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Mitchel Stapleton celebrates his second win as a professional with trainer Ian 'Sparra' Stapleton

Saturday night's all right for fighting as Stapleton doubles down

Christian Knight

Hearts sink as Gift declared dead in the water

Hearts sink as Gift declared dead in the water

Mel Leigh Dee

Charlotte Kearney was super pleased with her hard training paying off when she won three golds.

Stuarts Point bringing the A-Team

Lyn Maloney

Mitchel Stapleton celebrates his second win as a professional with trainer Ian 'Sparra' Stapleton

Saturday night's all right for fighting as Stapleton doubles down

Mitchel Stapleton is whip fit ahead of his second bout as a professional

Nambucca's Dynamite Kid ready to launch

Christian Knight

Steve Rixon, Len Pascoe, Phil Emery and Phil Marks are just some of the former greats of NSW cricket that are coming to Kempsey. Photo: Supplied

Baggy Blues Tour to bring NSW cricket royalty to our shores.

Stephen Katte

STUNNING: Follow the Midnight Sun through the Arctic Circle on a Viking Cruise from London to Bergen in Norway.

Last days: enter now to win a Scandinavian cruise

Major Kangaroo Island attractions such as Seal Bay Conservation Park, Raptor Domain and Little Sahara survived the bushfires unscathed.

'We're still here': Kangaroo Island rising from the ashes

Mark Chipperfield

Longboats wait to take people around the island from the main beach of
Perhentian Kecil. Pictures: Michael Turtle

Sounds like my idea of paradise

Michael Turtle

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne returns to Nambucca

WHAT'S ONChamber Philharmonia Cologne returns to Nambucca

Image sourced from NSW Athletics League. The 66th Macksville Gift will run at Scotts Head on Feb 29.

An historic gift to Macksville

Mel Leigh Dee

Kempsey based theatre collective 'Wednesday Morning Group' feature in The Mid North Coast Creative Ageing Festival

Around the World in 80 Creative Ageing Projects

Chamber Philharmonia Cologne returns to Nambucca

WHAT'S ONChamber Philharmonia Cologne returns to Nambucca

Songstress Vena Klymo. Photos supplied.

WHAT'S ONStudio 3 Live with Vena Klymo

Ceri Wrobel

Heather Rose at the grand piano. Photo supplied.

WHAT'S ON'Harmony Time' matinee music concert

Marlene Griffin

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

Click on the cover above to read the latest edition.

Read the new Nambucca Visitor Guide here

Ruth Lewis

Popular choice: Owning a mobile phone is a necessity for just about everyone these days, but did you know that there are 2.5 billion of us that use Android making it the world's most popular operating system.

How to find the perfect phone for you

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Read Mid North Coast Now here

Read Mid North Coast Now here

INNOVATION: Teaching staff work hard to ensure that they know where each student is in their academic, social and cultural development. Photo: Supplied.

HSC Congratulations

Housing loan commitments by lenders increase

Make the effort with this beauty

Make the effort with this beauty

House of the Week
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Find your happy place at Hat Head

Find your happy place at Hat Head

House of the Week

Charming coastal farm by the river

Charming coastal farm by the river

House of the Week

Bowra Lions' Mark Scott was ecstatic at the $1350 raised and awarded Lyn McKay on behalf of the Bowraville Recreation Club a Certificate of Appreciation

Mutti magic makes moolah for bushfire survivors

Craig and Greg Doolan

Make new friends and learn skills by joining your local Rural Fire Service brigade

Queue to join the hall of heroes

Christian Knight

Repairs to close Grants Bridge daily in early March

Repairs to close Grants Bridge daily in early March

Ute Schulenberg

Bowra Lions' Mark Scott was ecstatic at the $1350 raised and awarded Lyn McKay on behalf of the Bowraville Recreation Club a Certificate of Appreciation

Mutti magic makes moolah for bushfire survivors

A portrait of Lorna by artist Loribelle Spirovski

Vale Lorna Dixon, a great Australian

Dr Vivienne Tedeschi

Greg Scrivner at his home workshop building nesting boxes for possums and gliders that will be used by WIRES MNC carers. Photo: Mick Birtles

