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Wingham Rifle Club news and results

Down the Fairway

Birdie

Greg Bartlett bowling at Wingham Bowling Club.

Wingham Bowling Club news and results

Jim Gillogly

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Wingham Rifle Club news and results

Wingham Netball Club meet and greet

Wingham Women's Bowling Club: Club 4s Championship Winners 2019, from left, Alana Burns (skip), Denise Matheson, Margaret Hinton, and Coral Lockrey.

Eye on women’s bowls

Di Lewis

Up in lights: Ann Smith and Kim MacDonald stringing up fairy lights in the Manning Entertainment Centre foyer. Photo: Supplied:

Seeing stars in the foyer

Helen Knight

Action on the river: For the first time in 10 years the Australian Formula Powerboat Grand Prix will race in Taree this weekend, February 16 and 17.

Powerboats ready to race

Singer Afro Moses will celebrate his birthday with a concert at Mondrook Hall on March 23.

Singer Afro Moses to celebrate birthday at Mondrook concert

Up in lights: Ann Smith and Kim MacDonald stringing up fairy lights in the Manning Entertainment Centre foyer. Photo: Supplied:

Seeing stars in the foyer

Absolutely thrilled: New theatre manager Chris Tippett looks forward to leading the Manning Entertainment Centre team of staff and volunteers into the future.

Chris takes on leading role at Manning Entertainment Centre

On show: The All Around Us art exhibition at Gloucester Gallery features the work of Korean born and now Sydney-based artists, Cecelia and Mee.

What’s on this weekend

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Ruth Lewis

Happy sounds: Discover a range of CROS devices that will help you enjoy conversations more, even in the noisiest of social situations.

Hear both sides of the story with CROS

Biswajit Sadangi

Sweet music: Troy grew up listening to Guns and Roses, Motley Crue, Abba and the Bee Gees, and he loves the Beatles.

Mid North Coast Now | Wauchope’s music man

Letitia Fitzpatrick

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Hat Head product Aiden Tolman will always refer to the Macleay Vally as his "home".

Mid North Coast Now | Long road from Hat Head to the NRL

Callum McGregor

PASSIONATE ABOUT ORGANIC FARMING: Chris Eggert from Oxhill Organics in Wauchope was nominated for Australian Organic Farmer of the Year.

Mid North Coast Now | Farmer of the future

Letitia Fitzpatrick

Where coastal meets rural

Showcase property

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Ruth Lewis

Nestled amongst nature

House of the week: 14 Francis Redman Place, Hannam Vale

High tea to aid palliative care in the Manning

Up in lights: Ann Smith and Kim MacDonald stringing up fairy lights in the Manning Entertainment Centre foyer. Photo: Supplied:

Seeing stars in the foyer

Helen Knight

Wingham’s weekly weather

Frank Pammer

High tea to aid palliative care in the Manning

Yvonne Prince and Sharon McCartney from Wingham Spinners and Weavers Group at the loom. The club meets every Wednesday.

Wingham community diary

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Mount George Memos: calendar dates

Pam Nipperess

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SES cautiously keeping watch on Cyclone Oma

An artist's interpretation of the sauropods that made tracks (18m and 11m).

95-million-year-old dinosaur tracks found in Qld

Michael Rees batting for Wingham

Wingham bounce back with six wicket win |Photos

From our archives: Battle of the boats at Pacific Palms 2011 to 2015 | Photos

Space to create: Stephen Michael King in his studio. Photo: Scott Calvin.

Play is a serious business | photos and video

Lauren Green

From our archives: Day break on the Manning 2013 | Photos

Carl Muxlow

Safety first: Judy Brown and YFCC health promotion officer Jasmin Dunn celebrate National Condom Day. Picture: Brodie Weeding

Sexual health app launched on National Condom Day

Sarah Lansdown

Two utes valued at $300k among treasures lost in container spill

Max McKinney

Forget the mental wrestling – join the fight

Father Brendan Lee

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Can the community ever trust banks again?

Dr Liam Lenten

Parents need support, not punishment

Zoë Wundenberg

‘I stopped breathing’: Water safety skills ‘vital’ for seniors

Geraldine Cardozo

INVISIBLE EXERCISE: See how your pelvic floor works and the proper way to exercise it in free 3D animated videos.

Ladies, it’s time to exercise that pelvic floor – you too guys

Eileen Wood

SALT OF THE EARTH: Landcare volunteer Graeme Stevenson was one of three finalists in the prestigious Bob Hawke Landcare Award last year.

Job well dung for poo-ologist

Johanna Baker-Dowdell

Labor wants the big four banks to explain how they implement the royal commission's recommendations.

Bank bosses to face public grillings

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Greater "secondary prevention" could save more Australians from dying from heart disease.

Call for repeat heart attack, strokes plan

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Archbishop Mark Coleridge says the child sex abuse royal commission can guide the church globally

Abuse royal commission a roadmap: bishop

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Introduced species are putting huge pressure on Australian species that are already under threat.

Invaders taking toll on threatened species

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Brian Winspear has returned to Darwin at age 99 for the 77th anniversary of the Darwin bombings.

Darwin veteran returns to honour comrades

Greg Roberts
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Accused serial killer Bradley Edwards attacked a hospital worker in 1990, a court has heard.

Alleged Claremont serial killer 'jilted'

Angie Raphael and Rebecca Le May

Staff at Darren Weir’s former stables lose their jobs

Former Melbourne Lord Mayor Robert Doyle has been accused of sexual harassment by numerous women.

Vic assault claimant seeks city apology

Andrew Drummond

THE TWO JOHNS: Chairman of Rural Press, John B. Fairfax (left), and managing director, John Parker (right), farewell the then Prime Minister, Bob Hawke, after he made a flying visit to the company's North Richmond headquarters in 1991.

A milestone for The Land

Vernon Graham and Andrew Norris

The 2013 The Land Sydney Royal Showgirl, Kennedy Tourle.

What’s in a ‘Showgirl’ name?

Samantha Townsend

NSW Greens MP David Shoebridge, centre. The Greens want to set up four regional renewable energy power hubs.

Greens’ public energy proposal to make state 100 per cent renewable by 2030

John Ellicott

Four Points: One of last pieces of the jigsaw.

Chippendale shows a more modern side

John Rozentals

Parramasala: A vibrant cross-section of cultures.

Your weekly travel inspiration

Skip the flowers and hit the road with your Valentine

Catching a brain aneurysm in time for it to be treated, while partly down to chance, is also a matter of being aware of family history and of the symptoms – headaches, vision changes, confusion and nerve paralysis – and alerting a doctor in order to have the relevant tests done.

Brain surgery has come a long way

HealthShare

Whether native or introduced, wild animals are not pets; they belong in the wild. No matter how good your intentions, a life in captivity is a life of suffering for wild animals

Do you really need an exotic pet?

LIVING THE GOOD LIFE: Former police officer Peter Gillett with his dogs on King Island. Picture: Dee Kramer

Island life proves the perfect treatment for former cop

Johanna Baker-Dowdell