31 May 07 | By LISA TISDELL
AN extraordinary meeting to discuss how Port Macquarie-Hastings Council will respond to a critical report on the cultural centre will not be brought forward, despite an attemp...
31 May 07 | By MONICA PORTE
PORT Macquarie is in the midst of a hand, foot and mouth outbreak, say local medical practitioners and child carers.
Since the disease is not reportable, the North Coast Are...
31 May 07 | PETROL prices peaked at 143.9 cents a litre in Port Macquarie this week, fuelling frustration among motorists.
31 May 07 | By SIMONE PLEWS
NSW Nationals leader Andrew Stoner has denied claims he is eyeing off Deputy Prime Minister Mark Vaile's federal seat as a "blatant fabrication".
The Oxley MP has rejected th...
31 May 07 | By SIMONE PLEWS
A PORT Macquarie oyster farmer who had 150 dozen oysters stolen this week fears someone in the industry could have been responsible.
Paul Wilson, from Port Oyster Company, s...
31 May 07 | By CLARE HAYES
REWARDS are being offered for information leading to the arrest of serial taggers in a bid to stop the proliferation of graffiti across Port Macquarie.
Port Macquarie-Hastings...
30 May 07 | PORT Macquarie’s Cliff Bamford spent eight days at the 2007 World Water Ski Racing Championships in New Zealand – and returned home a champion.
30 May 07 | THE curtain may not fall on the cultural centre crisis until the end of the year.
29 May 07 | During the past four years, six NSW councils including Tweed (2005), Warringah (2003), Liverpool (2003), Walgett (2004), Broken Hill (2007) and Brewarrina (2005) have undergone Section 740 inquiries.
29 May 07 | By ROD THOMPSON
THE Port City Breakers can lay claim to one of Group 3's fittest, and most durable, players - second-rower Daniel Dumas.
Dumas, knocked unconscious in the round six encounte...
29 May 07 | By TERRI VAN DIJK
COLOURFUL fashion designer Peter Morrissey did not eat an avocado until he was 32.
While this was not a piece of information he shared with more than 300 Port Macquarie st...
29 May 07 | By PHIL THOMSON
A FIRE that started in a tattoo shop and spread to nearby stores in Short St, Port Macquarie, has not halted the owner of the Win Heng Asian Grocery store.
Former refugee Wi...
29 May 07 | POLICE kept a close eye on proceedings at Port Macquarie-Hastings Council on Monday night as a crowd gathered to learn the findings of an investigation into the Glasshouse project.
29 May 07 | Port Panthers 4
Old Bar 1
ANOTHER impressive game from the Westpac Port Panthers has them now locked in second place on the Football Mid-North Coast Premier League ladder, clawing at the hee...
29 May 07 | THE Port Macquarie Sharks crashed to their third straight loss following the 24-12 defeat at the hands of Group 2 rivals Macleay Valley Mustangs at the Regional Sports Stadium, Port Macquarie, on Sunday.
29 May 07 | The Department of Local Government's investigation team found the cultural centre's cost had risen significantly from $7 million in 1997 to an estimated cost of $43m, with potential for further increases.
29 May 07 | AFTER five rounds of the Football Mid-North Coast season, the race to be Port United's top goal scorer is heating up.
28 May 07 | IT was a weekend of contrasting fortunes for the area’s rugby league clubs, the Port City Breakers and Port Macquarie Sharks.
27 May 07 | HAIRDRESSER Sharon Farr was speechless before a crowd of almost 400 people at the Port Macquarie News Employee of the Year awards.
27 May 07 | PORT Macquarie's excellent water storage facilities could soon be responsible for population growth.