MORE than $457,000 will be provided to Port Stephens Council to complete the second stage of works on Port Stephens Drive at Taylors Beach, work that is hoped will better protect koalas from vehicle strike. This follows an earlier NSW…
STUDENTS at Karuah Public School have been immersing themselves in democratic process to elect their 2023 student leadership team. “Karuah Public School has been busy voting and we now have our 2023 leadership team finalised,” Sarah Foister, classroom teacher, Karuah…
NOTICES of development applications (DAs) lodged in the Port Stephens LGA will now appear weekly in News Of The Area, after Council voted to extend the notices into the publication at their February 14 meeting. In April 2020, changes to…
NELSON Bay resident Garry Steel is calling out for a new generation to join the prestigious role of being a Justice of the Peace in the Port Stephens and Myall Coast communities. Garry is the President of the Port Stephens…
FOR the third time in less than a year, Australian Community Media (ACM) publications across the state have utilised their front pages to appeal to government to support their struggling regional newspapers. In this latest iteration, dozens of ACM papers…
IN a night not to be forgotten, 20 young students from Port Stephens received a scholarship for $2000 funded by local businesses last week at the awarding of Port Stephens Mayoral Academic Scholarships. Mayor Ryan Palmer joined representatives from sixteen…
20 Shetland Drive, Limeburners Creek 3 bed, 1bath 12.94ha (31.975 acres) Expressions of interest – closing 27 February DO not miss out on your chance to secure just under 32 acres big enough for the whole family! Set back from…
DEAR News Of The Area, I DECIDED to purchase cabin number 24 in the Fisherman’s Village at Swan Bay. We met with the agent on the date and time specified and conducted a property inspection of the cabin and the…
DEAR News Of The Area, CRUNCH time is looming for the decision by IPART on the voracious application by our Council. There are many in our community, most of them the elderly, large families and/or tenants who will struggle. Among…