SHERYL Barnett has long been a driving force in the Camden Haven and Port Macquarie communities. Her passion for helping others extends far beyond her professional work, focusing especially on supporting women facing breast cancer. “Being involved in the local community helped others as well as my own work,” Sheryl said. . “Plus, there’s such […]
HOUSEHOLDS across the Mid North Coast will soon have access to a new tool to help manage grocery costs, through a partnership between Greater Bank and Newcastle-based fintech “Grocerize”. Created by Newcastle dad Blake Bennett, Grocerize compares supermarket prices and highlights savings opportunities for families. Greater Bank told News Of The Area that users of […]
ONE of Ros Jamieson’s favourite parables is about a man who sees a boy on a beach throwing starfish back into the ocean. The man tells the boy it is a waste of time because there are too many for him to make a difference, but the boy replies that he made a difference for […]
IT FEELS like the weather has completely bypassed Spring and launched right into full Summer conditions, and the fishing action is absolutely heating up across the Mid-North Coast. If these recent stellar, warm conditions hold, we are clearly in for an absolute cracker of a season. The water temperature is perfect, and the fish are […]
Ruth Durrant in the foreground at a previous Christmas Gift Fair.
CHRISTMAS is approaching and so is the annual Christmas Gift Fair, on 25 and 26 October at Panthers Port Macquarie to raise funds for Endeavour Clubhouse. Now in its sixteenth year it has grown into an event that fills Panthers Auditorium to the brim. The Christmas Gift Fair brings together stalls filled with handmade gifts […]
SEVENTEEN years ago, Michelle and Steven Hedger moved from Sydney to Port Macquarie in search of a better life for their family, especially their daughter Demi. Now a 30-year-old woman Demi has an intellectual disability and lives full time with her parents, who celebrated 36 years of marriage this year. They love how welcoming and […]
BUSINESS NSW Mid North Coast will host the 2025 Business NSW Mid North Coast Skills and Training Summit on Thursday 23 October at The Westport Club in Port Macquarie. The half-day summit will bring together leaders from education, training, industry, and government to discuss how to build a sustainable, locally driven skills ecosystem to meet […]
OCTOBER is Breast Cancer Awareness Month in Australia and Laurieton local Jo Dempsey has a message that she wants everyone to hear: “check your boobs.” In 2019, Jo was a 41-year-old busy mum of three when she found a lump in her breast. Within days tests showed she had stage three breast cancer. She underwent […]
John Chandler and John Crisp at the Breakwall .
JOHN Crisp is not ashamed of his past and will openly talk about his experiences with homelessness, mental health challenges and addiction. With 33 years of sobriety under his belt, he is an advocate for all aspects of men’s health, and as a peer support worker the Port Macquarie resident spends many hours a week […]
Jess Davidson and Kate Simpson in rehearsal for ‘& Juliet’. Photo: supplied. Kate Simpson and Jess Davidson looking for inspiration from Madeline Li’s Juliet (pictured). PORT Macquarie actors Kate Simpson and Jess Davidson sought inspiration from Bell Shakespeare’s production of “Romeo and Juliet” at The Glasshouse on Saturday 4 October. Kate plays Juliet and Jess […]
