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Productive time for anglers in the Manning River area

Ian Pereira

Group Three captain Shannon Ellem breaks a tackle during the clash against Group Two last season at Wingham.

Group to nominate players for next year’s North Coast squad

Mick McDonald

Howzat: Wingham players celebrate a wicket in the win over United last week.

Wingham on top of the ladder even if batsmen aren’t firing

Mick McDonald

Productive time for anglers in the Manning River area

Taree Wildcats will speak to incumbent coach Rod Bartley before making a decision on the 2019 premier league position.

Taree Wildcats yet to appoint coach for premier league side

Mick McDonald

Cricketer Josh Meldrum is the Manning River Times-Iguana Sportstar of the Week.

Josh Meldrum’s ton may have saved Taree West’s season

Mick McDonald

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Time to come together: Amarni and Willow Mitchell with Miley and Carter Cox at the 2017 Carols in the Park at Black Head. The carols return to Wylie Breckenridge Park this Sunday.

Get out and about this weekend

Tall Ships Reserve in Tinonee will be the location for a memorial service on December 16 to remember loved ones lost to suicide.

Memorial service for those we’ve lost to suicide

The Waang Djarii Dancers performed outside on the development site of the Manning Entertainment Centre’s smaller theatre space. Photo: Jake Davey.

Manning Entertainment Centre a real pearl

Lauren Green

Time to come together: Amarni and Willow Mitchell with Miley and Carter Cox at the 2017 Carols in the Park at Black Head. The carols return to Wylie Breckenridge Park this Sunday.

Get out and about this weekend

Season launch: The Manning Entertainment Centre's sales and marketing officer Helen Knight gave the attendees a taste of what is to come during the theatre's 2019 season. Photo: Jake Davey.

Revellers help to celebrate

Helen Knight

Lorraine Kyle and Rosslyn Figg enjoying the Art and Soul Exhibition at Taree Craft Cottage.

Art and Soul exhibition at Taree Craft Cottage

Sarah Mostyn, of Windella Farms

Five small businesses making their dreams come true

Emma Elsworthy

Rebecca Stern, of Mustard Made.

Savvy business mums are doin' it for themselves in regional Australia

Emma Elsworthy

Aloha Zen’s Byron Bay Pillow, $107.00

Unique gift ideas for the hard-to-buy-guy in your life

Emma Elsworthy

Sarah Mostyn, of Windella Farms

Five small businesses making their dreams come true

Dedicated: Margaret’s Underfashions owner Margaret George with one of her three stff members Karen Rojo. Find them in the Pulteney Arcade.

The right fit for every lady

The Small Folk’s founders Anna and Simon Davis say their roles as early childhood educators helped guide their vision to create "enchanting, holistic play, celebrating a naturally simplified childhood".

Why a labour of love makes all the difference in regional Australia

Emma Elsworthy

Finished to perfection

Showcase property

ON THE HORIZON: Realtair managing director Peter Matthews says the real estate cliche, ‘location, location, location’ is ever present when water is concerned. Hot spots such as cafe strips and transport services are areas that provide lifestyle to add further value to the water.

Bringing alive your coastal dream

Lydia Roberts

An unbeatable family lifestyle at Forster

House of the week

Valley Industries celebrates participation

Taree students are changing the future with an Hour of Code

Melissa Tindall

Bulahdelah Central School student Harrison Hughes with some of the works on show.

Bulahdelah Show students’ night results

Valley Industries celebrates participation

Flynn’s second only hair cut – again for children’s charity

Kindergarten students Sebastian Chatfield and Noel Green having fun on the dodgems.

Show ‘pack’ makes show affordable for Bulahdelah students

Australian opening batsman Marcus Harris (right) and Aaron Finch.

Aussies start well in Second Test

From our archives: Black head carols from 2013 to 2017 | Photos

MidCoast 2018 Christmas lights map

A herd of pigs targetted in the aerial shoot.

Aerial cull takes out nearly 5000 feral pigs

Xavier, Chelsea and Phoebe Hammond, Ava and Korbin Atkins

Spectacular Taree Carols in the Park | photos and video

Julia Driscoll

MidCoast 2018 Christmas lights map

Sea of colour: Bibiannah Peattie, Leilani Wallace and Charlize Tilley were covered in pink chalk during the colour run. Students also participated in baseball, a “Ninja Warrior” course and bubble soccer. Photo: Scott Calvin.

From our archives: Chatham High celebrates Griffin day | Photos and videos

Scott Calvin

Just some of the stars on the red carpet on Wednesday night.

15 photos from the AACTA red carpet

Why do we need to centralise everything?

Member for Lyne David Gillespie

Column: End of 2018 political year a success

Member for Lyne David Gillespie

Proposed logging changes – what utter madness

PROSTATE: Research shows some men would prefer to sacrifice survival odds rather than suffer the side-effects of prostate cancer treatment.

Prostate cancer: men trade-off survival for quality of life

Eileen Wood

Labor accused of ‘milking’ self-funded retirees

HEALTH CONCERN: More older people are drinking to hazardous levels. Image Pixabay.

Boomers the new ‘risky’ drinkers

Eileen Wood

Sydney and parts of NSW are recovering from storms that brought damaging winds and hailstones.

Storms lash Sydney, 55k without power

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Cyclone Owen has been downgraded to a tropical low after it hit the Gulf of Carpentaria coast.

Owen downgraded in Qld, but could reform

There will be some relief for Victorians on Sunday after the state was hit by storms in recent days.

Storms lessen but Vic not yet in the clear

NSW will appoint a commissioner to uncover and end abuse people in the state's aged care sector.

NSW Commissioner targets aged care abusers

Labor says if it wins government there will be incentives for investors to build affordable homes.

Labor promises cash for affordable homes

Angus Livingston, Senior Political Writer

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has decided to formally recognise Jerusalem as the Israeli capital.

Govt "risky" on Israel decision: Labor

Gemma Najem

The worst of the weather in north Queensland is over as ex-tropical Cyclone Owen moves to the east.

Qld Cyclone Owen downgraded to low system

Perry Duffin and Warren Barnsley

Thunderstorms are pounding parts of Sydney, causing power failures and train delays.

54,000 homes blacked out by NSW storms

Perry Duffin

Live Music at Empire Control Room

Five unmissable things to do, see and taste in Texas

The Brahmaputra River … in the rarely visited Indian state of Assam.

River-cruising the mysterious kingdom of Bhutan

John Rozentals

Fraser Suites Sydney … ‘Summer Fun’ extras comprise buffet breakfast and onsite parking.

Six highlights in your travel week | 13 Dec

John Rozentals

The people of the underworld: aboard a Collins class submarine

Nadine Morton

HMAS Dechaineux at sea. Photo: LEADING SEAMAN KAYE ADAMS 111618nmsub29

See what it’s like under the sea in a Collins class submarine

Nadine Morton

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