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Great conditions: Bec Elford on first base, with Lakers player Lisa Muller. Photo: supplied

A bit of everything: Hastings softball features mixed results

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Tracey Fairhurst

Silver: Matt Model (left) wins silver in the indoor rowing event. Photo: Invictus Games: Team Australia, Facebook.

Matt Model’s silver lining launch into Invictus Games

Tracey Fairhurst

Great conditions: Bec Elford on first base, with Lakers player Lisa Muller. Photo: supplied

A bit of everything: Hastings softball features mixed results

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Stoney student: Kurtis Beare training slalom at Stoney Park on Saturday (October 20).
Photo: Matt Attard

Breeding ground: Stoney Park the go-to spot for champion water skiers

Matt Attard

World Cup-bound: Brad Degenaars, Steve van Gemert, Anthony Murphy, Greg Gleeson, Greg Smith and coach Dave Bradley.

Port flavour at World Cup

Matt Attard

Message of unity: Supporters get behind the 2017 Wellness Walk.

Step forward to raise awareness for mental illness

Lisa Tisdell

Win this car: Insurance House's Michael Huxley, Andrew Plowright from Warren Plowright Toyota and Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service CEO Richard Jones.

Car up for grabs while fundraising for Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service

Peter Daniels

Skye Frost and Julie Priest from Port Macquarie-Hastings Council, Jane Newman, Michael Rohr, Renee Bell, Deborah Saunders and Tianna Bailey from Mid North Coast Local Health District and Julie Jamieson from Headspace are ready to Reclaim the Night.

Hastings community unites to Reclaim the Night

Message of unity: Supporters get behind the 2017 Wellness Walk.

Step forward to raise awareness for mental illness

Garden glory: Dahlsford Grove Lifestyle Village Community Garden Club spokesperson Brian Grant invites the community to support the inaugural open garden afternoon.

Inaugural event to showcase residential garden glory

POSITIVE ATTITUDE: Bron Watson said she is living every day to the fullest.

Positive outlook: “I am living an anti-cancer lifestyle”

Laura Telford

Do you want your retirement to be a permanent coastal vacation?

Your options: Go online and have a look at the different types of aged care services, your eligibility for these services, locate local service providers, be wait-listed for a Home Care Package and register for a free assessment.

The aged care journey

Brooke Hodgson

Local gastroenterologist Dr Praka Sundaralingam says the new endoscopic ultrasound machine at Port Macquarie Private Hospital will be vital in the battle against pancreatic cancers and could save lives.

Private Hospital invests heavily to help fight silent killer

Do you want your retirement to be a permanent coastal vacation?

Rebuilt: Built in the 18th century, Dresden's Frauenkirche was destroyed in the bombing during World War II and was not rebuilt until after German reunification in 1994.

From beer to bratwursts, discover Germany's delights

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Start the conversation: Having meaningful conversations with mates and loved ones could save lives.

It’s ok to ask for help

Brooke Hodgson, Bundaleer Care Services

A waterside masterpiece

House of the week:

Read this week’s Domain here

Ruth Lewis

Fine living on the harbour

House of the Week

Message of unity: Supporters get behind the 2017 Wellness Walk.

Step forward to raise awareness for mental illness

Lisa Tisdell

ON THE ROAD: The group at a monument at a road stop 32 kms North of Coonabarabran.

Surveyors follow the path of John Oxley for bicentenary

Laura Telford

An awesome end to the exciting race down Pappinbarra hill to Beechwood village. Photo courtesy of Beechwood Billycart Classic.

Billycarts blistered home in Beechwood classic

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Message of unity: Supporters get behind the 2017 Wellness Walk.

Step forward to raise awareness for mental illness

So small: The feather-tail glider on the sleeve of Port Macquarie’s ranger Kel McKay, 1968.

New red phone, air strip and marine shop

Port Macquarie Museum

Win this car: Insurance House's Michael Huxley, Andrew Plowright from Warren Plowright Toyota and Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service CEO Richard Jones.

