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IN IT TOGETHER: Raymond Terrace Soccer Club's junior female players. Some are wearing their Matildas colours to show their support for the Women's World Cup. Picture: Supplied

Gala day for female footballers

Ellie-Marie Watts

TOP JOB: Chase McFadyen, 10, from Mallabula was part of Newcastle SAP's 11 years' boys team that won the State SAP Championship at the weekend.

Chase kicks Newcastle SAP squad to gold

Dwayne Vaggs

Dwayne sets his sights on state cup

IN IT TOGETHER: Raymond Terrace Soccer Club's junior female players. Some are wearing their Matildas colours to show their support for the Women's World Cup. Picture: Supplied

Gala day for female footballers

CARVE IT UP: Anna Bay's Josh Stretton, pictured, won the junior men's division of the 2018 SUP State Titles. Picture: Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

State titles back in Port festival

WONDERFUL WONDERLAND: VIsitng golfers Peter Tilden (left), from Forster/Tuncurry, and Terry Griffiths, from Forbes, get ready to tee off.

Tight finish at golf water wonderland weekend

Charlie Elias

UNITED: Port Harmony will present My Favourite Sings concert in Salamander Bay on June 29. Tickets are on sale now from Black Pepper at Salamander Bay Square.

Favourite songs in concert

CHILLED: Solo electronic artist and producer Elk Road will perform a free gig at Shoal Bay Country Club on Friday, June 28.

Bay club caters for all music tastes

CARVE IT UP: Anna Bay's Josh Stretton, pictured, won the junior men's division of the 2018 SUP State Titles. Picture: Ethan Smith/Surfing NSW

State titles back in Port festival

UNITED: Port Harmony will present My Favourite Sings concert in Salamander Bay on June 29. Tickets are on sale now from Black Pepper at Salamander Bay Square.

Favourite songs in concert

FESTIVAL FEVER: Ben Way, chef and co-owner of Little Beach Boathouse. Picture: Ellie-Marie Watts

Chef's love for Port's seafood and taste festivals

Ellie-Marie Watts

GOOD CAUSE: Melinda Murdock, Shane Scaysbrook and Belinda Mikaelian from Zumba Raymond Terrace.

Zumba event to support DV work

LIGHT FANTASTIC: Chase the Northern Lights or the Auroroa Borealis with The Senior and Travelrite on this Nordic cruise in February 2020.

Join us on Northern Lights cruise

LIGHT FANTASTIC: Chase the Northern Lights or the Auroroa Borealis with The Senior and Travelrite on this Nordic cruise in February 2020.

Join us on Northern Lights cruise

Ballarat man Lindsay, 69, has been delighted with the service Pennytel has delivered saying, "I won't go with anyone else 'cause I'm happy - you won't get better."

Old-fashioned service brings satisfaction with a smile

Ballarat man Lindsay, 69, has been delighted with the service Pennytel has delivered saying, "I won't go with anyone else 'cause I'm happy - you won't get better."

Old-fashioned service brings satisfaction with a smile

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Beautiful home with ocean views

Beautiful home with ocean views

This is resort living at its best

This is resort living at its best

Stunning home with views

Stunning home with views

JOIN THE CAUSE: Stan Allanson from the Port Stephens National Servicemen's Association.

Nashos call to boost its failing membership

PUBLISHED: Surfer turned author John Lane with his wife Mary at their Nelson Bay home and the book Going Back for the Back Beat.

Surfer turned author at 70

Charlie Elias

BIRD'S EYE VIEW: The lunar module being tested in Earth orbit during Apollo 9. The gold-coloured material is a man-made polymer coated with aluminium. The probes dangling from the footpads were to sense the Moon’s surface during touchdown and signal the crew to shut off the descent engine. Pictures: NASA

A fragile chariot for a flight into history

Helen Sim

JOIN THE CAUSE: Stan Allanson from the Port Stephens National Servicemen's Association.

Nashos call to boost its failing membership

UNITED: Port Harmony will present My Favourite Sings concert in Salamander Bay on June 29. Tickets are on sale now from Black Pepper at Salamander Bay Square.

Favourite songs in concert

Recognition: 2019 Australian of the Year Award recipients. Photo: Salty Dingo

Nominate an Australian of the Year

WARRIOR: This year's Disney On Ice extravaganza will include Moana for the first time. Disney On Ice celebrates Mickey and Friends will be held in Newcastle July 12-14.

Mickey, Moana and friends skate into Newcastle

URGENT NEED: A photo taken from the beach looking towards the Conroy Park toilet block which the community says is in need of urgent attention. Picture: Supplied

Conroy Park damage a worry

FESTIVAL FEVER: Ben Way, chef and co-owner of Little Beach Boathouse. Picture: Ellie-Marie Watts

Chef's love for Port's seafood and taste festivals

Aaron Jurd and The Banned at Shoal Bay Country Club for the 2019 Bluewater Country Music Festival on Saturday, June 8.

