Regular Medowie News Of The Area contributor and University of Newcastle academic Heather Sharp, has returned from a Study Tour of France and Belgium leading a group of 40 students, two from Medowie. Tracing the Remembrance Trail, the battlefront of…
Medowie Garden Club are having a plant sale on Saturday 22 October 2016. It is being held at the Medowie Community Centre car park from 8.00 am until 1.00 pm. It is an opportunity for people to get some plants…
Irrawang High school twins, Danielle and Kristen, have begun their High School Certificate this week. After thirteen years of schooling together, their final exams are here, and they prepare to head off into the big wide world. Danielle and Kristen…
Local greyhound owners have welcomed the NSW Government’s decision to overturn the ban on Greyhound Racing and give the Industry one last chance. Local greyhound breeder James Saunders said while everyone is relieved that racing will continue, the decision hasn’t…
Children in foster care are often placed within ‘kinship’ placements, where the child is placed with family. The Grandparents As Carers support group (GAPS) was set up to offer support and friendship to some of these carers. With the mass…
The Country Women’s association Medowie branch held its Annual General Meeting on the 12 October. All positions were declared vacant. Mrs Sharyn Buck, group treasurer of Hunter River Group, took the chair for the elections. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE…
Exciting new plans have been released following approval for the development of a brand new purpose-built health centre at Technology Place near the entrance of Newcastle Airport, Williamtown. The new Central Health Alliance facility is a passion project for popular…
Halloween in Medowie has been gaining in popularity the last few years, and has warranted a discussion on safe trick or treating with your children. Last year, Medowie mum Susan Patten witnessed online discussion getting heated about parents taking their…
The Medowie Progress Association recently hosted Hunter Water representatives at their regular meeting in what is becoming a complex and potentially political matter. Hunter Water presented information about the issues surrounding the potential contamination of the Grahamstown water supply from…
The Community Wellbeing Program’s Paddle Boarding Family Fun Day was a great success. The program, created to help those families affected by the Williamtown Contamination Saga de-stress planned their first family fun day on 9 October. Taking place at Shoal…