Car up for grabs while fundraising for Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service

Peter Daniels

Marine Rescue had to assist a Papua New Guinean navy ship over the Hastings River bar.

Upstream river rescue and a Navy boat welcome

Silver: Matt Model (left) wins silver in the indoor rowing event. Photo: Invictus Games: Team Australia, Facebook.

Matt Model’s silver lining launch into Invictus Games

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John, Steve, Claire, Matthew and Zoe Mizzi from Port Macquarie walk through one of the gardens at Douglas Vale Historic Homestead and Vineyard.

Play performance proves a hit at successful open day

Lisa Tisdell

Layla Figis and Evie Figis look at one of the bonsai on exhibition.

Bonsai exhibition shows good things come in small packages

Lisa Tisdell

Spirits high at annual rugby fundraising tournament

Matt Attard

People's champ: Owen Blair is mobbed by fans in Papua New Guinea. Photo: Country Rugby League

Eye-opener: Blair returns from PNG trip with Country under-23s

Paul Jobber

Cowper MP Luke Hartsuyker: "While the current airport infrastructure has served the Hastings well since the mid 1990s, the upgrade will keep us up with the best.

Column: Jointly funded airport upgrade

Member for Cowper Luke Hartsuyker

Upgrades: Two of the community's most well used facilities Port Macquaqrie airport and Stuart Park will receive much needed facelifts.

Column: Airport terminal upgrade takes off

Port Macquarie-Hastings mayor Peta Pinson

Your Port News online: how to get unlimited access

Tracey Fairhurst

SPOTLIGHT: Failings of the aged care industry will come under scrutiny from a Royal Commission.

Advocacy groups applaud aged care Royal Commission news

Eileen Wood

Simply stunned: Michael Palin said he feels "incredibly lucky" to have had such a diverse career, from Monty Python to travelling the world. Photo: John Swannell

Michael Palin: Always look on the bright side of life

Samara Ross

COMMONPLACE: Close to one million colonoscopies are carried out each year.

Colonoscopy stories wanted

Samara Ross

Race commissioner grilled on 'white' vote

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George Christensen has threatened to release an "uncensored" video in his push for road funding.

Maverick MP to release another music video

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Father Chris Riley's respected charity Youth Off The Streets has a funding crisis.

Funding fix promised for for youth charity

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Irish national Cathrina Cahill has pleaded guilty to the manslaughter of her fiance.

Irish woman admits fiance's manslaughter

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Kelly O'Dwyer has blasted a union boss over a tweet she says compares the govt to Nazi Germany.

Minister blasts union official over tweet

Matt Coughlan
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Default market price to ease power pain

Paul Osborne
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McCallum children Caleb, Esther, Mary, John, Hannah and Elizabeth. Picture: MEREDITH O'SHEA

Meet the McCallums, one of Australia's few Amish families

Melissa Fyfe
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Labor shifts position on refugee bill

Oliver Caffrey
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The locals of Puglia are passionate foodies.

The under-the-radar foodie delight of Puglia

Scott McRae

Part of the Western Australian landscape … the Pinnacles. PIC: Australia.com

Six highlights in your travel week | 22 Oct

John Rozentals

Citadines on Bourke … absolutely mid-city location.

The rise of the apartment-hotel

John Rozentals

A torn ACL is almost always a significant acute (sudden) traumatic injury. Descriptions patients give are usually of a situation where their foot is planted and they change direction and feel their knee give way.

Your guide if you’ve torn your ACL

Healthshare

Taking the work out of homework: Homework and study are often seen as a chore, but with a little thought, your child’s study area can be a great place to both find focus and enjoy.

Go to the top of the class

Jennifer Birchall

Let the sun in: Light, fresh and airy - the Hampton's style is reminiscent of long summer days and light filled spaces.

How to: Hampton’s style

Jennifer Birchall

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