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Sascha has been selected to attend the AFL North Coast Youth Leadership Accelerator Program. Photo: supplied.

Sascha's marking the way for young players in footy

Liz Langdale

Michelle Noble and Mark Plater have been posties for over three decades.

Posties delivering parcels for over three decades

Liz Langdale

Firefighters battle blaze at North Brother

Liz Langdale

Search: SES and Police discussing where to search for the two missing men.

Land and sea search for missing backpacking duo continues

Robert Dougherty

2. OUR WINNER: Belinda Charet

Our Country Championships fashion star winner

Tracey Fairhurst

What a catch: Matthew and Macey Hutchison with the record-breaking bream. Photo: supplied.

Whopper catch by seven-year-old tips the scales

Liz Langdale

Call for action: Bill Marchment said he has seen the lake in the same state once before - when there was a major fish kill.

‘Lake Cathie needs a wall’, says long-term fisho

Liz Langdale

Sascha has been selected to attend the AFL North Coast Youth Leadership Accelerator Program. Photo: supplied.

Sascha's marking the way for young players in footy

Liz Langdale

Michelle Noble and Mark Plater have been posties for over three decades.

Posties delivering parcels for over three decades

Liz Langdale

2. OUR WINNER: Belinda Charet

Our Country Championships fashion star winner

Sascha has been selected to attend the AFL North Coast Youth Leadership Accelerator Program. Photo: supplied.

Sascha's marking the way for young players in footy

Liz Langdale

Best mate reflects on an "all-round champion sports star"

Paul Jobber

What a catch: Matthew and Macey Hutchison with the record-breaking bream. Photo: supplied.

Whopper catch by seven-year-old tips the scales

Liz Langdale

Sascha has been selected to attend the AFL North Coast Youth Leadership Accelerator Program. Photo: supplied.

Sascha's marking the way for young players in footy

Goal: Camden Haven Redbacks' Rob Holland.

Redbacks bring dynamic coaching pair to the forefront

Robert Dougherty

Star batter Jordan Grieve dodges an inside fastball. Photo: Jo Critchley.

Lawyers turnaround the game to win over Diamonds

Tom Critchley

Part of the usual haul collected from along the Laurieton river front by a small group of dedicated volunteers in 2018.

Roll up your sleeves to help keep the area clean

Liz Langdale

Quota International Camden Haven president Barbara Jackson and Vice Chancellor of Charles Sturt University Professor Heather Cavanagh at the 2018 event.

Call for better balance at International Women’s Day

Liz Langdale

Moorea Boyle and Bruce Wilson met through the Heart Health NSW group at Laurieton.

Heart Health group pumps love into its members

Liz Langdale

Part of the usual haul collected from along the Laurieton river front by a small group of dedicated volunteers in 2018.

Roll up your sleeves to help keep the area clean

Kicking goals: Camden Haven Bombers at a previous training session with visiting Sydney Swans players. Photo supplied by Dylan Luke

Sydney Swans set to take the Bombers under wing

Robert Dougherty

A lost art reinvigorated with exhibition at the Glasshouse

Laura Telford

Blast from the past: Danielle, Xavier and Hannah Kenny of Wauchope.

Blast from the past as community celebrates bicentenary

Tracey Fairhurst

Community invited to celebrate 200 years of history

Dance group: The Birpai Mitjian dance group in action at a recent event. The group will be front and centre during Sunday's John Oxley Bicentenary family-friendly event on Town Green.

Cultural connections for community bicentenary celebration

Peter Daniels

COLOUR BURST: Capture the splendour of Japan’s autumnal colours on a 16-night cruise.

Fall in love with Japan on this autumn cruise

Geraldine Cardozo

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Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

Care: Michael Treacy with his Mum, Penny and carer Geoff Collett from local disability service provider ACES.

NDIS changing lives

Brooke Hodgson

COLOUR BURST: Capture the splendour of Japan’s autumnal colours on a 16-night cruise.

Fall in love with Japan on this autumn cruise

Ready: Top row (L-R) Ava Hartog & Evie Millgate. Bottom row (L-R) Mitchell Hoare, Curtis Ansell, Fynn Smith, Ciara Hoare, Eliza Smith, Kenzie Johnson & Kiera Ansell.

It’s the final countdown for the start of school

Advertising feature

Local mechanics: The friendly team at M&H Mechanical always strive for 100 per cent customer satisfaction.

It’s all about the customers here

Advertising feature

Promise of an idyllic lifestyle

House of the week

Map of auctions and homes open for inspection: February 15 – February 21, 2019

Ruth Lewis

Read this week’s Domain here

Ruth Lewis

Michelle Noble and Mark Plater have been posties for over three decades.

Posties delivering parcels for over three decades

Liz Langdale

Call for action: Bill Marchment said he has seen the lake in the same state once before - when there was a major fish kill.

