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Port Makos make their mark at Senior State Cup

Steve Roberts crossing the line. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Try time for Makos Club President Wayne Gleeson. Photo: Jenna Bryan. Darcie Gleeson, co-captain of the W20s, stopping the opposition. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Milla Swain adding to her team’s tally. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Matt Bale finding the line. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography. Glen Kightley in action. Photo: Kim […]

Port Macquarie

Fatal crash on Ocean Drive

A MAN has tragically died following a crash on Ocean Drive. Emergency services were called to Ocean Drive, Port Macquarie, following reports of a crash just after 10pm on Friday 5 December. Officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District attended and found a white station wagon had crashed into a power pole. The driver […]

Local News

‘I just dropped to the ground and cried’: community anger over Port Macquarie crime spree

Nurse Marie Corson discovered her car had been targeted after working overnight on Friday. Photos: supplied. Security video shows thieves breaking into HPN Moto Garage and stealing three bikes. Photo: Facebook. Two of the cars owned by PMBH nurses that were damaged as they worked the night shift. Photos: supplied. VICTIMS of a spate of […]

Local News

Two major awards in a week for Port Macquarie Museum

Colleen Fitzgerald presents Port Macquarie Museum Curator Debbie Sommers with a 2025 IMAGinE Award. Photo: Garry Trinh. The Betrayal Bila exhibition evolved from a poem by Aunty Rhonda Radley called ‘Blackman’s Point Yarn’. Photo: PMM. Port Macquarie Museum Curator Debbie Sommers with the 2025 NSW Tourism Awards Silver certificate. THE Port Macquarie Museum is celebrating […]

School

Addison Lunn takes out Young Women in Leadership Award

Addison Lunn. Addison Lunn and Charlotte Gillespie. ADDISON Lunn is the 2025 winner of the Zonta Club of Port Macquarie’s Young Women in Leadership Award. The year 12 student from Hastings Secondary College was presented with her award and $500 prize money at a recent dinner with club members. “Addi has shown leadership qualities from […]

Local News

Port Macquarie Steiner School marks milestone as construction begins on new campus

Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan breaks ground alongside Steiner School founding parents Mel Ayriss and Alanna Alfaro. Photo: supplied. Steiner School students joined the celebrations with shovels in hand. Photo: supplied. Celebrating the start of work on the new Steiner School: Bronwyn Bellemore, Architect; Ruth Gallagher, Board Chair; Caetano Alfaro, Class 6 student; and […]

Community

Disappointment over Settlement Point accessibility upgrades

WHEN Port Macquarie resident Tannia Smith discovered there had been accessibility upgrades at Settlement Point Reserve, she was keen to try out the ramp into the water and refurbished seating area. As a full-time wheelchair user and member of the Enable Reference Group, Tannia was hopeful that the improvements would be inclusive of the entire […]

Police

Four charged with shoplifting offences on the Mid North Coast

FOUR people are before the court charged with alleged shoplifting offences, following a police operation on the Mid North Coast last week. “Operation Percentile” is a proactive operation using an intelligence-led approach to identify and disrupt repeat retail crime offenders. The operation ran from Tuesday 25 to Wednesday 26 November, with officers attached to Mid […]

Regional

Tacking Point Lions Club answers Lord Howe’s call for Christmas cakes

Lions Club members Dee Watkinson and Karen Carrick selling Lions’ Christmas cakes at Bunnings. Photo: supplied. Birdon’s Island Trader on the Hastings River. Photo: supplied. LORD Howe Island resident Neil de Rusett has again issued the call for the Tacking Point Lions Club to send him their famous Christmas cakes. So on Monday morning, 1 […]

Health

Pharmacist James Yoo and GP Warwick Wickham honoured in Healthy North Coast awards

PORT Macquarie pharmacist James Yoo and GP Warwick Wickham have been recognised in the Healthy North Coast Primary Care Excellence Awards, held on 25 November at Pacific Bay Resort in Coffs Harbour. The awards were the first since 2017 and brought together 175 primary health care professionals and sector partners from across the North Coast. […]