THE 20th anniversary Ian “Bato” Barbato Memorial Golf Day was held on Sunday 24 November. Ian was a much-loved Laurieton larrikin, restauranteur, publican, golfer, Vietnam veteran, friend and family man. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882.

“YOU couldn’t see Santa for the billy lids (kids)”, that’s how one Bonny Hills resident described the crowd at last Sunday’s packed Carols at the Beach. Wauchope Bonny Hills Surf Life Saving Club has hosted the event for the past fifteen years, with key community groups pitching in to help. Advertise with

ICU nurse Kate Handley says she “lives to serve her community”, even though the ongoing battle for fair pay and conditions is enough to get any frontline worker down. So, when someone in the community decided it would be fun to destroy the Christmas tree she had erected on the front

TWELVE Camden Haven High School (CHHS) students celebrated their graduation from the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) Youth Internship Program on Saturday, 30 November. Port Macquarie MP Leslie Williams, Mayor Adam Roberts, SES Northern Zone Commander Andrew Cribb and CHHS Deputy Principal Shayne Vonbun attended the ceremony alongside Camden Haven

IT’S that time of year when Busways unpacks its tinsel to bring a smile to passengers across the Camden Haven and Hastings. From Tuesday, ten buses on the Mid North Coast were sporting Christmas decorations, including those servicing Laurieton, Wauchope and Port Macquarie. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth

COUNCIL has approved modifications to the plans for an expansive home on one of the most prominent blocks of land in Bonny Hills, despite community objections. The 1566.6m2 angled block is at the corner of Ocean Drive and Beach Street, just above the Wauchope Bonny Hills Surf Life Saving Club. Advertise

“I LISTENED, I cared and I did deliver.” These were among Dr David Gillespie’s final words to the Australian Parliament after almost twelve years as the Member for Lyne. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email us

A MAN and woman have been extradited from Western Australia and charged over an alleged kidnapping and shooting at Bago, between Herons Creek and Wauchope. Officers responding to concern for welfare reports attended Rollover Road, which is on the way to Bago Bluff, just after 7am on Sunday, 17 November. Advertise with

CHARLES Sturt University (CSU), which has a campus in Port Macquarie, has described as “disastrous” the Federal Government’s decision to keep its controversial policy on international student visas. Known as Ministerial Direction 107 (MD107), the policy has led to massive delays in the processing of visa applications and, subsequently, a dramatic