PORT Stephens Council endorsed a Notice of Motion by West Ward Councillor Peter Kafer to investigate options for the development of a town hall for Raymond Terrace. Councillor Peter Kafer said its important Council explores ways to increase community infrastructure…
LAST week the Rotary Club of Salamander Bay held their Pride of Workmanship Awards 2023 at the Nelson Bay Golf Club. The Awards acknowledge employees who display outstanding qualities in terms of approach, attitude, dedication and commitment to their job.…
THE Raymond Terrace Community Positive Behaviour for Learning program (PBL), which runs across Port Stephens’ Central and West ward schools, provides recognition to students for their actions. PBL is a whole-school framework that promotes positive behaviour across a school and…
MEMBERS and friends of local Lions Clubs joined together recently for a luncheon cruise from Lemon Tree Passage on the Wangi Queen, a 100-year-old, heritage-listed former ferry. There were five Lions participants from Soldiers Point, eighteen from Tea Gardens, twelve…
LIGHTHOUSE Baptist Church in Nelson Bay have welcomed Barry Morris and his wife Joy, who will serve as their interim Pastor for the next twelve months. Pastor Barry began his vocation as a missionary in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea,…
PORT Stephens Council’s new garden organics service will offer significant environmental benefits when it commences in July. Port Stephens is moving to a greener future with the introduction of a new garden organics waste collection service, enabling and encouraging residents…
PORT Stephens Council has taken out the top gong for its staff wellbeing program PSCare at the StateCover Awards 2023. The industry awards acknowledge excellence in keeping people safe, well and working and are contested by 134 local government entities.…
ENVIRONMENTAL art was unveiled with the Black Dolphin ‘Wubaray of Worimi Barray’ sculpture at Bennetts Beach, Hawks Nest, on Monday, 15 May. Initiated by the Myall Koala and Environment Group (MKEG), Wubaray contains various examples of common pollutants that too-often…
ADDITIONAL closures are now in place on and around the Tomaree Summit Walk as the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) nears completion of upgrades as part of the new Tomaree Coastal Walk. From Monday 22 May, the Fort…
DESCRIBED as a ‘collectors paradise under one roof’, the Coffs Harbour Collectors Fair returns to the Norm Jordan Pavilion at Coffs Harbour Showground this weekend. Traders come from far afield, filling two rooms of trading tables selling collectables, comics, records,…