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Taree Greyhound Club gets go ahead to conduct 13 TAB meetings

Taree Greyhound Club gets go ahead to conduct 13 TAB meetings

Mick McDonald

Strong: Wingham bowler Steve Allwood brings a solid 15 wickets at 13.6 into the new year competition. File photo.

Wingham teams in good positions

Wayne Smoothy

Mike Parsons has been returned unopposed as Football Mid North Coast chairman following the recent annual meeting.

Parsons in the chair

Taree Greyhound Club gets go ahead to conduct 13 TAB meetings

Taree Greyhound Club gets go ahead to conduct 13 TAB meetings

Opportunity for juniors to come and try rugby union

Opportunity for juniors to come and try rugby union

Carl Schubert

Horse riding events at the Wingham Summertime Rodeo | Photos and video

Scott Calvin and Samantha Brownrigg

Balloons at sunrise over Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey. Photo: Nicole Phillips

Finding a magical fairyland in Cappadocia

Nicole Phillips

PRIZE: You could win a cruise from London to Bergen, via Nordkapp and the Norwegian fjords, in Explore. Entries open on Saturday.

Win a cruise to Norway - and other great travel ideas

Why Sicily is a must-see destination in Italy

Why Sicily is a must-see destination in Italy

Nicole Phillips

Suzanne Lucas, Joy Davey, Herb and Dawn Beer and Jeannette Holland before the 2019 Australia Day ceremony at Club Taree. Sunday's ceremony will be held at Queen Elizabeth Park.

WHAT'S ONAustralia Day celebrations in the Manning, Great Lakes and Gloucester

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Snag a sausage sanger at Bunnings nationwide bushfire fundraiser

WHAT'S ONSnag a sausage sanger at Bunnings nationwide bushfire fundraiser

Keep your eyes peeled for the pixies...

WHAT'S ONKeep your eyes peeled for the pixies...

Julia Driscoll

Suzanne Lucas, Joy Davey, Herb and Dawn Beer and Jeannette Holland before the 2019 Australia Day ceremony at Club Taree. Sunday's ceremony will be held at Queen Elizabeth Park.

WHAT'S ONAustralia Day celebrations in the Manning, Great Lakes and Gloucester

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Manning Valley U3A secretary Chris Abbott.

WHAT'S ONManning Valley U3A delivers "learning for life"

On your bike: Forster Triathlon Club will host the Girls Only Tri on Sunday. The course involves a 300 metre swim, 12 kilometre cycle and three kilometre run.

WHAT'S ONMarkets, movies and more this weekend

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

Housing loan commitments by lenders increase

Housing loan commitments by lenders increase

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Have a break: This summer explore more of our vast continent without worrying about network coverage. With Pennytel you can get 98.8 per cent coverage across Australia's populated areas.

Keeping covered this summer

How do you find a great driving instructor?

How do you find a great driving instructor?

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Read Three Valleys Domain here

Read Three Valleys Domain here

Ruth Lewis

One-of-a-kind family home

One-of-a-kind family home

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Soak up luxury and style

Soak up luxury and style

RSPCA NSW to provide food, supplies and animal care in Taree this Saturday

RSPCA NSW to provide food, supplies and animal care in Taree this Saturday

Central Park: The 'Town Green' was looking like a sea of brown on Friday, January 17 due to much welcome rain. Photo: Joel Danet

Tinonee Topics: Town Green a sea of brown

Pam Muxlow

Free counselling at Wingham Showground for people affected by bushfires

Free counselling at Wingham Showground for people affected by bushfires

RSPCA NSW to provide food, supplies and animal care in Taree this Saturday

RSPCA NSW to provide food, supplies and animal care in Taree this Saturday

Sri Lankan community cooks for bushfire victims, firies and volunteers

Sri Lankan community cooks for bushfire victims, firies and volunteers

Rob Douglas

TAKING CARE: Animals, just like people, can be seriously affected by smoke haze.

Helping animals cope with those not-so-happy, hazy days

RSPCA

NEAR MISS: Police have released dash cam footage of a Ford wagon narrowly avoiding a head-on crash with a highway patrol car at Naringal. Picture: Supplied.

