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The area near the iKew centre is one option for the playground's location. It is situated north of the toilet block. The large log in the foreground will be assessed by council and moved to a more convenient location. Photo: supplied.

Park for play ready to fill empty space at Kew

Liz Langdale

Native plants: Ron Vincent and Estelle Gough from Hastings Landcare.

Educational evening to raise awareness on weeds

Liz Langdale

Fur babies: Head to the RSPCA Port Macquarie shelter to meet Forest the kitten and Noola the rabbit, both of whom await adoption.

Bunny and some cute kittens

RSPCA Port Macquarie

Cycle on: Ride captain Bernard Corbett.

Off road cyclists in fundraising pedal

Robert Dougherty

Voting is compulsory for the NSW state election on March 23.

Election 2019: how to make your vote count

Carla Mascarenhas

Di McCristal said it's time people started to think about the consequences of their actions.

Resident calls for crackdown on party litterers

Liz Langdale

Lake Cathie Public School principal Jock Garvan

Upgrade at Lake Cathie school to enhance learning

Liz Langdale

The area near the iKew centre is one option for the playground's location. It is situated north of the toilet block. The large log in the foreground will be assessed by council and moved to a more convenient location. Photo: supplied.

Park for play ready to fill empty space at Kew

Liz Langdale

Native plants: Ron Vincent and Estelle Gough from Hastings Landcare.

Educational evening to raise awareness on weeds

Liz Langdale

Fundraising lunch: Kurt Fearnley is special guest at a fundraising lunch at Tacking Point Tavern today (March 22) at 12pm.

What’s On around the traps Mar 22-29, 2019

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A-Division: Tacking Point Thunder in the 2018 Men's hockey grand final.

Hockey merger for Camden Haven, Port Macquarie and Manning

Robert Dougherty

Work to do: Four Italian futsal clubs are circling for the services of Hastings teenager Harrison King. Photo: supplied

King at the top of his game as Italian clubs start to circle

Paul Jobber

Sempai Shaun Budai is set to teach karate in China for 12 months.

Shaun wraps his black belt around new opportunity

Liz Langdale

A-Division: Tacking Point Thunder in the 2018 Men's hockey grand final.

Hockey merger for Camden Haven, Port Macquarie and Manning

Snappy snapper: Our Berkley Pic of the Week is Dave Henry, who scored this terrific 7.67 kilogram snapper off Plomer on a live slimy mackerel.

Tailor off rocks at Lighthouse

Jason Isaac

Matt Goodwin is the tennis coach at Laurieton, Lake Cathie and Bonny Hills.

Goodwin takes the top spot to inspire ace play

Liz Langdale

The area near the iKew centre is one option for the playground's location. It is situated north of the toilet block. The large log in the foreground will be assessed by council and moved to a more convenient location. Photo: supplied.

Park for play ready to fill empty space at Kew

Liz Langdale

Salute to women of song: Australian leading lady of country Melinda Schneider brings her tribute album Great Women of Country tour to Laurieton United Services Club.

Leading lady of country comes to Laurieton

Vickii Byram

Creek to Creek volunteers Jane Heydon and Linda Danaher.

Tackle the region's beauty at multisport event

Liz Langdale

The area near the iKew centre is one option for the playground's location. It is situated north of the toilet block. The large log in the foreground will be assessed by council and moved to a more convenient location. Photo: supplied.

Park for play ready to fill empty space at Kew

The Estuarine Lakeside Linkages project aimed to reduce weeds and feral pests, such as foxes, and improve the habitat values of important wildlife corridors between the areas that link Dooragan (North Brother) Mountain with the coast.

Celebrating weeds and wildlife project in Camden Haven

Cause close to hearts for Chris Baker Memorial Day

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

Make your property dreams come true with Elders Real Estate

Kathryn Carter

The beautiful Maldives: In the Maldives the group will cruise some of the region's most spectacular islands, taking in pristine beaches and abundant wildlife. This is sponsored content from Travelrite.

Seychelles, Maldives and Andaman Islands make for the holiday of a lifetime

To read the latest issue, please click on the front cover above.

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

Make your property dreams come true with Elders Real Estate

Same team, new brand, fresh approach

Sponsored content

The Bundaleer independent living community has a lively social scene.

Find the unexpected

Brooke Hodgson

Same team, new brand, fresh approach

Sponsored content

Setting a new benchmark

House of the Week

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

Ruth Lewis

The area near the iKew centre is one option for the playground's location. It is situated north of the toilet block. The large log in the foreground will be assessed by council and moved to a more convenient location. Photo: supplied.

Park for play ready to fill empty space at Kew

Liz Langdale

Native plants: Ron Vincent and Estelle Gough from Hastings Landcare.

Educational evening to raise awareness on weeds

Liz Langdale

Fur babies: Head to the RSPCA Port Macquarie shelter to meet Forest the kitten and Noola the rabbit, both of whom await adoption.

