DEAR News Of The Area, THE median age of people in Cowper is 47 whilst the median age for Indigenous people in Cowper is 22. Pat Conaghan defending the National’s position against the Voice referendum attempts to silence both the…
IT’S time to dust off your golf clubs and get behind a couple of great local causes. Port Stephens FM 100.9 (PSFM) and Business Port Stephens (BPS) are excited to announce their upcoming charity networking golf day, to be held…
THE Fingal Bay Probus Club has a new home, with the group recently moving their operations to the Community Hall in Norton Street, Nelson Bay. Like all clubs within the Probus network, the local club held their AGM in March,…
CLUB Lemon Tree is very much switched on at the moment, serving as the only public electric vehicle charging station on the Tilligerry Peninsula. Club President Kevin Colman OAM said that clubs must move with the times to become competitive…
PORT Stephens Council will formally recognise the late Councillor and Freeman of Port Stephens, Geoff Dingle, with the naming of a reserve in Medowie in his honour. Geoff Dingle was a long term resident of Medowie and served on Port…
2023 is a significant year for Australia’s annual ANZAC Day commemorations. It is the 70th anniversary of the armistice which ended the Korean War, the 50th Anniversary of the end of Australia’s involvement in the Vietnam War, and the second…
LIGHTS, music, food and family fun filled the spectacular autumn evening at ‘Karuah By Night’, held at Longworth Park on Saturday, 15 April. Funded by the NSW Government’s Reconnecting Regional NSW Grant, ‘Karuah By Night’ was an initiative of Port…
A RECORD 23 members of Marine Rescue Port Stephens received special awards at a ceremony held on Tuesday 11 April for their roles in five major rescue operations conducted over the past four years. The first official ceremony for the…
DEAR Jasminda, My friend uses a filter when we are in photos together which makes her look completely different, but it makes me look different too. I don’t wear a lot of makeup and yet, in photos she posts on…
THE Port Stephens Community Art Centre has an excellent exhibition of its Potters and Artists of the Month works on display for the community’s interest. “Potters Maree Dohnt and Annette Buivydas have presented a beautiful selection of clay birds and…