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Willow Neal playing with the winning team, Eastcoast Eagles, at the Australian Futsal Championships this year

Willow flies to Florida for the Futsal World Championships

Janene Carey
1hr ago

14 girls relay team- Pixie Hill, Serenity Ellacott, Paige Keough, Lily Targett

Awesome athletes at Bellingen High School

Liz Hoy

Modena and Sharon competing together

Mother and daughter in state championship horse endurance ride

Willow Neal playing with the winning team, Eastcoast Eagles, at the Australian Futsal Championships this year

Willow flies to Florida for the Futsal World Championships

1hr ago

Urunga Major Triples winners for 2019 Isabel Pettit, Irene Algar, Kath McPhail very pleased with a convincing win over Helen Hoffman, Lynne Tarrant and Jo Bathgate.

Weekend Pennants season starting soon

Pat Chapman

Braxxton Humphreys Under 8s Player of the Match in the Bellingen-Dorrigo JRL

Magpie season is on its way

Climate Action Flashmob rehearsal

Climate Action Flashmob rehearsal

Service NSW is coming to Bellingen this week

Service NSW is coming to Bellingen this week

Dalwood

Calling descendants of all who worked at Dalwood

Climate Action Flashmob rehearsal

Climate Action Flashmob rehearsal

Elton John enthusiasm wins Coffs a second show

Elton John enthusiasm wins Coffs a second show

Ones-to-watch Alana Wilkinson and Feelds are bound to be a highlight

Surprise Duets and Brian Nankervis

Verto Disability Services: The VERTO north coast Disability Employment Services team.

Experience gives the best outcomes for employers and job seekers

Jil Hogan

Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries chief executive Tony Weber is urging motorists to check if their vehicles are affected by the Takata airbag recall.

Car makers call for vital safety check

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Bag yourself a bargain this weekend

Six top tips to get the best out of this weekend's garage sales

Ruth Lewis

Verto Disability Services: The VERTO north coast Disability Employment Services team.

Experience gives the best outcomes for employers and job seekers

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

Save, save, save: Prices are cut throughout the store, so whatever you need, either for the home or to wear, you can be sure to find a bargain at One3 on Wallace.

There's store-wide savings

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Discover a lush tropical oasis

Discover a lush tropical oasis

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Enjoy the serenity of nature

Enjoy the serenity of nature

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Landcare taking a tea break following weeding and tree planting.

Wonga Forest Landcare group celebrates regeneration results

Pia Dollmann

Italian entertainer Giri Mazzella, and Mrs Anne Hickey. Photo: Megan Octigan

Bellinger Valley VIEW celebrate 34th birthday

Megan Octigan

Anapana courses for children and teens include activities suitable for children, such as stories, games, creative activities, and keeping a diary. Photo: Shutterstock.

Free meditation course for children and teenagers

Tali Krieger

Landcare taking a tea break following weeding and tree planting.

Wonga Forest Landcare group celebrates regeneration results

Ukulele love: Internationally acclaimed musician Samantha Muir will perform at a public concert in the Valla Beach Tourist Park Woolshed on August 3.

Ukulele camp, concert and beach party at Valla

FIX THE BROKEN: A rise in veteran suicides has sparked a ground-swell of voices demanding a royal commission. Photo: Shutterstock

Column: Veteran suicide spike a national disgrace

Mick Birtles DSC

True warriors of the bush unveiled in new podcast

True warriors of the bush unveiled in new podcast

A very special ecosystem with old growth and rainforest

Preparations for logging begin near Kalang River headwaters

Liz Stevenson and Ron Martin with Shiloh the four-month-old Australian mini pig.

Meet the pig that graduated from puppy pre-school

CLOSE ENCOUNTER: A humpback whale breaches spectacularly in front of Dean Sorley's kayak in Fingal Bay last week. Picture: Dean Sorley

Imagine being in this kayak

Australian captain Sam Kerr wrote a letter to her former coach Aaron Holt for saving her football career. Picture: Karleen Minney

Meet the man who saved Sam Kerr's football career

Lucie Bertoldo

Cadaver dog Bryson found Noel Ingham's remains in the bushland at Dulverton.

