Original members and committee celebrate 20 years of U3A. Photo: Pauline Cain. The original IT team of Nick Ogbourne and Michael Matthews. Photo: Pauline Cain. PORT Macquarie Hastings University of the Third Age (U3A) celebrated its 20-year anniversary on Sunday, 7 September, with members past and present gathering at the Tenison Woods Centre to mark […]

FROM time to time we need the services of a Justice of the Peace to witness a statutory declaration or affidavit or to certify a copy of an original document. They are trusted to be honest and impartial when performing these functions. Barry Hacker is the JP Desk Coordinator for the Port Macquarie Support Group […]

AS bat season nears in the Hastings region, health authorities are warning residents to take extra care and avoid all contact with flying foxes or microbats. A spike in sick and distressed bats arriving at wildlife hospitals across Northern NSW and Southern Queensland in recent weeks has prompted the alert. Authorities stress that touching or […]

FAN Artists at their exhibition opening. Photo: Pauline Cain Gloria Muddle ‘Tidal Edge’, textile. Photo: Pauline Cain. Catherine Erskine’s ‘Swamp Creature’ and ‘Falling Leaf’ make use of dead vine wood. Photo: Pauline Cain A chest made in China in 1879 and belonging to T.K. Steanes, inspired Joanne Steanes’ work. Photo: Pauline Cain “LOOKING Back Moving […]

THE State and Federal Governments have announced a $50 million Housing Support Package to assist eligible homeowners, renters and primary producers impacted by recent severe flooding. Ashlee Abbott, Acting Head of Preparedness and Recovery at the NSW Reconstruction Authority said, “We understand the community has been anxiously awaiting this package and we have been working […]

Staff and students of St Joesph’s celebrating 100 years of learning. Photo: supplied. Olive celebrating 100 days of big school. Lincoln celebrating 100 days of learning. SCHOOLS across the state have experienced a peculiar phenomenon in recent weeks, reporting an unusual influx of walking canes, knitted cardigans, and grey wigs. The occurrence appears to coincide […]

CHHS educator Jane Gallagher and Alison Penfold, Federal Member for Lyne. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Tim Polo from Port Macquarie Engineering. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Curtis Gibson from AE Gibson and Sons. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. James Langley from CHHS. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Alison Penfold MP with Trinity Perry. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. CLASSROOMS across Camden Haven turned into […]

Gem Fowley and Trinity Perry, winners of the Open Division of the Hunter Regional RoboCup Championships. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Members of the CHHS Robotics Team at work. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. GEM Fowley and Trinity Perry, two talented Year 7 students from Camden Haven High School (CHHS), have broken boundaries in the competitive world of robotics. […]

John Ruddick MLC, Cr Mark Hornshaw and Libertarian Party President Ross Cameron. Comboyne residents Tony and Josie Makin with daughters Adelle and Sofia, son-in-law John, and granddaughter Catherine. OWNERS of rural properties across NSW are celebrating a major breakthrough with the establishment of an Upper House inquiry to simplify the rules around building second dwellings […]

Councillor Nik Lipovac. Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer. A NSW GOVERNMENT commitment to provide $5.5 million for a noise wall as part of the Coffs Harbour Bypass has been met with contempt from Port Macquarie-Hastings councillor Nik Lipovac. Cr Lipovac, speaking in his personal capacity and not on behalf of the wider council, has strongly […]