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Wingham Bowling Club news and results

Jim Gillogly

Wingham under 12s playing Forster on the weekend. Photo: Submitted

A steady ship for Wingham

Michael Roohan

Wingham's under 16s team enjoyed a victory against Taree West in Central Park on Saturday. Photo submitted

Another win for Under 16s

Dennis Smith

Wingham Bowling Club news and results

Wingham's Maitlan Brown. Photo Getty Images.

Maitlan featured in Big Bash Superstars

Wingham Services Snooker and Darts Club results

August Wingham Blue Light Disco lucky draw winner Aaliyah Madden with senior constable Dave Abbott.

Christmas comes to Wingham Blue Light Disco

Gold and black theme for supper dance

Cultural richness: Thai dancers performed at the event in 2016. Photo: supplied.

Lots to see and do this weekend

August Wingham Blue Light Disco lucky draw winner Aaliyah Madden with senior constable Dave Abbott.

Christmas comes to Wingham Blue Light Disco

Woodworked items are among the plentiful handmade gifts to be found at Craftathon. Photos: supplied.

Shop handmade and local for Christmas at Craftathon 2018

Great Lakes Relay for Life: Club Forster board president Claire Fletcher, Great Lakes local hero Ashley Duckworth, Club Forster board director Gail Stewart and relay committee chair Terry McDermott.

What’s on this weekend

A sunset bath in Botswana is enjoyed by a pair of elephants

An exhilarating brush with danger in deep Botswana

Jennie Dicker

Party time: The 50th birthday celebrations of Wingham Pool will take place on Saturday, November 3. There will be pool party games for the kids with relay races and inflatables, a jumping castle, barbecue lunch as well as enough cake for everyone.

Wingham Pool turns 50

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Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

A sunset bath in Botswana is enjoyed by a pair of elephants

An exhilarating brush with danger in deep Botswana

What's your plan: Having a Bushfire Survival Plan will help you avoid making last minute decisions that could be deadly.

Ensure you have a fire plan

Individual decision: Different studies have shown contradictory results when it comes to determining the best age to start. Photo: Shutterstock.

Deciding if your child is old enough

Sam Hollier

An unbeatable family lifestyle at Forster

House of the week

Read Three Valleys Domain here

Ruth Lewis

First impressions: Using quality photos in real estate listings can make all the difference.

Are professional photos worth it?

Ruth Lewis

Wingham Brush Public School Choir under director Natasha Buckley performing during the peace concert.

School choir singing for peace

Pam Muxlow
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Celebrate Christmas with Wingham Hospital Ladies Auxiliary

Food glorious food: food from global cuisines to vegemite is the theme for the annual Trivia Teaser.

Manning Net end of year celebrations with Trivia Teaser

Wingham Brush Public School Choir under director Natasha Buckley performing during the peace concert.

School choir singing for peace

40m ago

SNAPPED: AIF 2nd Division soldiers, Vignacourt, 1918. Picture: AWM P10550.140

Road to Remembrance

Detective Inspector Jon Rouse

Detective awarded for work catching child sex offenders

Allen and Helen Valentine, Mark Driscoll and his daughter Julia Driscoll celebrate the end of an era.

Out and About in Wingham | Photos

Esther and Carol Vincent, Anne Gilchrist and Tejay and Riley

Camp Memories | Photos

Lisa Hagarty, Garry Smith and Melissa Morgan at the entrance to Wingham Pool.

Out and About in Wingham | Photos

The Belford family picnicking at Comboyne?

Help needed identifying photographs

From our archives: Remembrance Day at Wingham 2017

Scott Calvin

From our archives: Cultures in the Manning 2015 to 2017 | Photos

Scott Calvin

Fun in the sun: Dekoda and Ellanor Summerfield enjoying the slippery water slide at Camp Memories 2017. Photo: Scott Calvin

From our Archives: Camp Memories in the Manning 2017 | Photos

Julia Driscoll

From our archives: Taree Craftathon 2011 to 2016

Scott Calvin

Glochidion ferdinandi (Cheese Tree) located at Failford, age in excess of 150 years.

Tree controls removed: Do plans and policies mean nothing?

Helen Hannah

The Whiddon Group Ladies Auxiliary raised funds for 18 months to achieve the $5000 needed to purchase two special reclining chairs in 2015.

Letter: “Finishing up” of Whiddon Group Ladies Auxiliary

Mrs Mave Richardson thanks those attending the Wingham Diggers Ball, on behalf of the organising committee.

Wingham’s ‘ball of the century’: thanks to those who helped and attended

SORE SUBJECT FOR SENIORS: From November 1 anyone aged 50 or over will have to visit a specialist to be referred for an MRI scan on a sore or injured knee.

Over 50s denied GP-referred knee MRI scans

Eileen Wood

BEST SHOT: Wilma Perkins competes in shot put - one of seven events in the heptathlon - at the World Masters Athletics Championships in Malaga, Spain. Photo: World Masters Athletics

Golden girls reign in Spain

Geraldine Cardozo

Win a NZ Holiday

Relief at Gargasoulas convictions: victims

10m ago

Universities question free speech probe

14m ago

Angus Taylor. Photo: Nick Moir

New power projects could get govt support

53m ago

Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews has accused the Greens of having a "massive cultural problem".

Greens have 'culture problem': Vic Premier

55m ago

Scott Morrison has met with Joko Widodo to rescue an Australia-Indonesia free trade agreement.

Morrison meets Indonesia's Joko Widodo

Daniel McCulloch
1hr ago

An Adelaide Supreme Court judge has granted bail to Ebanee Coad, accused of neglecting her baby.

SA mum charged with baby neglect gets bail

1hr ago

The jury has retired in the trial of David Eastman, accused of the 1989 murder of Colin Winchester.

Eastman jury retires to consider verdict

Max Blenkin
1hr ago

Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg. Photo: AAP Image, Joel Carrett

Govt to put $2b into business loans market

Marnie Banger
2hrs ago

Old bottles of madeira … richly flavoured and seductive.

Life is but a SeaDream

John Rozentals

The Sebel Melbourne Malvern … 17 floors with 86 apartments.

Six highlights in your travel week | 12 Nov

John Rozentals

Queenstown … kissed by snow-capped mountains.

A delightful twist and turn through Queenstown

John Rozentals

Where's my waste: This year’s theme for National Recycling Week, From Waste Wars to Recycling Reboot, aims to resolve some of the confusion surrounding Australia’s waste.

The truth about recycling

A 2013 comprehensive review of the literature on the effect of bariatric surgery on cancer outcomes suggested that the surgery did reduce cancer risk, particularly for breast and endometrial cancer in individuals who had been obese prior.

Does bariatric surgery reduce cancer risk?

Healthshare

DIY: Take on smaller jobs.

Finish your reno before Christmas