HEADING to university with $2000 to put towards her first year of tertiary education is Holly Kennedy, a recent winner of a 2023 Mayoral Academic Scholarship. Holly always aspired to be a leader at Irrawang High School, and in 2022…
ISABELLA and Samuel Harrop are keen students who have both been successful in applying for funding through the Mayoral Scholarship program over the years. Three years ago, Isabella won the funding and is studying a Bachelors degree in physiotherapy at…
INTERNATIONAL Women’s Day (IWD) is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. The day also marks a call to action for accelerating gender parity. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it…
KATE and Wayne Davies bought their first home in Medowie more than eighteen years ago and are the founders and owners of Funny Farm Rescue and Sanctuary Port Stephens. The couple are dedicated to animal welfare and care of the…
COMPLETE Performing Arts and Classical Coaching in Taylors Beach has partnered with Kids Alive – Do the Five to bring a unique water safety dance show to children under five in the local community. Studio principal Madelyn Comley said her…
AT its recent ordinary meeting, Port Stephens Council unanimously supported a motion by Mayor Ryan Palmer to seek an urgent review of State Government waste levy charges. Port Stephens Mayor Ryan Palmer raised the Mayoral Minute in a bid to…
PACIFIC oysters are fast growing and give the farmers a shorter turnover time. What’s more they largely escaped the recent QX disease which wiped out vast numbers of the Sydney Rock variety. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
BUS Safety Week runs from Monday 20 February to Sunday 26 February to raise awareness on how to stay safe on and around buses. Preliminary statistics from 2017 to 2021 show 298 people were seriously injured in crashes involving buses…
INITIALLY sponsored by the Rotary Club of Rutherford-Telarah, the inaugural meeting to form the Hawks Nest-Tea Gardens Probus Club was held 35 years ago this month. The club was founded on 15 February 1988. Advertise with News of The Area…
THIS week MidCoast Council advised the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA) that the footpath linking the Peter Sinclair Gardens Seniors Home to the Hawks Nest shopping centre on Tuloa Avenue is on track for delivery this year. The…