Roadworks ahead for Mid North Coast. Photo: Canva
DRIVERS across the Mid North Coast can look forward to safer journeys, with the NSW Government investing more than $6.5 million in road safety upgrades. Member for Oxley Michael Kemp welcomed the funding, describing it as a major boost for residents, freight operators, and visitors who rely on the region’s busiest and most challenging routes. […]
Participants at the 2km start line.
Winners James Harwood, Michael Fox, Kaitlin Jean, Andrew Mitchell, Sarah Mitchell, Jayden McDonald, James Hamblin, Lachlan Hamblin, Thomas Crofton, Millicent Crofton, Laura Granfield and Alison Joyce. Participants at the 2km start line. WAUCHOPE Bonny Hills Surf Life Saving Club held the inaugural Rainbow Gold Swim events at Rainbow Beach on Sunday, 28 September. Organisers report […]
Participants at last year’s Neami Community Cup. Photo: supplied.
NOW in its sixth year, the Neami Community Cup will bring the Port Macquarie-Hastings community together on Wednesday 8 October for a day of soccer, connection and conversation about mental health. An initiative of Neami National’s Mid North Coast service, the Community Cup is a free, family-friendly soccer round robin held at Findlay Park in […]
Arlene Blencowe and Jessica Messina following the eight-round bout for the belt. Photo: supplied.
Arlene Blencowe and Jessica Messina following the eight-round bout for the belt. Photo: supplied. Jess retains her Australian Welterweight title. Photo: supplied. CONFIDENTLY fighting her way through eight full rounds, Port Macquarie boxer Jessica Messina successfully defended her Australian Welterweight title last Thursday, defeating Arlene ‘Angerfist’ Blencowe via unanimous decision. It’s the 33-year-old athlete’s first […]
WITH the fantastic weather for the school holidays and long weekend, local and visiting anglers have great opportunities across the beautiful Mid North Coast region. In the Port Macquarie area, game fishing anglers have been targeting striped marlin with success. Hopefully we will be in for a bumper upcoming season on the inshore black marlin. […]
Dawn West captured this stunning dawn shot of runners heading off from Town Beach Port Macquarie towards Laurieton.
Dawn West captured this stunning dawn shot of runners heading off from Town Beach Port Macquarie towards Laurieton. What a view! Photos: Sportive Media. What a view! Photos: Sportive Media. A SPECTACULAR sunrise marked the start of another gruelling but successful Beach to Brother trail running festival, which has left even the most exhausted competitor […]
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Penny Sharpe tours the site with Solidcast owners Will and Sarah Hynes.
Minister for Climate Change and Energy Penny Sharpe tours the site with Solidcast owners Will and Sarah Hynes. Minister Penny Sharpe with Solidcast owners Will and Sarah Hynes. Precast walls in use. Photo: Solidcast website. WAUCHOPE-BASED Solidcast will expand production of its patented low-carbon concrete panels after receiving more than $2 million from the NSW […]
An arrest made during a previous Operation Soteria Surge on the Mid North Coast. Photo: NSW Police.
WAUCHOPE residents are urging police to respond to ongoing youth crime in the area following multiple calls to Triple Zero (000) allegedly falling on deaf ears. “Crime is being ignored in Wauchope, and residents are tired,” Wauchope local Amy Murphy told News Of The Area. “Residents in Bain Street, Walters Street, Waugh Street, and James […]
BARNARDOS Australia warns that children in regional NSW are bearing the brunt of coercive control, as new crime statistics reveal rural communities are experiencing dramatically higher rates than other areas. The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research quarterly report shows regional NSW recorded 170 coercive control incidents from July 2024 to June 2025 compared […]
