WHILE most kids are spending their school holidays taking their foot off the pedal, sisters Poppy and Zaylee Cupitt have kept their hands heart-warmingly busy. With tiny, coloured rings spread over the table, the sisters aged 10 and 9 respectively, spent five days creating over 100 loom band bracelets for patients in the children’s ward […]
Contact Crime Stoppers to report criminal activity. Photo: crimestoppersact.com.au.
CRIME Stoppers and NSW Police are urging the community to continue to speak up and report crime. This encouragement follows News Of The Area’s report last week about an apparent increase in youth crime in Wauchope. Residents say there has been a lack of police action in response to their multiple calls. Crime Stoppers and […]
Club members, together with volunteer driver Scott, ready to board the Wauchope RSL Courtesy Bus to Kempsey. Photo: supplied.
MEMBERS of the Broken Bago RSL Day Club hopped aboard the Wauchope RSL Courtesy Bus on Thursday 25 September to enjoy a wonderful outing to Kempsey. Starting their day off with a visit to the Anglican Op Shop, where a bargain is always waiting, members took to the main shopping area to browse the shops […]
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 […]
The Wauchope Community Gardens. Photo: supplied.
THE Wauchope Community Garden will be buzzing with activity this Labour Day, Monday 6 October, as locals are invited to come along for a family-friendly Open Day and Working Bee. From 9am to 3pm at the corner of Tallowood Avenue and Mahogany Street, behind the Neighbourhood Centre, visitors can celebrate the opening of the new […]
Damon Maroney of Iknograffix with one of his Walls of Wauchope. Photo: supplied. A mural is planned for the pump station at the end of Munster Street. Some of the eyesores shared by News Of The Area readers. DAMON Moroney is proof that a solution can be found to the unsightly graffiti adorning public buildings, […]
A drone shot of the Charlie Uptin Walkway between Town Beach and the Flagstaff Hill Lookout. Photo: courtesy @unearthedbymatt.
A drone shot of the Charlie Uptin Walkway between Town Beach and the Flagstaff Hill Lookout. Photo: courtesy @unearthedbymatt. The closed path midway between Town and Oxley beaches. Photo: PMHC. THE daily parade of people doing an about-face on the popular Charlie Uptin Walkway south-east of Port Macquarie’s Town Beach is set to continue a […]
Janelle Higgins with five of her seven grandchildren. Photo: Sis Higgins.
Volunteers give the Boat Shed a lick of paint. Photo: Facebook. Boat Shed blocked off as volunteers work on restoring it. Photo: Facebook. Maintenance in progress at the Pilot Cottage. Photo: Facebook. Janelle Higgins with five of her seven grandchildren. Photo: Sis Higgins. THE Mid North Coast Maritime Museum is ensuring that Port Macquarie’s maritime […]
Rosalind’s Puzzle Library is located at 23 Ashdown Drive, Port Macquarie. Photo: supplied.
WHEN Rosalind Glew moved to Port Macquarie from Canberra in January this year, she dreamed of bringing a hometown favourite with her. “In my suburb [in Canberra] there was a puzzle library that I used to frequent a lot,” she told News Of The Area. “I had in mind that once I was settled here […]
Deputy Mayor Lauren Edwards and Member for Port Macquarie Rob Dwyer popped into the Fair. Photo: supplied.
Deputy Mayor Lauren Edwards and Member for Port Macquarie Rob Dwyer popped into the Fair. Photo: supplied. Spring Fair attendees discussed gardening, erosion restoration and bushtucker with Landcare volunteers. Photo: supplied Landcare volunteers at their stall: Les Mitchell, Armin Fischer, Annie Gilligan, Joan Wilson and Janet Watson. Photo: supplied. THE Lost Plot Spring Fair drew […]