‘Lake Cathie needs a wall’, says long-term fisho

Liz Langdale

Andrew Howe's funeral is on Friday, February 22 at Kendall.

Andrew Howe remembered as lovable larrikin

Liz Langdale

Michelle Noble and Mark Plater have been posties for over three decades.

Posties delivering parcels for over three decades

Goal: Camden Haven Redbacks' Rob Holland.

Redbacks bring dynamic coaching pair to the forefront

Robert Dougherty

New friendships formed at seniors celebration

Liz Langdale

2. OUR WINNER: Belinda Charet

Our Country Championships fashion star winner

The 1.2 metre long reptile isn't venomous, and Jake Cullen said they are good at bluffing when they strike. Picture: Supplied by Taylah Honeman

Giant snake found on Junee man’s property a rare species

An artist's interpretation of the sauropods that made tracks (18m and 11m).

95-million-year-old dinosaur tracks found in Qld

@willeadesphotography

Through Your Eyes: striking shots spark attention

Paige Hudson serves up an ace achievement

Liz Langdale

Safety first: Judy Brown and YFCC health promotion officer Jasmin Dunn celebrate National Condom Day. Picture: Brodie Weeding

Sexual health app launched on National Condom Day

Sarah Lansdown

Two utes valued at $300k among treasures lost in container spill

Max McKinney

BUTTERFLY: Eliana Pagotto, Brooke Instrell and Laci Garvey from Lake Cathie Public School relax between races.

Making a splash and fast dash at district meet

Laura Telford

PROFOUND: “I had a moment of clarity as Dutton patted me down, the hair on his crown already thinning.” AAP Image/Mick Tsikas

Peter Dutton ruined my high school experience

Mark Bode
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Mayor Peta Pinson: "Major events provide jobs for local residents, create a great atmosphere across the region that leads to many happy visitors."

Column: Events help our community thrive

Mayor Peta Pinson

Big year ahead: Chamber of Commerce executive officer Marisha Woods says the Tourism Marketing Co-op already has a action plan in the works for 2019.

Column: Action stations for 2019 in the Haven

Marisha Woods

VULNERABLE: Assault an increasing fact of life in Australian nursing homes. Image: Shutterstock

Loophole sees aged care assaults unreported

Eileen Wood

COLOUR BURST: Capture the splendour of Japan’s autumnal colours on a 16-night cruise.

Fall in love with Japan on cruise

Geraldine Cardozo

‘I stopped breathing’: Water safety skills ‘vital’ for seniors

Geraldine Cardozo

Some of recycling giant SKM's plants have been shut down amid fears of stockpiles catching alight.

Another Victorian recycling plant shuts

21m ago

Bradley Edwards is charged with three murders in the 1990s, as well as two rapes.

Story 'similar' to alleged Edwards rape

1hr ago

Bradley Lyons, 30, has been missing from his east Victorian home since December 2

Concerns for missing regional Vic man

2hrs ago

The Westgate Lake appears pink due to algae in the salt crust at the bottom producing a red pigment.

Melbourne lake is tickled pink

2hrs ago

Russell Owen has been jailed for false imprisonment, sexual assault and assault.

Vic pair bashed, held captive at Christmas

Caroline Schelle
2hrs ago

Mason Lee's mother has been jailed over the toddler's death.

Mum jailed for killing toddler Mason Lee

Warren Barnsley
2hrs ago

Cyclone Oma is bringing wild surf conditions to the southeast Queensland coast.

Cyclone Oma tracks towards Queensland

Robyn Wuth and Christine Flatley

The search for two European tourists who have gone missing near Port Macquarie will continue

Hopes fade for missing tourists in NSW

Behavioural scientist Allan Parker, Peak Performance Development Pty Ltd, has partnered with The Land to bring a new project to rural NSW communities.

Rural revitalisation projects kick off

1hr ago

Farm forestry funding has potential to add diversity to primary production. But has support come too little too late?

Federal support for on-farm forestry

Jamie Brown
2hrs ago

Bill Cumberland (front) along with John Wallis, Bob Baker, Riley Baker, Col Baker and Christian Gibson are calling for more resources to be invested in tick fever control.

‘Beef up’ tick fever rules

Samantha Townsend

Four Points: One of last pieces of the jigsaw.

Chippendale shows a more modern side

John Rozentals

Parramasala: A vibrant cross-section of cultures.

Your weekly travel inspiration

Skip the flowers and hit the road with your Valentine

GOOD HAIR DAY: Dan Brown, aka Mullet Lord, will return to judge Mulletfest this Saturday at the Chelmsford Hotel. Picture: Jonathan Carroll

‘The best of both worlds’: all hail the glorious mullet

Sage Swinton

RESTORED: Barbara Lewin painstakingly repaired an important piece of Tenterfield history.

A fine slice of history

Whether native or introduced, wild animals are not pets; they belong in the wild. No matter how good your intentions, a life in captivity is a life of suffering for wild animals

Do you really need an exotic pet?