Bunny and some cute kittens

RSPCA Port Macquarie

The area near the iKew centre is one option for the playground's location. It is situated north of the toilet block. The large log in the foreground will be assessed by council and moved to a more convenient location. Photo: supplied.

Park for play ready to fill empty space at Kew

Cause close to hearts for Chris Baker Memorial Day

A-Division: Tacking Point Thunder in the 2018 Men's hockey grand final.

Hockey merger for Camden Haven, Port Macquarie and Manning

Robert Dougherty

Fundraising lunch: Kurt Fearnley is special guest at a fundraising lunch at Tacking Point Tavern today (March 22) at 12pm.

What’s On around the traps Mar 22-29, 2019

1hr ago

Native plants: Ron Vincent and Estelle Gough from Hastings Landcare.

Educational evening to raise awareness on weeds

Cycle on: Ride captain Bernard Corbett.

Off road cyclists in fundraising pedal

Photo: WSL/Matt Dunbar

The master, Kelly Slater, surfs on

Salute to women of song: Australian leading lady of country Melinda Schneider brings her tribute album Great Women of Country tour to Laurieton United Services Club.

Leading lady of country comes to Laurieton

Vickii Byram

Creek to Creek volunteers Jane Heydon and Linda Danaher.

Tackle the region's beauty at multisport event

Liz Langdale

Support the establishment of a permanent art gallery at Kew by attending a concert fundraiser. Rebecca Daniel and Fiona Joy will perform on Saturday, March 30.

Fundraiser for creative arts and culture hub at Kew

Liz Langdale

Work to do: Four Italian futsal clubs are circling for the services of Hastings teenager Harrison King. Photo: supplied

King at the top of his game as Italian clubs start to circle

Paul Jobber

Letter: Comment on the upcoming federal election

EYE TOONS: Guy Hansen, curator of the Inked: Australian Cartoons exhibition at the National Library of Australia in Canberra, with the exhibition's highly decorated kangaroo mascot by cartoonist David Pope. Photo: Karleen Minney

Inked into history: cartoons tell story of us

GUY HANSEN

Regional education: We must make sure every Australian gets a fair go

Dan Tehan

End-of-life doula Helen Callanan

Doulas provide support for the dying

Eileen Wood

ON REFLECTION: Simon Cullen with the Lookinglass artifical intelligence mirror.

AI mirror monitors Parkinson’s signs

BE SAFE: If you find it is too tricky or unsafe to fit a smoke alarm yourself, contact your nearest Fire and Rescue NSW station for advice.

Be alarmed about fire risk

NSW magistrate Graeme Bryan Curran has denied "explaining away" his alleged abuse of a teenage boy.

Bed for boy 'needless expense': magistrate

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The premier's claim that NSW has the cheapest energy bills in Australia is wrong.

NSW premier's power price claim is false

1hr ago

Susan Neill-Fraser has won the right to appeal against her conviction for murdering Bob Chappell.

Convicted Hobart killer wins bid to appeal

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The NSW government is facing growing backlash over plans to raise the Warragamba Dam wall.

Growing backlash over NSW dam wall plan

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Tropical Cyclone Trevor is set to move towards the Northern Territory over the weekend.

Largest evacuation ever under way in NT

Greg Roberts
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David Leyonhjelm can't make Sarah Hanson-Young answer a question about her sex life, a judge says.

Leyonhjelm can subpoena two senators

Margaret Scheikowski
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Yi Zheng has been handed a community penalty for illegally downloading AMP clients' ID details.

Ex-AMP contractor sentenced for ID theft

2hrs ago

Treasurer Dominic Perrottet's claim that NSW is the nation's strongest economy is half true.

NSW Treasurer's economy verdict half true

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Water, the lack of it and its management are playing out as major issues as we head into this weekend's state election. The creation of a private water market is copping major flak.

'Bush unity now critical'

Daniel Pedersen

Rod and Wendy Williams, Loloma, Coolah, with cattle they sold at the Gunnedah weaner sale last week.

Pleasing result for weaner sell-off

KAREN BAILEY, STEPHEN BURNS and MARK GRIGGS

Coal exploration licences cover almost a third of prime wine country in the Hunter, new mapping shows.

'Block out coal exploration licences on wine country'

John Ellicott

Your weekly travel inspiration

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Business as usual: Peppers Blue on Blue.

Your weekly travel inspiration

John Rozentals

Qualia: Exclusive packages for Hamilton Island Race Week.

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John Rozentals

Tantalising recipe supplied by australianbeef.com.au/

Try this: Asian slaw salad with marinated beef

Happy: Leigh Creighton, 40, talks about what he is proud of for World Down Syndrome Day, on March 21. He says he is living his best life. Picture: Simone De Peak

'I love my life, I love my disability as well'

Anita Beaumont

Broad Arrow Cafe with the water memorial. Picture: Scott Gelston.

Port Arthur survivors share their long road to recovery

Lucy Slade