Kindee resident Chris O’Brien. Photo: supplied.
Kindee resident Chris O’Brien. Photo: supplied. The Kindee Bridge was closed without warning on Tuesday. The bridge was closed with little warning to residents. The bridge was closed with little warning to residents. KINDEE resident Chris O’Brien, 73, has lived on his own since his wife passed away earlier this year. A resident of the […]
Santa’s Link-Dasher 8 delivered cheer to children from Coopernook Public School. Photos: Pauline Cain.
Santa’s Link-Dasher 8 delivered cheer to children from Coopernook Public School. Photos: Pauline Cain. Red Cross volunteers with Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer. The Red Cross Bear, ‘Big Ted’, with children from Coopernook. The children’s faces were filled with joy. Red Cross volunteers with Port Macquarie Airport staff. QANTAS team members and Australian Red Cross […]
Patience is needed to find a break in the trailers, trucks and caravans travelling at speed past the Houston Mitchell Drive turnoff. Photos: Kathy Regan.
IT’S 7.15am on Tuesday morning, 16 December, and cars are lined up behind the stop sign at the intersection of Houston Mitchell Drive and the Pacific Highway, as a work truck and other cars wait in the turning lane opposite, and semi-trailers and a cement truck fly past at 110kmph. This is the nerve wracking […]
Senior students at Heritage Christian College. Photo: HCC.
WITH Year 12 students having received their HSC results on Thursday 18 December, a local careers advisor said it’s an important time to remind students that final scores don’t determine long term success. Heritage Christian School Careers Advisor Liza Hone said results represent one step, not an end point. “Your result isn’t everything. “If you […]
Port Macquarie Historical Courthouse Museum has copped a massive increase in Crown land fees by the State Government. Photo: Matt Taylor
PORT Macquarie-Hastings Council will push back against “outrageous” increases to Crown land lease and licence fees, warning the changes could threaten community access to key heritage, cultural and recreational facilities across the region. The move follows fee increases introduced by NSW Crown Lands in August 2024, after the council had already finalised its 2024-25 operational […]
A plan for the Lake Cathie foreshore was signed off by councillors at last week’s meeting. Photo: Matt Taylor.
A LONG-TERM blueprint for the future of Lake Cathie’s foreshore has been signed off, after months of community consultation and public exhibition. The decision was made at last week’s Port Macquarie-Hastings Council meeting, with councillors noting feedback received during the exhibition period and endorsing the final version of the plan as a long-term framework for […]
A section of the current fencing along Wrights Road. Photo: Robert Dwyer MP.
WORK is underway to remove several dangerous trees along the Oxley Highway road reserve, paving the way for the replacement of fencing between Wrights Road and Fernhill Road. Member for Port Macquarie Robert Dwyer said, “As the main gateway into Port Macquarie, the current state of the fencing is unacceptable. “It reflects poorly on the […]
The FCNSW report says the hardwood division lost $32 million. Photo: Mark Graham.
GREENS MP and spokesperson for the environment Sue Higginson says that Forestry Corporation NSW’s (FCNSW) 2024-25 Annual Report, recently tabled in the NSW Parliament, reveals that the state has spent $76 million over the last three years to keep the native forest logging division in business. Ms Higginson said that having to pay to destroy […]
A new report shows drinking water is safe across the Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA.
THE region’s drinking water continues to meet health and safety standards, with Council noting strong performance across all water supply systems during the past financial year. The Drinking Water and Recycled Water Reports for 2024-25, which assess water quality across five supply systems servicing Port Macquarie and Camden Haven, Wauchope, Comboyne, Telegraph Point and Long […]
