December 14, 2025
Swansong for choral directors Craig M. Wood and Christine Wells Craig M. Wood conducted the Macleay Music Ensemble and Hastings and Macleay Choristers. Photo: Pauline Cain.
Regional

Swansong for choral directors Craig M. Wood and Christine Wells

Craig M. Wood conducted the Macleay Music Ensemble and Hastings and Macleay Choristers. Photo: Pauline Cain. Craig M. Wood and Christine Wells were farewelled at the Macleay Proms. Photo: Pauline Cain. PORT Macquarie residents and musicians Christine Wells and Craig M. Wood were farewelled on Sunday afternoon 30 November, during the Macleay Proms in Kempsey. […]

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Crowds gather to celebrate at Port Macquarie’s Christmas Fair The highlight of the evening was the lighting of the Christmas Tree. Photo: BNCC Security Services, Facebook.
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Crowds gather to celebrate at Port Macquarie’s Christmas Fair

The highlight of the evening was the lighting of the Christmas Tree. Photo: BNCC Security Services, Facebook. Santa Dan. Photo: supplied. Market stalls were set up early in the afternoon. Photo: Pauline Cain. PORT Macquarie-Hastings Council’s (PMHC) Christmas Fair on Town Square on Friday 5 December has been described as “fabulous”. Early crowds started arriving […]

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Port Makos make their mark at Senior State Cup Steve Roberts crossing the line. Photo: Kim Ambrose/SaltyFoxFotography.
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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 […]

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Fatal crash on Ocean Drive
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 […]

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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.
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 […]

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Addison Lunn takes out Young Women in Leadership Award
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 […]

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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.
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 […]

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Disappointment over Settlement Point accessibility upgrades
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 […]

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Four charged with shoplifting offences on the Mid North Coast
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 […]

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