A life committed to giving back

Mick Birtles DSC

CARING FOR OUR RIVER: Jason Forbes, Tony Donohoe, Nicolas and Delphine Tessier, James Ford, Andy Myers

Alternative harvest by our Nambucca River oyster farmers | photos

Taste-testing skills for life after school | photos

Taste-testing skills for life after school | photos

TREASURES: Hyselodoris obscura

Diving into the deep blue at Nambucca Heads | photos

The students of Kinder 1

All smiles for first day of school

Another Family Fun Day put to bed

PHOTOSAnother Family Fun Day put to bed

Mel Leigh Dee

Back in the habit: Annual Elly Stig Memorial Day blessed with huge crowd

Back in the habit: Annual Elly Stig Memorial Day blessed with huge crowd

Raelene Squires

Pushing through the pain: South West Rocks' Kylie Robinson was the first female local to finish the triathlon on the weekend. Photo: Penny Tamblyn.

WHAT'S ONSouth West Rocks Trial Bay triathlon celebrates 31 years

Down by the river: Jack Milton Rachel Wilson and Abbie Milton

New scoring system makes Putt Bennett Family Fishing Festival more sustainable

Janene Carey

SADDENING: Father Brendan says it's not the first time a man has murdered his family and some people have sympathised with him.

OPINIONIt's the victims who deserve total sympathy

Father Brendan Lee

Taking a look at the science of sneezing

OPINIONTaking a look at the science of sneezing

Dr Mary McMillan

SIGNIFICANT: As a new employee, it can be seriously difficult to break into an established clique in a workplace.

OPINIONFinding your place at work is important

Zoë Wundenberg

TURNING THE PAGE: Rosie Craven is living with early stage Alzheimer's but is now able to enjoy hobbies such as reading again thanks to a new clinical trial.

Everything is Rosie thanks to new Alzheimer's drug trial

Rowan Cowley

LADY OF THE HOUSE: Miriam Margolyes as Aunt Prudence in Miss Fisher and the Crypt of Tears, in cinemas nationally from February 27.

Dear Prudence comes out to play for unstoppable Miriam

Geraldine Cardozo

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

NSW Seniors Festival: so much to celebrate

The federal government says Australia must build resilience as the cost of natural disasters soars.

Resilience key to federal disaster plan

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Nationals Party leader Michael McCormack is sceptical about the NFF's emissions reductions goals.

McCormack slights farmers' carbon goals

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A new crime squad tackling illegal stockpiling of hazardous waste will be set up in Victoria.

New Vic crime squad tackles illegal waste

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Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is fielding questions about the economic fall out from the coronavirus.

Treasurer still coy on virus hit to budget

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Defence Minister Linda Reynolds on Tuesday. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

Give fathers more leave to narrow gender gap: Reynolds

Adrian Rollins
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There are calls for law reform in Queensland after the murder of Hannah Clarke and her children.

Coercive control would be a crime: Qld LNP

Nicholas McElroy
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Health Minister Greg Hunt wants to speed up the diagnosis and improve treatment of rare diseases.

New plan for grappling with rare diseases

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Australia is urged to develop climate change-resilient infrastructure and protect coastal areas.

Infrastructure adviser wants water plan

Marnie Banger
1hr ago

Manage your canola risks to capture upside

Matthew Trewin
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HELPING HAND: Daniel Toogood has begun building container homes as temporary accommodation for families affected by the bushfires. Picture: Adam McLean

Daniel was homeless, now he's building temporary accommodation for bushfire victims

Brendan Crabb

Matt and Peter Hewitt, Allamby. The Hewitts won the Gunning Flock Ewe Competition for the second year in a row.

Second win in a row for Hewitts at Gunning

Olivia Calver

Is your home feeling blue?

Is your home feeling blue?

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GOING DOWN: Retirees face many money questions on the advisability of downsizing.

No easy answers to downsizing for retirees

The house that clay bricks built

The house that clay bricks built