IT is the David and Goliath battle that pitches a $1.7 billion-dollar company against a sleepy surf village of 1000. It was December 2021 when word of Ingenia’s plan for an over 55’s lifestyle community in Scotts Head reached the…
WHILE the rest of the country celebrated Australia Day on January 27, 1969, Jennefer Ross-Henry was farewelling her husband, Brian Geoffrey Walker, as he left to fight in Vietnam with 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment (5RAR). Tragically, Brian was…
THE drama and mystery surrounding the development of beachside land on Sanderling Avenue, Hawks Nest has continued this week, with the revelation that former world number one golfer Greg Norman may be playing a key role in the development. …
THE release of an explosive ABC Four Corners report last week, highlighting the potential development of beachside land in Hawks Nest, has sent shockwaves through the Myall Coast. The program alleged links between the development of the site and…
77 YEARS ago, Jim Clayton travelled to England on the RMS Queen Elizabeth to fight with the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) in World War Two. Jim served his country with distinction as a Wireless Operator in a Lancaster…
THE Coffs Harbour Golf Club is set to welcome a crack field of golfers to its course when it hosts a NSW Open regional qualifying tournament. The event, to be held for three days from 9 December, will be the…
FOR more than forty years, Tim Bonython has travelled the world with camera in hand, chasing the biggest waves on the planet. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us…
ROY Day was an eighteen-year-old working in a Sydney machine shop when he was called up to join the RAAF during the Second World War. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message…
THE effect of the coronavirus has taken its toll on many of the Hunter region’s newspapers with former Fairfax, now ACM, announcing 10 titles to stop printing until at least June. This comes after News Corp last week announced 60…
A man has been charged over an alleged stabbing in Port Stephens today. Just before 2.20am (Sunday 5 April 2020), emergency services were called to a house on Shoreline Drive, Fingal Bay, after reports of an assault. Officers from…