30 Nov 09 | A 68-year-old King Creek man will appear in court today on firearm charges after a three-and-a-half hour stand-off with police yesterday.
30 Nov 09 | ANGLERS from far and wide will venture to Port Macquarie early next year in a quest to reel in the big bounty on offer.
30 Nov 09 | CAR rental company Europcar has checked out of Port Macquarie airport.
30 Nov 09 | PORT Macquarie’s National Parks and Wildlife Service regional office is closing.
30 Nov 09 | THE idea of reducing councillor numbers is about to take another turn.
Port Macquarie-Hastings Council will seek advice from Local Government Minister Barbara Perry to determine if the opportunity is still available under the Local Government Act to reduce councillor numbers without a referendum.
30 Nov 09 | IRONMAN Jeremy Reading is officially Australia’s biggest geek.
The chess champion turned triathlete won Channel Seven’s smash reality TV show Beauty and the Geek.
30 Nov 09 | IT is one of the most even and competitive race meetings of the season at the Port Macquarie track this afternoon.
30 Nov 09 | A 40-YEAR-OLD Bonny Hills man, jailed last week for nine months, is not allowed to drive again until 2034.
30 Nov 09 | PORT City Leagues’ batting woes continued at Oxley Oval, Port Macquarie, on Saturday as Macquarie Hotel ran roughshod over their opponents.
30 Nov 09 | A NEW police facility in Kempsey will not replace or affect the operation of Port Macquarie police station.
Oxley MP Andrew Stoner claimed the new station would house the Mid North Coast Local Area Command.
But this is news to the local area commander Superintendent Peter Thurtell.
30 Nov 09 | POLICE are investigating the sexual assault of a 23-year-old woman in Port Macquarie on the weekend.
29 Nov 09 | FIREFIGHTERS from Port Macquarie battled a blaze in Kempsey which turned three local businesses to ash over the weekend.
27 Nov 09 | A new plan to drive down the Glasshouse’s running costs should be released by March.
The Glasshouse is sucking more than $6 million a year in operating costs from the Port Macquarie-Hastings Council’s budget.
27 Nov 09 | EXTREME heat, with temperatures reaching 42 degrees, greeted the players in the State Finals at Gosford on the weekend.
But, that was nothing compared to the scorching action on the courts.
27 Nov 09 | THE Port Macquarie Panthers Bowling Club will host the start of the NSW State Reserve lawn bowl side’s 2009 country tour next month.
27 Nov 09 | PORT City Leagues is anxiously seeking a return to form in the Hastings River District Cricket Association as the side prepares for tomorrow’s showdown with Macquarie Hotel at Oxley Oval.
27 Nov 09 | A SHIFT in focus will see road crews immediately working to better maintain Port Macquarie’s busy urban and rural arterial roads.
27 Nov 09 | A PHENOMENAL 184 teams will converge on Port Macquarie next week for the NSW Touch State Cup.
27 Nov 09 | DAY-to-day operating costs of Port Macquarie’s $50.2 million Glasshouse are substantially higher than expected.
The quarterly review from July to September shows an extra $1.1 million in operating costs and one-off capital costs.
27 Nov 09 | LOCAL development officer Gordon Wiegold has been re-signed by the AFL for 2010 after proving he’s got what it takes to help grow the game in the Camden Haven region.