MARINE Rescue units from Port Stephens to Terrigal hit the water last week to search for missing 43-year-old man Ashley McKellar, a boater who failed to return as planned from a trip to Lake Macquarie. Mr McKellar was last seen…
BOAT Harbour is a small community of just 800 people, with many of those living there having a long association with the area. ‘Memories of Boat Harbour’ is a community-produced book which captures the history of this small community, preserving…
ON Monday morning, a young climate activist on a bipod halted all operations at the world’s largest coal port, suspending themselves on the Kooragang Rail Bridge and blocking the coal rail line from the Port of Newcastle. The protest was…
THE NSW State Emergency Service (SES) Port Stephens unit is gearing up to compete in the highly anticipated Australian Road Crash Rescue Competition in Adelaide. With less than a week remaining until the event, the elite emergency response team is…
THOSE who regularly go fishing or walk the sands of Stockton Beach would have watched the slow crumbling of the shipwreck some six kilometres down from the surf club. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for…
EACH month the Myall U3A Photography Group selects a photo to be included in News Of The Area. This month’s photo subject was ‘Opposites’. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone…
YOUTH development and community impact will be celebrated once more this year, but the nomination period will soon close, at midnight on Sunday, 25 June. Opened for nominations LGA-wide during MidCoast Council’s Youth Week back in April, the MidCoast Youth…
BULAHDELAH has received a judge’s commendation in the small tourist towns category of the 2023 State Top Tourism Town Awards. This was the first year that Bulahdelah entered the competition and to make the final and then receive a commendation…
MEMBERS of the Myall Community Art and Craft Centre enjoyed holding a community open week and are set to repeat the event in July. Elsa Jones, who has been a member of the Centre for 26 years, told News Of…
BULAHDELAH Tennis Club has recently started up a Pickleball competition, with many enthusiastic players meeting on Saturdays for a bit of a hit and a laugh. Bulahdelah Tennis Club Treasurer Brett Lamborn said, “It was mentioned at a committee meeting.…