As the end of the year creeps closer towards us all, we thought it’d be good to sit back and reflect on what’s happened this year.
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Over the final 12 days of 2018, The Northern Daily Leader will be bringing readers a list of what was making news in each month of the year.
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We’ve compiled all of our front and back pages along with a list of our most-read stories.
Here are our other recaps:
And now, here’s August.
GALLERIES
![DOZENS of people came forward with their encounters with the long-time local legend of a panther lurking in bushland around the New England and North West. DOZENS of people came forward with their encounters with the long-time local legend of a panther lurking in bushland around the New England and North West.](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/JJAXMCtTuAnFPeUKCfF8jc/d1487bdc-e28e-4579-a75e-6ce85cc3567c.jpg/r0_36_440_284_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
DOZENS of people came forward with their encounters with the long-time local legend of a panther lurking in bushland around the New England and North West.
NEWS STORIES
![John Farnham was announced to play the Hay Mate charity concert in Tamworth. Photo: Rebecca Belt John Farnham was announced to play the Hay Mate charity concert in Tamworth. Photo: Rebecca Belt](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/JJAXMCtTuAnFPeUKCfF8jc/03b924d2-6ca7-4319-8007-140890bcda7e.jpg/r0_0_1200_677_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
John Farnham was announced to play the Hay Mate charity concert in Tamworth. Photo: Rebecca Belt
SPORT STORIES
![DRAW: Jydon Hill gets a pass away during Narrabri's comeback victory. Photos: Ben Jaffrey DRAW: Jydon Hill gets a pass away during Narrabri's comeback victory. Photos: Ben Jaffrey](/images/transform/v1/crop/frm/JJAXMCtTuAnFPeUKCfF8jc/bb8689b3-7597-416b-b876-95ac428a1956.JPG/r0_613_6000_4000_w1200_h678_fmax.jpg)
DRAW: Jydon Hill gets a pass away during Narrabri's comeback victory. Photos: Ben Jaffrey