied by Landcare.
MORE than 300 koala food and shelter trees have been planted during a community day aimed at creating better habitat for koalas and other native wildlife. Hastings Landcare joined The Nature School; National Parks and Wildlife Service; Koala Conservation Australia; the NSW Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water; and community volunteers to […]
