ON Saturday the Camden Haven Netball Club converged on the Port Macquarie Netball Courts for the final time this year, with four teams contesting grand finals in summer-like heat. In tow was a sea of supporters dressed in yellow and…
MORE than 700 students from twelve local schools ventured to the Tuffins Lane Playing Fields in Port Macquarie to contest a primary school touch football gala day on Thursday, 5 September. The gala day provided many young players their first…
THE Laurieton Voices Choir, a cherished part of the Camden Haven Concert Band, will be holding a heartwarming event titled ‘Songs to Raise You Up’ on Friday, 4 October at 2:00 pm. The concert will take place at the Laurieton…
THREE talented students from St Joseph’s Primary School (SJPS) in Laurieton are gearing up for an exciting journey to Brisbane in November. SJPS students Gideon, Willem and Harry, alongside their dedicated science teacher Alfina Jackson, will participate in the STEM…
FIFTY years ago a group of surf life savers from Soldiers Beach on the Central Coast embarked on a groundbreaking journey from Sydney to Coolangatta by sea to showcase the effectiveness and versatility of inflatable rescue boats (IRBs). Last week…
DON Kuchel’s enchantment with orchids began more than fifteen years ago after a serendipitous encounter with a nursery in the Northern Rivers. “While travelling from Lismore to Ballina, I came across a small nursery and decided to look around,” Don…
DEAR News Of The Area, EVERYONE knows and loves the koala but here in our Mid North Coast forests we have an animal that rivals even the koala for cuteness. The greater glider is about the size of a cat…
DEAR News Of The Area, WE constantly hear in the nightly news that the Reserve Bank manages inflation by increasing home mortgage interest rates, to reduce money available for consumption spending. This is now affecting middle income earners as well…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Northern Territory election result, a decisive win for the Country Liberal Party, was fought largely on the issue of crime, particularly youth crime. More than most, being the NT, this means crime by Indigenous…
A BADLY entangled pelican has stolen the hearts of its rescuers and the community at large after WIRES volunteers and members of the public saved him from one of the increasing dangers to seabirds – discarded fishing tackle. Fishing line…