December

• Great opportunities at the Library - 30 December 2005
• Traffic arrangements for the Christmas Holidays in Kempsey - 22 December 2005
• Local sewing group brings Christmas cheer - 21 December 2005
• Library news: Food for Fines - Summer Reading Club - Even more holiday activities - South West Rocks and Stuarts Point library activities - Drama workshop at Kempsey Library - National Parks and Wildlife Flutterby Butterfly - 8 December 2005

November

• Library news: Library journals - Summer Reading Club - Pirates at Stuarts Point Library - Drama workshop at Kempsey Library - 28 November 2011
• Macleay Water wins a Green Globe Award - 24 November 2011
• Calling all green thumbs - 16 November 2005
• Nominations for Australia Day Awards close soon - 3 November 2005

October

• Council says open letter from Saltwater developer premature - 27 October 2005
• Official opening for community art gallery this Friday - 26 October 2005
• Library news: Love a romance - Be bowled over by cricket display - 26 October 2005
• Kempsey Saleyards forging ahead - 18 October 2005
• Council Works Committee to inspect road - 14 October 2005
• Council's Customer First Centre opens Monday - 14 October 2005
• Library bag project a joy for community sewing group - 6 October 2005

September

• Council launches heritage assistance scheme - 22 September 2005
• Home-based business operators to benefit from seminar - 20 September 2005
• School holiday traffic arrangements - 20 September 2005
• Library news: School holiday activities - Tattooing & body piercing information session - Meet the wildlife - Circus Spectacular at the Rocks - Cartooning workshop - HSC Timetable and Helpline - 16 September 2005
• Airport fire hazard burn off provides training for Rural Fire Service - 14 September 2005
• Councillor Janet Hayes elected for fourth term as Mayor - 9 September 2005
• Nominations called for North Coast NSW regional tourism board - 6 September 2005

August

• Businesses to benefit from Internet Marketing Skills seminar - 29 August 2005
• Council workshop to review funding - 26 August 2005
• Library news: National Simultaneous Storytime - Poetry Week - History Week - 26 August 2005
• Council program targets safe use of motorised scooters - 24 August 2005
• Emergency training exercise at Kempsey Airport - 18 August 2005
• Clubs give $20,000 to worthwhile local projects - 15 August 2005
• Council continues the fight to save the Boatman’s Cottage at South West Rocks - 9 August 2005
• Library news: True crime books - Harry Potter - Membership - 3 August 2005

July

• New 40km/h zone in South West Rocks CBD safer for pedestrians - 8 July 2005
• Reduce Indigenous deaths on our roads: Bring The Mob Home Safely - 1 July 2005
• Library news: Statistics - Email and internet classes - DVDs - Savings for regular library internet users - 1 July 2005

June

• Council's water testing program detects supply problem early at Bellbrook - 29 June 2005
• Council withdraws special rate increase application - 24 June 2005
• Council warns of Police blitz on heavy and long vehicle parking - 21 June 2005
• Council queries RTA's proposed changes to road classifications - 17 June 2005
• Council looks at uses for recycled water - 9 June 2005
• Kempsey Shire Library is bursting with action: School holiday activities - New games at Toy Library - Family tree research help - 9 June 2005
• Kempsey Shire Council excels in heavy vehicle driver training - 8 June 2005
• Council urges local operators to enter tourism awards - 8 June 2005
• Training for Sale Yard Operators and users - 7 June 2005

May

• Public meeting held to discuss Council’s Management Plan - 25 May 2005
• Rate increase essential for keeping road links strong - 25 May 2005
• Intensive lobbying pays off - 24 May 2005
• Council urges public to examine Draft Management Plan - 16 May 2005
• Library Book Night celebrates arrival of new books - 13 May 2005
• Calico bag project provides reality check - 10 May 2005
• Key role for Kempsey Shire in Melbourne 2006 Commonwealth Games Queen's Baton Relay - 6 May 2005
• Council patient on kerbside recycling - 4 May 2005
• Council faces touch choice on swimming pools - 3 May 2005

April

• Council seeks special rate variation to improve roads - 28 April 2005
• Community Workshop on Mattys Flat Reserve Plan of Management - 20 April 2005
• Strategic alliance meeting focuses on cost savings - 15 April 2005
• 2005 Community Survey results - 7 April 2005
• Bicycle safety: use your head and be rewarded - 7 April 2005
• Get involved in Youth Week - 7 April 2005
• School holiday traffic arrangements - 5 April 2005

March

• Draft health care plan submission date extended - 31 March 2005
• Riverside - the place to be this Saturday - 30 March 2005
• Putting our customers first - 30 March 2005
• Council planning ahead for Shire's water systems - 23 March 2005
• Traffic arrangements for the Easter holidays - 21 March 2005
• Preservation work begins on Crescent Head foreshore - 18 March 2005
• Point Plomer Road: confusion over separate issues - 15 March 2005
• Local tourism operators to meet to establish Macleay Valley Coast Tourism Association - 15 March 2005
• Council staff achieve success in study - 15 March 2005
• Seniors' function a huge success - 10 March 2005
• New council manual designed with public accountability in mind - 3 March 2005
• The way ahead for Macleay Valley Coast Tourism - 2 March 2005
• Kempsey Shire Council advises delays to Point Plomer Road work - 1 March 2005

February

• Kempsey Shire and Armidale Dumaresq Councils to share landfill information - 22 February 2005
• Kempsey Shire Community Based Heritage Study Thematic History On display - 16 February 2005
• Keeping our airport viable - 11 February 2005
• An opportunity to have your say - 8 February 2005
• Medical scholarships awarded - 8 February
• Speed in a school zone and it will cost you - 2 February 2005
• Expressions of Interest - Ecologically Sustainable Development - Local Agenda 21 Team - 2 February 2005

January

• Council enlists DataDot - thieves beware - 31 January 2005
• User pays: first water now sewerage - 31 January 2005
• Kempsey Shire’s Australia Day Award recipients - 25 January 2005
• Family fun & games fundraising day - 21 January 2005
• Radio icon is our Australia Day Ambassador this year - 21 January 2005
• Road Safety Officer appointed - 19 January 2005
• Kempsey Shire Council developing an idea to offer long term support for communities ravaged by the tsunami - 5 January 2005
• Opening night for 2005 Kempsey Shire Art Prize - 5 January 2005