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North Coast Bulldogs versus Parramatta Eels | Photos

Too good: Rangers midfielder John Henry pulls away from two Saints defenders. Photo: Penny Tamblyn.

Macleay sides into round three of FFA Cup

Howzat: Rovers players celebrate a dismissal of a Nulla batsman in their first grade match on Saturday. Photo: Penny Tamblyn.

Rovers topple competition leaders in first grade | Photos

Callum McGregor

North Coast Bulldogs versus Parramatta Eels | Photos

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Duo combine to claim victory

Greg Mayhew

National champions: The Kempsey-Crescent Head Masters 180s crew celebrating their victory at the ASRL Open. Photo: Supplied.

Kempsey-Crescent Head crew claims gold at national carnival

Callum McGregor

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SAFER DRIVING: Seniors are encouraged to register for the older road users' safety workshops. Photo supplied.

Road safety workshop available for seniors

Kempsey Shire Council

Kempsey Families CEO June Wilson. Photo: Supplied

Celebrate the Women of the Macleay this International Women's Day

A trades awareness day will be held at the Kempsey Campus of TAFE NSW on Monday to encourage girls to consider a career in a trade. Photo supplied.

Girls can too: try a trade day Kempsey

Toni-lee Collier

SAFER DRIVING: Seniors are encouraged to register for the older road users' safety workshops. Photo supplied.

Road safety workshop available for seniors

Kempsey-Macleay Riding for the Disabled Centre resumed this week to bring therapy through horse riding in 2019 to people like Nathaniel, who is riding Diamond

Picking up the reins for the year ahead

Pauline Harrison

Flickerfest remains the platform for celebrating the most entertaining and innovative short film-making. The festival comes to the Macleay in March.

Flickerfest comes to the Macleay

Steve MacDonald

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Ruth Lewis

Bargain hunters: Shoppers will come away happy from Kempsey on Friday.

Get in early to grab a bargain

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Stunning rural and mountain views

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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

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

A must see for the savvy buyer

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Family home with views of the river

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With views prettier than a Monet

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SENIORS WEEK: Mayor Liz Campbell and 2019 Macleay Seniors Festival Ambassador Betty Green.

Enticing businesses and visitors to area

Mayor Liz Campbell

SAFER DRIVING: Seniors are encouraged to register for the older road users' safety workshops. Photo supplied.

Road safety workshop available for seniors

Kempsey Shire Council

HEAVY: Carson Hudson weighed down by all his medals. Photo: Supplied

Local comes home from the championships with a bag of medals

Stephen Katte

SENIORS WEEK: Mayor Liz Campbell and 2019 Macleay Seniors Festival Ambassador Betty Green.

Enticing businesses and visitors to area

Concussions are mostly associated with subtle symptoms like headaches, memory loss and confusion. Photo: File

Experts: If in doubt then sit them out

Scott Marsh from Home Instead Senior Care, Mayor Liz Campbell, care consultant Nola Turnbull and Rod Lewis from Home Instead Senior Care. Phpto: Stephen Katte

The seniors festival has begun

Stephen Katte

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

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

North Coast Bulldogs versus Parramatta Eels | Photos

Howzat: Rovers players celebrate a dismissal of a Nulla batsman in their first grade match on Saturday. Photo: Penny Tamblyn.

Rovers topple competition leaders in first grade | Photos

Important win: Bowler Josh Brenton (pictured) hit the winning run for Rovers over Wauchope RSL in Saturday's Premier League match. Photo: Penny Tamblyn.

Rovers complete miraculous run chase to claim victory with final ball | Photos

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

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

Locals compete in Nestle Mini Triathlon at South West Rocks | Photos

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

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

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

Alleged Claremont serial killer 'jilted'

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Staff at Darren Weir’s former stables lose their jobs

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

Vic assault claimant seeks city apology

Andrew Drummond

The Fauna and Flora Research Collective is fighting to save old-growth forests in East Gippsland.

Forest advocates back Vic logging case

Rick Goodman

At least 120 homes and buildings have been destroyed by bushfires at Tingha and Tabulam in NSW.

Fire bans in NSW as cost of blazes tallied

Former Queensland CFMEU boss Dave Hanna is on trial over rape allegations.

Ex-union boss rape trial continues in Qld

Warren Barnsley

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

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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