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For the fun of it: Gloucester High School year 12 students get into the spirit of things for their final swimming carnival. Photo: Anne Keen

Splashing time at the GHS swimming carnival

Anne Keen

BPS medal winners: Bradley Rayner, Charlie Coombe, Thomas Coombe, Elana Pope, Summer Edwards and Irelyn Want. Photo supplied

BPS makes a splash at carnival

Anne Keen

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News from the bowling green

News from the fairway

Annette Mackay and Maria Ganakas will be running the financial sessions to be held in Gloucester aimed at empowering women. Photos supplied.

Empowering women to take control of their finances

Anne Keen

Marty "The Music Man" Wooster, pictured performing at the Beaumont Street festival in March 2018, is performing in Gloucester during the seniors festival. Photo supplied

A little music, a bit of art and some tech savvy sessions

Anne Keen

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

Annette Mackay and Maria Ganakas will be running the financial sessions to be held in Gloucester aimed at empowering women. Photos supplied.

Empowering women to take control of their finances

Preschool Storytime at Gloucester library.

Storytime returns to the library

Long trek: Gloucester Environment Group members Jeff Kite, Mark Sutherland, Hilary Kite, Pat Burrows, Terry Hardwick and Alison Lyon.

Gloucester Environment Group’s 30 year anniversary

Alison Lyon

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

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Read Mid North Coast Now here

Ruth Lewis

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

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

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

Read Three Valleys Domain here

Ruth Lewis

Nestled amongst nature

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

Preschool Storytime at Gloucester library.

Storytime returns to the library

Long trek: Gloucester Environment Group members Jeff Kite, Mark Sutherland, Hilary Kite, Pat Burrows, Terry Hardwick and Alison Lyon.

Gloucester Environment Group’s 30 year anniversary

Alison Lyon

CWA’s first fundraiser night for 2019

Barbara Reichert

Preschool Storytime at Gloucester library.

Storytime returns to the library

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Devastating: Royal Hotel in 1929 floodwater. Photo supplied.

This day in history: drought and flooding rain in Gloucester

Anne Moorcroft

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

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

From our archives: Powerboats on the Manning | Photos

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

Lady Gaga and Mark Ronson perform "Shallow" at the 61st annual Grammy Awards.

Who won what at the 2019 Grammy Awards

Watch a shocking timelapse of floodwater in Qld near a train derailment

Derek Barry

We won: Gloucester residents celebrate the decision to refuse the approval of the Rocky Hill coal mine. Photo Anne Keen

“We won!” Gloucester residents celebrate Rocky Hill mine appeal dismissal

Anne Keen

From our archives: Lower North Coast Branch Surf Life Saving Carnival 2014 to 2017 | photos

Scott Calvin

Take a seat, make it yours

Michelle Haines Thomas

Is your inner character busting to get out?

John Malouff

Jack de Belin, pictured here at Wollongong court house, should be stood down. Picture: Adam Mclean.

Jack de Belin should be stood down until rape charges are settled

Opinion: Ben Langford

‘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

Crews battling bushfires in northern NSW are working through the weekend to contain the blazes.

Crews work to contain NSW bushfires

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Robert Doyle has withdrawn a court bid to stop a sexual misconduct report being released.

Robert Doyle report release date unknown

Two inmates who allegedly attacked Tony Mokbel in a Victorian jail fear for their safety.

Mokbel in hospital, accused duo in custody

A new report has recommended major changes to Australian online laws to stamp out harassment.

Sweeping new laws to protect people online

A bushfire in the northern NSW town of Tingha ripped through more than 21,000 hectares of bushland.

Bushfires claim 22 homes in northern NSW

Perry Duffin and Heather McNab

Robert Doyle has dropped legal action against the release of a report into misconduct claims.

Robert Doyle sex report action withdrawn

Christine McGinn

Charges have been dropped against the man accused of murdering Cheryl Grimmer nearly 50 years ago.

Grimmer murder charge dropped by DPP

Margaret Scheikowski

A tribunal has ruled TV host Sonia Kruger vilified Muslims with comments about immigration.

Today's Sonia Kruger 'vilified' Muslims

Perry Duffin

James Nixon among his winning Leewang maiden ewes of Bundemar blood at Leewang, Yarrabandai, classed by Tom Kirk.

Winning flock is breeding true western sheep

Mark Griggs

Les Douglas from Cheviot Hills, Big Springs, with son James Douglas from Waverley Run, Big Springs, and their trophy wins.

Waverley Run’s wave of success

Hannah Powe

The endangered Julia Creek Dunnart may be pushed to the brink by the north Queensland flooding.

Queensland floods decimate native wildlife

Aaron Bunch

Parramasala: A vibrant cross-section of cultures.

Your weekly travel inspiration

Skip the flowers and hit the road with your Valentine

Sitting on the Mollymook Headland, Bannisters by the Sea has prime position.

Spend some time revelling in the rivalry of seaside siblings in Mollymook

Scott McRae

SURVIVOR: Carol Maney was twice a victim of forced adoption. Picture: Frances Vinall

Forced adoption: stolen babies, family secrets, unsolved mysteries

Frances Vinall

PASSIVE DESIGN: Done correctly, it can reduce or eliminate the need for auxiliary heating or cooling, which accounts for about 40 per cent (or much more in some climates) of energy use in the average Australian home.

Go passive on design

Bige enough for three - Generation X&Y, Millennials and Boomers have all hit the workforce - with different skills and experiences.

The X-Y breakdown of generations in Australia

Zoe Cartwright