Brittani Michelle speaking at the International Women's Day breakfast at LUSC.
Brittani Michelle speaking at the International Women’s Day breakfast at LUSC. Guest speaker Brittani Michelle and organiser Jenny Peters. INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day 2026 was marked in the Camden Haven at an early morning breakfast at Laurieton United Services Club. Organised by Jenny Peters from the Rotary Club of Laurieton with entertainment from a local ukulele […]
Rotary Club of Laurieton President Graham Blackett and Member for Port Macquarie Rob Dwyer.
MEMBER for Port Macquarie Rob Dwyer reflected on his first 12 months in parliament during a speech to the Rotary Club of Laurieton on Monday night, 9 March. The Rotarian and former Secretary Manager of Laurieton United Services Club, recalled starting work at the club at age 23, never anticipating that he would spend 34 […]
Jesse Webber, Oxley’s Local Woman of the Year, with MP Michael Kemp. Photo: supplied.
WAUCHOPE business leader and community advocate Jesse Webber has been recognised on the state stage as Oxley’s Local Woman of the Year for 2026. The award is for her volunteer fundraising efforts and outstanding leadership across multiple business ventures in the Hastings Valley. From her earliest days completing a business course through the Wauchope Chamber […]
Pete Roberts is gearing up for Laps for Life at the Kendall Community Pool on 22 March.
KENDALL teacher Pete Roberts has seen the very real effects of the mental health challenges faced by the youth of today, with a young Australian lost to suicide every day. For the last four years, Mr Roberts has been part of “Laps for Life”, a fundraising initiative of ReachOut, an online mental health service established […]
One of the waste bins for fishing tackle. A brush turkey wrapped in fishing line. WITH its vast array of rivers, lakes, and ocean foreshores, the Mid North Coast region is a magnet for those who love fishing; but there is a dark side to this which often goes unseen. Nylon fishing lines take 100 […]
By Rachael THORPE
By Rachael THORPE By Rachael THORPE IN 2021 physiotherapist Bec Dalzell contacted Port Macquarie Hastings Council with the idea of getting mobi matting onto beaches on the Mid North Coast. The specially designed matting provides a flat surface to enable people using wheelchairs or scooters to access the beach. On Friday she saw her dream […]
Member for Port Macquarie Robert Dwyer on the Oxley Highway near Wrights Road. Photo: supplied.
ONLY 60 people have officially complained about the lack of progress on the Oxley Highway bottleneck in Port Macquarie. That’s according to MP Robert Dwyer, who is reminding residents to leave feedback via the Transport for NSW “Have Your Say” portal. “As always, it’s the squeaky wheel that drives much needed change,” he said in […]
AS a retired tradesperson and lifelong fisherman, Rod Jordan is confident in his hands-on skills, but computers have never played a significant role in his life. Consequently, when he and his wife Leonie relocated to Camden Haven from Victoria last year and commenced transitioning licences and memberships to New South Wales, he found himself unprepared […]
On Tuesday night, 3 March, the Moon will begin to change.
ON a warm late summer evening, with cicadas humming and the day’s heat still in the air, something remarkable will unfold above Australia. On Tuesday night, 3 March, the Moon will begin to change. Slowly. Quietly. And then it will turn red. This will be a total lunar eclipse – a blood moon. For just […]
Some of Mid North Coast Karate black belts: Sempai Isla Wilkinson, Sempai Jackson Smith, Sempai Troy Phillipson-Nichols, Sempai Anick Beaumont, Sempai Jade Hilton, Sempai Eric Millgate, Sempai Patrick Fisher, Sempai Kellie Eggins, Sempai Phil Vercoe, Sempai Indi Cook, Sempai Isaac Salmon, Sempai Sean Butcher with Instructors Sensei Shaun Budai and Sensei Anissa Hilton.
Some of Mid North Coast Karate black belts: Sempai Isla Wilkinson, Sempai Jackson Smith, Sempai Troy Phillipson-Nichols, Sempai Anick Beaumont, Sempai Jade Hilton, Sempai Eric Millgate, Sempai Patrick Fisher, Sempai Kellie Eggins, Sempai Phil Vercoe, Sempai Indi Cook, Sempai Isaac Salmon, Sempai Sean Butcher with Instructors Sensei Shaun Budai and Sensei Anissa Hilton. A newspaper […]
