The fundraiser for Nepal at Curries and More on Sunday 17 May raised over $6,000 and donations are still being made. Amrit and Rachana and their team of Nepalese volunteers donated their time and all the food. Curries and More hosted two sittings serving over 80…
Those wonderful people who chose a career of caring for others were recognised on 12 May, International Nurses Day. It’s no coincidence, that this is also the birth date of Florence Nightingale one of the most famous nurses in the world. At the Manor in…
Great Lakes Council office in Tea Gardens hosted the State Government appointed regional disaster recovery coordinator Brigadier Darren Naumann and representatives from Great Lakes council and Local State Member Kate Washington. Brigadier Naumann was appointed to oversee the Hunter and Central…
Twenty one year old Daniel Evans from Karuah gave up playing rugby league last year to concentrate on his main passion of boxing, which was born from around the age of five from watching UFC fights on television, telling his…
Project Hunter was a huge success thanks to Jenny Hyde and all the people who pitched in to give the Hunter family a helping hand after the house fire that took everything. Speaking with Paula Hunter this week, one could tell…
Ten young people are getting their careers off to a flying start with some hands on experience as part of a new traineeship program at MidCoast Water. The group are part of two programs being run by the authority –…
Bitou Busters planted 115 plants at Winda Woppa to replace native bush accidentally removed by council workers. Within two hours on Saturday 9 May, the Bitou Busters team of 15 spread the mulch, then planted and watered the 115 plants…
The NSW Office of Environment and Heritage, in conjunction with local Councils, has launched a community survey aimed at collecting information direct from community members relating to their experience of the recent flooding. Office of Environment and Heritage, Water, Floodplains…
Tea Gardens Hawks under tens would like to thank the Tea Gardens Masonic Lodge and Stan Davies Excavations for their ongoing support. 2015 marks year three of the Lodge sponsoring this team since they took up the challenge when they…
Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead met this week with Annabelle Daniel, CEO of Women’s Community Shelters (WCS) to discuss the assistance her organisation could provide for the establishment and running of a women’s shelter in Foster Mr Bromhead said that…