99km/h, a wet deck, a police car and a head-on waiting to happen

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Paul Patten.

Saltwater Freshwater Festival to showcase deadly new musical talent

From our archives: Australia Day at Wingham 2004 to 2013

From our archives: Australia Day at Wingham 2004 to 2013

Think you might have "survivor guilt"? Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAThink the Summer of the Not-So-Random Apocalypse didn't impact you? Think again

HAY NOW: Cowell farmer Brenton Smith welcomes the donation as feed dries up in the district.

Hay arrives in Cowell following benefit concert

Rachel McDonald

Sheila Bower looks over the remains of what was her car port, including a speaker which flew more than 30 feet. Picture: Kate Healy

Burrumbeet unofficially records more than 200mm of rain in a few hours

Greg Gliddon and Pat Nolan

A personalised plea from one man to the PM asks him to join the dots "if only for God's sake". Photo: Shutterstock

REAL AUSTRALIAPlease Mr Morrison, if only for God's sake, join the dots

Aussie Ark president Tim Faulkner and Dan Rumsey from the Australian Reptile Park have collected the first wild Manning River turtles for their insurance population. Photo courtesy Aussie Ark

World's first capture of Manning River turtles for insurance population

What would you take if forced to flee a fire?

What would you take if forced to flee a fire?

John Malouff
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Under pressure: Prime Minister Scott Morrison is standing by former sports minister Bridget McKenzie over the sports grants controversy. Picture: Australian Community Media

Why Morrison must sack Bridget McKenzie

John Hewson

The plot twists but the inner goth remains

OPINIONThe plot twists but the inner goth remains

Marie Low

MULTI-LEVEL: The Smart Road vertical village will comprise 77 independent living apartments and community amenities, including a Montessori Early Learning Centre.

Vertical living: A smart idea for generations

Geraldine Cardozo

REUNITED: Valda Dawson (left) with cousin, and neighbour, Dorothy Wallis.

Cousins reunited after six decades

Geraldine Cardozo

JUST LOVING IT: See Aussie singing legend John Paul Young. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

JPY shares the love

Cheryl Field

Local Burra icon Joey the Sheep and his owner Michael Foster have become quite the celebrities over the past 12 months.

A real-life ewe-nicorn - bought for two slabs of beer

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A 25-year-old man has been arrested in NSW and accused of swindling hay bale traders.

Man charged over NSW hay trade scam

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NEAR MISS: Police have released dash cam footage of a Ford wagon narrowly avoiding a head-on crash with a highway patrol car at Naringal. Picture: Supplied.

99km/h, a wet deck, a police car and a head-on waiting to happen

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The prime minister's department is investigating Bridget McKenzie over the issuing of sports grants.

McKenzie refusing to resign over scandal

Three Americans died when a C-130 water bomber crashed in the NSW Snowy Mountains.

Plane crash victims were 'brave Americans'

Steven Trask

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has announced a package to help wildlife recover from bushfires.

Help on the way for Vic pets and wildlife

The call up of army reservists to help with the bushfire crisis won't end until February 7.

Reserves' fire call out set to end in Feb

Matt Coughlan

A man has been arrested over a scam in which he promised to sell bales of hay but failed to deliver.

Accused hay bale swindler to front court

Steven Trask

Interim Inspector General of the Murray Darling Basin Water Resources, Mick Keelty speaks to water advocates following the town hall in Deniliquin.

Mick Keelty tells Southern Basin irrigators to "stick with him"

Olivia Calver
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KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Author and researcher Dr Geoff Beeson will address the crowd at a water summit in Dubbo on January 30. Photo: Contributed

'Learn from the past', says water summit keynote speaker

Breast cancer survivor Lisa Hardman and nurse Rachael Stevens. Picture supplied by McGrath Foundation.

Imagine coping with cancer, drought, and fires? Lisa did

Nicholas Fuller

NO BEEF: McDonald's new veggie burger is a straight-up-and-down vegetable patty, not a beef look-a-like.

When's a veggie burger a real veggie burger?

Shan Goodwin

Should lamington-flavoured hot cross buns be a thing?

Should lamington-flavoured hot cross buns be a thing?

Do your research pre-build

Do your research pre-build