29 Apr 08 | HEAVY rain has left a $30,000-plus pothole repair bill across the area's 1298km road network.
29 Apr 08 | LAKE Cathie could be opened to the sea this afternoon because of last week's heavy rain.
29 Apr 08 | By LISA TISDELL
THE 76 residents at a Flynns Beach manufactured home park earmarked for $28 million redevelopment could live at the site for at least another 11 years.
But residents have voi...
29 Apr 08 | THE lure of a televised wedding, replete with reception and all the trimmings, paid for by a television station, proved too strong for Port Macquarie civil marriage celebrant Kerrie Phillips.
29 Apr 08 | By ASHLEY McGLYNN
IT'S a long way from a dairy farm in Comboyne to Brazil, but that is the exact journey Joe Fisher will take next week.
The 18-year-old has been selected in an Australian U2...
29 Apr 08 | PORT Macquarie F2000 driver Michael Page has enjoyed an excellent start to his campaign in the 2008 Australian Formula One Superboat Series.
29 Apr 08 | KEMPSEY'S Andrew Pitt secured a win in round four of the World Supersport Championships at Assen in the Netherlands on Sunday.
29 Apr 08 | THE Forster Sharks put the bite on Port City in the men's A grade hockey competition at the Ocean Drive Complex, Port Macquarie, on Saturday.
29 Apr 08 | SPENDING a day collecting signatures was time well spent for Port Macquarie's Ingrid Pullen.
29 Apr 08 | THE use of demountable classrooms in place of permanent buildings at two Hastings schools has been slammed as "sheer incompetence" on the part of the state government.
25 Apr 08 | PORT Macquarie RSL Sub-Branch patron Allan Weigel will today reflect on those he served alongside in World War Two, particularly the ones who didn't return.
24 Apr 08 | PORT Macquarie-Hastings Council held an extraordinary general meeting on Wednesday night to commit the council to paying the legal expenses for itself and its water and natural resources director Geoff Freeman at a sentencing hearing next week.
24 Apr 08 | By MICHELLE TAPPING
PRE-SCHOOLERS were evacuated, homes were flooded and emergency volunteers worked around the clock as rain continued to deluge the Hastings yesterday.
State Emergency Serv...
24 Apr 08 | By SIMONE PLEWS
PORT Macquarie-Hastings Council has been warned its career lifeguards will "vote with their feet" if it contracts out its service.
The United Services Union and Australian Pr...
24 Apr 08 | By TERRI VAN DIJK
CONCERN for the well-being of Hastings youth has prompted a push for the revival of a vital health service.
A group of campaigners believes a North Coast Area Health Servi...
22 Apr 08 | LARGE crowds are expected for Friday's Anzac Day march through Port Macquarie with organisers hoping the rain eases for the popular commemorative event.
22 Apr 08 | MEMBERS of Hastings Valley Motorcycle Club will assist with the set up for the much-anticipated Crusty Demons tour in Port Macquarie this weekend.
22 Apr 08 | A COMMUNITY forum on the future of local government, especially in this area, is being planned by the Port Macquarie branch of Country Labor.
22 Apr 08 | By SIMONE PLEWS
PORT Macquarie's CBD has been identified as a "hot spot" for alcohol-related crime, prompting police, council and late-night traders to join forces to combat the problem.
The...
22 Apr 08 | By MICHELLE TAPPING
AUSTRALIA'S Olympic torch relay to be held tomorrow in Canberra should "go ahead," says Port Macquarie Paralympian Ryley Batt.
The relay has been clouded with controversy...