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  • HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS. . .

    September 17, 2023
     . . . and home can be many things.  It’s more than a roof over one’s head. It’s a sense of security,

  • WE HAVE TO BE “NATURE POSITIVE” TO SAVE WHAT’S LEFT

    September 17, 2023
    Former Federal Treasurer Dr Ken Henry AO, (and Manning River resident) has delivered a scathing Final Report – “The Independent Financial Review

  • FAREWELL TO PARKY

    September 17, 2023
    Sir Michael Parkinson TV host and cricket tragic, Michael Parkinson, recently passed away at home in the UK. His TV interview shows

  • ROBERT MILLIKEN 1946-2023

    September 17, 2023
    One of Australia’s most distinguished journalists, Robert Milliken, who died on May 21 from cancer, was born in Taree and spent the

  • IS IT TIME TO RETHINK OUR GARDENING PRACTICES?

    September 17, 2023
    Whether you agree with Climate Change or not, the fact is, as a country, we are getting hotter and hotter, while our

  • ROAD RAGE IS EVERYWHERE

    September 17, 2023
    Locals in the MidCoast Council area are fed up with the state of our rotten roads. It’s gone beyond potholes and crumbling bitumen to seriously huge holes and seriously dangerous

  • WILL THE ZERO YEAR CURSE STOP BIDEN?

    September 17, 2023
    American presidents elected in a year ending with a zero have a tendency to die in office. Will Joe Biden (elected in 2020) also be a similar statistic? Presidents are

  • THE PAINTED LADY!

    September 17, 2023
    What do a dilapidated hotel, a hypochondriac manager, an Italian chef, a politician and his secret lover, two travellers experiencing car trouble, a flamboyant artist with a surreptitious aspiration, a hapless love triangle, and a

  • INSPIRING FAMILY HAVE HEALTHY LIVING DOWN PAT

    September 17, 2023
    Sometimes when starting a new beginning it pays to know nothing about it otherwise the pitfalls and inexperience are enough to extinguish any enthusiasm. This is what Anna Axisa and

  • Antiques and Collectables

    September 17, 2023
    Collecting is a hobby that lasts a lifetime and gives much joy and pleasure. Those memorable finds, the great people you meet, the new places you explore when searching for

  • VOTE YES . . . IT MAKES SENSE

    September 17, 2023
    Cast your mind back some six years, when over 250 Indigenous delegates met at Uluru and reached a consensus on a 440 word statement now known as ‘The Uluru Statement

  • SHARK SPOTTER SUPREME ON THE WAY?

    September 17, 2023
    I checked in with a friend I hadn’t been in touch with for a bit as he always has something interesting to tell me. Ric Richardson is an old family

  • WALK WITH US TO VOTE YES!

    September 17, 2023
    Voters in Lyne, across the Manning Valley and Great Lakes from Wauchope to Wingham, Dungog to Diamond Head, Hawks Nest to Harrington, Taree to Tuncurry and every town and locality

  • WHERE DO OUR RATES GO THEN???

    September 17, 2023
    All NSW Councils are required by legislation to have a Four Year Delivery Program and an Annual Operational Plan to show the community how their rates are being spent and

  • CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS CENSORED

    September 17, 2023
    It seems the recent public awareness, concern and criticism of MidCoast Council’s failure to deliver Capital Works Projects on time and to budget, has taken its toll on the Administration. 

Health

  • September 17, 2023

INSPIRING FAMILY HAVE HEALTHY LIVING DOWN PAT

REVVING UP YOUR ENERGY

August 7, 2023

THE RETIREMENT OF RETIREMENT

June 24, 2023

MAKE THE MOST OF YOUR VISIT TO THE GP!

March 1, 2023

LAST CHANCE FOR THE MANNING BASE HOSPITAL IF CANDIDATES UNITE

January 30, 2023

LIFESTYLE

  • Collectibles

    Antiques and Collectables

    September 17, 2023
    Collecting is a hobby that lasts a lifetime and gives much joy and pleasure. Those memorable finds, the great people you meet, the new
  • Books

    FLAWED HERO

    September 17, 2023
    TRUTH, LIES AND WAR CRIMES Chris Masters Allen & Unwin.    RRP $34.99 On 25 May 2023, after a defamation hearing of 110 days,
  • Books

    IDI AMIN

    September 17, 2023
    THE MAN WHO STOLE UGANDA Alex Mitchell Published by Word Image Pty Ltd 2023 RRP $20.00 Alex Mitchell has worked in the media for
  • Books

    Engaging with Ageing

    September 17, 2023
    Anne Ring Recently, I heard the phrase “Stand up and speak out”. And I realised that that is exactly what I’m doing with my
  • Books

    DID I EVER TELL YOU THIS?

    September 17, 2023
    SAM NEILL Text Publishing. Rrp $49.99 I went on a holiday for a week and took Sam Neill along. Well, his memoir – Did I
  • Politics

    VOTE YES . . . IT MAKES SENSE

    September 17, 2023
    Cast your mind back some six years, when over 250 Indigenous delegates met at Uluru and reached a consensus on a 440 word statement
  • Politics

    WALK WITH US TO VOTE YES!

    September 17, 2023
    Voters in Lyne, across the Manning Valley and Great Lakes from Wauchope to Wingham, Dungog to Diamond Head, Hawks Nest to Harrington, Taree to
  • Politics

    WHERE DO OUR RATES GO THEN???

    September 17, 2023
    All NSW Councils are required by legislation to have a Four Year Delivery Program and an Annual Operational Plan to show the community how
  • Politics

    CAPITAL WORKS PROJECTS CENSORED

    September 17, 2023
    It seems the recent public awareness, concern and criticism of MidCoast Council’s failure to deliver Capital Works Projects on time and to budget, has
  • Local

    ROAD RAGE IS EVERYWHERE

    September 17, 2023
    Locals in the MidCoast Council area are fed up with the state of our rotten roads. It’s gone beyond potholes and crumbling bitumen to
  • Local

    THE PAINTED LADY!

    September 17, 2023
    What do a dilapidated hotel, a hypochondriac manager, an Italian chef, a politician and his secret lover, two travellers experiencing car trouble, a flamboyant artist with a surreptitious
  • Local

    A QUARRY IN THE BUCOLIC AND BEAUTIFUL WALLAROO STATE FOREST?

    August 7, 2023
    WHAT THE HELL ARE THEY THINKING! New South Wales is facing a biodiversity crisis which was significantly aggravated by the bushfires that destroyed much

Manning River punt

August 7, 2023

This wonderful old postcard view of Gloucester dates from early last century. The striking backdrop of the Bucketts is Gloucester’s most recognisable feature. This photo, by the late Newcastle press photographer

WILL THE ZERO YEAR CURSE STOP BIDEN?

September 17, 2023

American presidents elected in a year ending with a zero have a tendency to die in office. Will Joe Biden (elected in 2020) also be a similar statistic? Presidents are elected

INSPIRING FAMILY HAVE HEALTHY LIVING DOWN PAT

September 17, 2023

Sometimes when starting a new beginning it pays to know nothing about it otherwise the pitfalls and inexperience are enough to extinguish any enthusiasm. This is what Anna Axisa and her

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