He was his mate, his carer and ended up ... his murderer

Sandy Powell

In Conversation: Kerry O'Brien and Debbie Spillane. Photo Janene Carey

Writers 'wow' audiences at warm-hearted festival

Ute Schulenberg

Luxury: Merewether's The Beach House has been listed online as a luxury weekender with ocean views since December, 2016, but its path to development approval via the Land and Environment Court has been stormy.

Sex on the deck at beach rental has neighbours seeing red

Joanne McCarthy

Letter to the editor: Why must our local papers be covered in plastic?

Letter to the editor: Why must our local papers be covered in plastic?

Letter to Pat Conaghan about AFP raids

Letter to Pat Conaghan about AFP raids

Sandy Radke

People at The Map in Bellingen, listening to Ross Macleay's Hippie Trail talk on Friday April 26

Letters to the editor

Janene Carey

NO GOING BACK: Apollo 11 commander Neil Armstrong shortly before the launch on July 16, 1969. Pictures: NASA

Endless preparations herald big event

Helen Sim

"Continence Queen" Bev Killick.

When the drip goes beyond a joke

REPUTATION: CSIRO’s Parkes radio telescope has made its mark on space exploration. Picture: CSIRO/A Cherney.

Parkes telescope helped open universe up to the world

Helen Sim

NDIS wait times to establish access plans for children will be cut to a maximum of 50 days.

Faster support for children on NDIS plans

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Gladys Berejiklian says the drop in traffic because of the new metro is exceeding expectations.

New metro 'exceeds expectations': premier

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Three children have died in a house fire in the NSW Hunter Valley town of Singleton.

Three children die in Hunter Valley fire

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South Australia's government is considering removing automatic anonymity for alleged sex offenders.

SA may remove sex defendants' anonymity

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Former Billabong boss Matthew Perrin has been released from jail earlier than expected.

Ex-Billabong boss released from Qld jail

Sonia Kohlbacher
1hr ago

Mark Thompson faces drug trafficking charges after a raid on his home in January 2018.

'Bomber' Thompson admits drug use in court

Caroline Schelle
1hr ago

John Sekta has been told by a magistrate it's time to take responsibility for his actions.

Union boss Setka sent to behaviour course

Christine McGinn
2hrs ago

Ex-Wallaby Israel Folau's new fundraiser has raised more than $1.5 million of its $3 million target.

Folau thanks supporters as donations rise

2hrs ago

The Grassland Conference will be held in Gunnedah this year. Photo: Supplied

Gunnedah conference to talk all things grassland

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Finley farmers not optimistic

Stephen Burns
1hr ago

At South Eastern Livestock Exchange, Yass, 14 Angus steers weighing 313.6 kilograms sold for 329 cents a kilogram to return $1031.65 last Thursday. Photo: SELX Yass

Trading on low supply

Stephen Burns
2hrs ago

Salwater crocodile spotting is a major part of the Yellow Waters Cruise.

Wildlife abounds on billabong adventures in Kakadu

Vanessa Hayden

Lying down on the job? Just part of the entertainment at the Cunnamulla Fella Festival.

Inspiration for your next holiday

John Rozentals

Doi Inthanon National Park, Chiang Mai, Thailand

Holidays with the 'host factor'

Research shows most fatalities happen when the victims are working under a vehicle and using equipment incorrectly, with many of the fatalities involving the use of vehicle jacks.

Think twice before repairing your car at home

EXTRA CARE: Belinda Scougall has made sure Marshall knows his way around her home and has a ramp leading up to her bed.

Living with a blind dog is a lesson in love

Linley Wilkie

These kids are addicted to [screens] and the behavioural aggression is often a response to having the addiction withdrawal when time's up.

Your kid's tantrum might actually be screen time withdrawal

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