WITH Pride Month just days away, the team from “Cheers Queers” is inviting the community along to Stick Bar on 5 June for “Beers 4 Queers” – an inclusive event to celebrate the month ahead. Organisers Mark and Abbey stress that the event is open to everyone wanting to connect with the LGBTQIA+ community. “It’s […]

THE foster mother of missing toddler William Tyrrell has been spared conviction for intimidating and assaulting another child while mentally distressed over his disappearance. A magistrate in 2024 found her threats to slap the child on two occasions amounted to intimidation. The woman, who cannot be legally identified, had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts […]

MARGRET Meagher knows what it’s like to be alone in an flood-isolated community with a dead phone, no electricity and water the only sound from the outside world. She lives on Port Macquarie’s North Shore, which was again surrounded by water last week, four years after devastating floods ravaged the town. “Last time those six […]

Marine Rescue Port Macquarie’s flood rescue and support crew. Marine Rescue Port Macquarie crew assists on the North Shore. Marine Rescue Port Macquarie deploys its multipurpose vessel. Marine Rescue Port Macquarie crew performs a medical evacuation from the North Shore. MORE than 35 Port Macquarie volunteers have been praised by Marine Rescue NSW Commissioner Alex […]