Federal Member for Paterson, Bob Baldwin has welcomed an announcement on Monday of additional disaster recovery assistance for primary producers in the electorate of Paterson affected by April storms and flooding. Mr Baldwin said the assistance is being provided under Category…
Great Lakes Council is planning its annual Bitou Bush aerial spraying program due to take place later this month. Council’s Noxious and Environmental Weeds Officer, Mr Terry Inkson said, “It is scheduled for the program to be undertaken in late-June, covering…
If you visited Marine Drive Tea Gardens on Sunday 14 June you could have been forgiven for thinking you had woken up in the seventies. Two car clubs had a run from Newcastle to our town and about twenty…
Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Men’s Shed is making a tremendous effort within our local community. Getting on board with jobs that assist local groups has become a priority of the Shed and has seen the men working on projects for…
Many Bulahdelah locals have flocked to the Bulahdelah Bowling Club over the last year to hear some talented locals belt out popular rock tunes. The band Brewhaha, which consisted of Alex Champion – Lead Singer, Brett Hall – Lead Guitarist,…
Police hold serious concerns for the welfare of a teenage girl who went missing from her home in Alstonville, near Ballina yesterday morning. Clancy Ellis, 15, was last seen walking along Maple Drive about 10.30am yesterday (Wednesday 10 June 2015),…
Nabiac Library was buzzing when the local school dropped in recently. Nabiac School Librarian Brian Dawson organised a visit for Kindergarten Year 1 and Year 2 on May 20th. The students were shown the collections, services and facilities available to…
A man has drowned while fishing and was pulled from the breakwall at Tuncurry. He was located on the Tuncurry side of the breakwall. At around 11.30am June 9, Forster Paramedics tried to revive the man but were unsuccessful. Shortly…
Tea Gardens artists group Galleries in the Gardens (GIG) kicked off the cold season with their Sixth Annual ‘Winter Warmers’ exhibition at the Tea Gardens Hotel on Friday night. The theme of this year’s exhibition is ‘Reflections’ with artists encouraged to…