Recent LETTER: Hands up who’s had a near-miss with an e-bike? The Armed Man – Karl Jenkins’ Mass for Peace to be performed in Port Macquarie on Sunday 9 August Lord Howe Island residents invited to ...

CHARITIES and not-for-profit organisations in regional NSW with inspiring ideas are encouraged to apply for financial ...

LOWLAND Clearances, the Highland Potato Famine and the Gold Rush era in Australia led to an exodus of Scots to Australian ...

Watercolour painter Anne Falkner at her exhibition in the new Art Hub at Settlement City. Photo: Supplied. Some of Falkner’s ...

DEAR News Of The Area, WOMEN’S rights are being attacked by One Nation. The official policy platform explicitly states that ...

IT was a case of déjà vu when sailors went to sea last Sunday, with strong winds and 2.5- to 3-metre swells topped by ocean ...

AS the weather warms up and people begin their annual spring clean, NSW Fire and Rescue is urging residents to add fire ...

SEVERAL founding members of Port Macquarie’s St Peter’s Lutheran Church were on hand to celebrate the church’s 40th ...

DESPITE forecasts of howling winds, the Port Macquarie Sailing Club’s Spring Series race 4 was held in a nor’easter that ...

THE local show is a highlight of the year for many – especially for those who regularly enter its competitions. The Camden ...

TEN years ago, 10 Australians lost their lives during the world’s largest and most catastrophic thunderstorm asthma event.

OCTOBER is Bat Appreciation Month, with 1300-1500 species globally representing one-fifth of all mammal species on Earth.