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High ten: Rovers celebrate a wicket earlier this season. Photo: Penny Tamblyn.

Rovers edge out South West Rocks

Callum McGregor

All smiles: Kempsey Macleay Physical Culture club member Sienna Allen proudly holds up her Grand Champion trophy. Photo: Supplied.

Sienna Allen breaks 15-year drought to become second Macleay dancer to win Grand Champion

Callum McGregor

Champions: Winners Craig Donaldson and Greg Keft with runner ups Ray Boulter and Michael Howard. Photo: Supplied.

Craig Donaldson and Greg Keft claim pairs championship

High ten: Rovers celebrate a wicket earlier this season. Photo: Penny Tamblyn.

Rovers edge out South West Rocks

Stroke: The Kempsey-Crescent Head Surf Boat Open Women's crew competing in competition last season. Photo: Penny Tamblyn.

Kempsey-Crescent Head lead in four surf boat divisions

Callum McGregor

Defence: Mark Smee plays a shot for Nulla in their narrow defeat against Taree West on Saturday. Photo: Callum McGregor.

Nulla suffer heartbreaking loss as Taree West’s Josh Meldrum blasts a century

Callum McGregor

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Jim Newman, Gianna Douglas, Pam Scanlon, John Ausburn, Deb Rownes, Sylvia Scott and Louise Finnegan.

Sunday afternoon a capella in Kempsey

Pamela Scanlon

Handmade glass jewellery by David McManus.

McManus to exhibit at Kundabung this weekend

Val Wright

A cheerful display at 10 John Taggart Close in South West Rocks. Photo: April Kane.

Macleay Valley 2018 Christmas lights map now live

Jim Newman, Gianna Douglas, Pam Scanlon, John Ausburn, Deb Rownes, Sylvia Scott and Louise Finnegan.

Sunday afternoon a capella in Kempsey

Band Members Robyn Edwards, Kathleene Capararo and Liz Capararo

Bold as brass – and this time Kempsey is ready

Christian Knight

Lyn and Chris Dockrill with Conan Stevens

Crescent Head couple rub shoulders with Game of Thrones star

Rebecca Stern, of Mustard Made.

Savvy business mums are doin' it for themselves in regional Australia

Emma Elsworthy

Aloha Zen’s Byron Bay Pillow, $107.00

Unique gift ideas for the hard-to-buy-guy in your life

Emma Elsworthy

The Small Folk’s founders Anna and Simon Davis say their roles as early childhood educators helped guide their vision to create "enchanting, holistic play, celebrating a naturally simplified childhood".

Why a labour of love makes all the difference in regional Australia

Emma Elsworthy

Rebecca Stern, of Mustard Made.

Savvy business mums are doin' it for themselves in regional Australia

Amber Drop Honey (500 grams), $10.50

Christmas Gift Guide: 15 of the hottest pressies UNDER $50

Mustard Made’s The Shorty Locker in Blush, $199.00

Christmas Gift Guide: 15 of the hottest pressies OVER $50

Great value-for-money home at Aldavilla

House of the week

Luxury living amid prime grazing country

House of the week

Calling investors or first-home buyers

Discover your inner curious creature at the Summer Reading Club at Kempsey Shire libraries.

Local libraries host summer reading

Kempsey Shire Council

Community spirit was alive and well with the festivities and Twilight Markets in Riverside Park, Kempsey.

Street comes alive for festive market

Mayor Liz Campbell

The veiw down Elbow street. Photo:Stephen Katte.

Macleay weather forecast for December 11 -17

Discover your inner curious creature at the Summer Reading Club at Kempsey Shire libraries.

Local libraries host summer reading

James Brown, the new president of the NSW RSL and his team face an unenviable task for the future direction of the RSL. Photo: Janie Barrett

RSL NSW in constitution limbo

Mick Birtles DSC

Out the front of the office at Elbow St, West Kempsey.

Celebration held at Macleay Valley Options | Photos

Stephen Katte

A herd of pigs targetted in the aerial shoot.

Aerial cull takes out nearly 5000 feral pigs

Emotional: Survivors of the bus-train accident lay a wreath at the foot of the memorial garden in South Kempsey. Photo: Penny Tamblyn.

Kempsey remembers as six children 'live on in our hearts' | Photos

An unidentified child with Donald and Bill Baker and their fishing nets in Killick Creek at Crescent Head. The two storey hotel in the background is the New Brighton. Pics: Macleay River Historical Society

From the archives: The Macleay more than half a century ago | Photos

From the archives: Crescent Head Santa Surf 2015 | Photos

A cheerful display at 10 John Taggart Close in South West Rocks. Photo: April Kane.

Macleay Valley 2018 Christmas lights map now live

Local students learn about road safety | Photos

Ruby Pascoe

Kempsey Christmas Festival: A huge success | Photos

Just some of the stars on the red carpet on Wednesday night.

15 photos from the AACTA red carpet

High-speed rail? Time we all got on board

Father Brendan Lee

Community spirit was alive and well with the festivities and Twilight Markets in Riverside Park, Kempsey.

Street comes alive for festive market

Mayor Liz Campbell

Why don’t we leave when a bushfire looms?

Professor Jim McLennan

PROSTATE: Research shows some men would prefer to sacrifice survival odds rather than suffer the side-effects of prostate cancer treatment.

Prostate cancer: men trade-off survival for quality of life

Eileen Wood

Labor accused of ‘milking’ self-funded retirees

HEALTH CONCERN: More older people are drinking to hazardous levels. Image Pixabay.

Boomers the new ‘risky’ drinkers

Eileen Wood

Victorians should pack an umbrella and brace for heavy rain and thunderstorms over the coming days.

Heavy rain and flash flooding risk for Vic

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Fewer people presented themselves to emergency departments across NSW public hospitals this winter.

Dip in NSW emergency department visits

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Arthur Moses of the Law Council of Australia, says the family court system is broken.

Lawyers pan radical Family Court changes

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NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian wants states to have a greater role in determining migration levels.

NSW premier takes population issue to PM

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Cathrina Cahill fatally stabbed her fiance David Walsh at their Sydney home in February 2017.

Woman to be sentenced for killing fiance

Margaret Scheikowski
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Ex-CFMEU boss Dave Hanna is accused of deliberately destroying union documents.

Qld union staff told to get rid of files

Sonia Kohlbacher
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A report says a tax on alcohol is the most cost-effective way to tackle obesity in Australia.

Grog tax best way to tackle Aust obesity

Sally Wardle

Premier Steven Marshall says South Australia is the ideal location for Australia's new space agency.

Adelaide to host Australia's space agency

Four unique accommodation options in Victoria

Enjoy a white Christmas in Whistler

Your 2018/19 essential guide for the winter in Whistler

Rachael Hopwood

Aranui 5 passengers being taken ashore in the Marquesas.

Six highlights in your travel week | 3 Dec

John Rozentals

SPECIFIC EATING: The input of an accredited practising dietitian when testing the FODMAP diet is important because it is quite complex.

Gut in a rut? You might want to try the Low FODMAP Diet

Healthshare

Timber gives warmth to the pool area and has a premium finish designed to withstand the forces of nature and UV.

Decking crafted to perfection

OPPORTUNITY: Dubbo's Jamie McGaw in Antarctica standing next to Australia's icebreaker Aurora Australis. Photo: STEPH VAN DER WIELAN

Like snow, ice and isolation? Maybe this will work for you