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Get ready to roll   From dressing in drag while cruising on a motorbike, to connoisseurs of classic cars converging; from chicks on bikes taking on India’s rough riding, to club riders hitting the road to remember their mates – it’s all revved up to happen from Port Macquarie this weekend.
$172,000 win, win for community spirit   Thirty five community groups from throughout the Hastings have shared in more than $172,000, under Port Macquarie-Hastings Council’s 2010 Community Grants Program.
Meet our Faces in the Street   A new temporary exhibition ‘Faces in the Street’ opened at the Port Macquarie Historical Museum in Clarence Street last week.
Students nail it at Athletics Carnival   Port Macquarie Public School students representing the Hastings Camden Haven Athletics Team travelled to Wauchope  recently to compete for a place in the Lower North Coast team to travel to Lismore for the Regional Carnival.

The Port Macquarie Independent

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Inspirational return for our Dragonflies

Inspirational return for our Dragonflies

They battled breast cancer and won.

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Hear our plea: Climate change must be on political agenda

Hear our plea: Climate change must be on political agenda

Climate Change Australia – Hastings and Manning Branches – are calling on the Member for Lyne, Rob Oakeshott, to include climate change and energy issues when deciding who gets his support...

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Wheels in motion for Motorfest

Wheels in motion for Motorfest

Events Coordinator Max Rankin said that final preparations are well in hand for Motorfest 2010 for Port Macquarie Heritage Car Club.

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Take a bite out of youth drama

Take a bite out of youth drama

Get ready for a taste of the true talents of our teens.

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A musical gem

A musical gem

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Music sensations McClymonts hit town

Music sensations McClymonts hit town

        The McClymonts, one of Australia’s most electrifying vocal harmony groups, will take country music to the next level when they perform at Port Panthers next month.

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Miedecke takes Stock as his career revs up

Miedecke takes Stock as his career revs up

Port Macquarie’s George Miedecke is dominating the car racing track in the USA.

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School team sweats it out at City to Surf

School team sweats it out at City to Surf

  Sixteen fit students and four reasonably fit members of staff represented Port Macquarie High School at this year’s City to Surf.

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Port cyclist takes out top endurance race

Port cyclist takes out top endurance race

Reigning Australian Solo 24H World Champion Jason English, of Port Macquarie,  led the field at the classic 12 hour endurance race of the Western Sydney MTB Club on the weekend.

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Pool of support and knowledge open for our kids with autism

Pool of support and knowledge open for our kids with autism

      For the first time, local students with autism are receiving specialist support from Autism Spectrum Australia (Aspect) within a mainstream school.

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Students go walkabout to raise funds

Students go walkabout to raise funds

        Staff and students from Port Macquarie High School stepped it out on foot from Tacking Point Surf Club to
Lake Cathie last Tuesday for a good cause. 

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Year six students begin their QuEST

Year six students begin their QuEST

    Year 6 students at Port Macquarie Public School were inducted as QuEST Leaders at a recent special assembly. 

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