The push is on by the Douglas region’s top historian Pam Willis Burden to round up at least $12 million in funds to save the Mossman Mill and turn it into a “sugar museum” in a radical plan which sounds sweet to plenty of locals.

And a swell treat is coming for Carnivale, with WindSwell gearing up to offer watersports fun on the popular Family Beach Day event.

They’re the stories hitting the front page of the latest Newsport Print edition hitting the streets today, but it is packed with plenty of other fresh, first and FREE news.

Also making the cut for the print edition - the in-your-hands read supporting our 24/7 online news feed - is news on the Forever Reef Project’s new home in Port Douglas; an update on the trial in the murder of Toyah Cordingley; progress on Cow Bay’s new surgery and a tribute to the man who “built Port Douglas” Tony McGrath.

If you went green on St Patrick’s Day, there’s a chance you were snapped for our social pages, while you can get up to speed on what’s happening by checking out Newsport Print’s What’s On section.

The sale price of The Glass House has come down, cane is making a comeback to classrooms and we have filled pages with your comments and sports results from across the district too.