Bluewater festival fun at Shoal Bay Country Club

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

Lake Eyre comes to life as the water floods into the desert

Lake Eyre comes to life as the water floods into the desert

Megan Dingwall

Around the 2019 Blue Water Country Music Festival. Picture: Mark Doro Photography

2019 Bluewater Country Music Festival was 'magic'

QUALITY: Winner of the Tilligerry Motorama's 2019 Best Ford Classic category was Ross Williams' red Mustang.

Motorama raises $12,000 for children's hospital

ASSESSMENT: Scot MacDonald said the disposal of the Education site without considering its ecological value was a mistake.

Letters to the Editor: June 13

ATTRACTION: Thousands of tourists visit Birubi Beach each year. John King blieves more should be done to alleviate traffic congestion issues when accessing the area.

Letters to the Editor

VISIT: Salt Ash resident Elaine Richards encourages more people to try the Tilligerry Community Library at Lemon Tree Passage.

Letters to the Editor: May 30

ASSESSMENT: Scot MacDonald said the disposal of the Education site without considering its ecological value was a mistake.

Letters to the Editor: June 13

VIABLE: Brian Watson-Will of Corlette believes a more modest rate increase would have been accepted by ratepayers.

Letters to the Editor

DEMOCRATIC RIGHT: Readers are being urged to make their vote count on Saturday.

Letters to the Editor: May 16

University of Melbourne Associate Professor Peter van Wijngaarden (left) with CERA's Dr Xavier Hadoux.

Simple eye test could soon detect early signs of Alzheimer's

Geraldine Cardozo

Why aged care needs to change its position on residents' sex lives

Why aged care needs to change its position on residents' sex lives

Rowan Cowley

How Barry foiled the scammers, and you can too

How Barry foiled the scammers, and you can too

The South Australian pig shed where a European backpacker was chained up and raped over two days.

Backpacker hostage outsmarts SA attacker

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Some residents of the damaged Mascot Towers will be allowed briefly in to collect personal effects.

Cracked Sydney tower remains in lockdown

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Two of Victoria's crossbench want the parliament to explore lifting bans on nuclear activities.

Victorian crossbenchers go nuclear

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A think tank says the government's tax cuts plan will give men double the benefits women will get.

Tax cuts entrench inequality, study shows

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Former Victoria Police officer Paul Dale will appear again before the Lawyer X inquiry.

Paul Dale to reappear at Lawyer X inquiry

Christine McGinn
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Peter Wagner says he immediately knew something was suspicious about his brother's disappearance.

Qld murder accused lied about police call

Aaron Bunch
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A move in 2010 to un cap the university places resulted in only a small increase in students.

University for all meets mixed success

Katina Curtis

Income tax cuts and lower interest rates are expected to bring some relief to struggling retailers.

Tax, rate cuts to aid struggling retailers

Marnie Banger

Dual purpose winter cereals sown in early March 2019 on good sub soil moisture (photo taken May 28). Because of conserved fallow moisture via early and several timely fallow herbicide treatments, production is now good.

Make a plan to produce quality winter feed

Bob Freebairn
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The supreme exhibit at the NSW Dorset Championships was the Poll Dorset grand champion ewe from Hillden, Bannister. Pictured James Frost, Hillden, Mark Liebich, Bromar Engineering, Cootamundra MP, Steph Cooke and judge, Daryl Dixon, Ashbank, Dubbo.

Hillden's amazing Grace steals the show

Olivia Calver

Competiton was strong for the Riverina Wool hogget ram of the 2019 show

Hay Sheep Show

Stephen Burns

THE MAN: Richard Boyce and Cruise Express has injected some $3 million into the coffers of various rail-restoration societies.

Riding the rails - the slow and steady way

John Rozentals

Compass Hut engages the five senses. Image: Kylie Bell

Planning your next holiday? Check out these deals

John Rozentals

TRADITIONAL DRESS: Travel writer Jac Taylor after a spontaneous makeover in Shuzenji, central Japan. Photo: Supplied

Spontaneous makeovers in Japan, bar fights in Dublin and cycling Belgium: these solo travellers have seen it all

Dayle Latham

NOT HELPING: By the time your body gets around to burning food calories, it stores the extra calories you've eaten as fat cells. Photo: Shutterstock.

Is there room for wine in your diet?

Linda Lambrechts

Depending on the extent of the flooding, you may require pumps to help remove trapped water and clear pools that may have formed.

What to do if your house is flooded

Braiden Fitzsimmons.

'I knew teenage girls did it': male eating disorders are on the rise

Sarah Berry