COFFS Harbour Golden Oldies Cricket Club played two 40 over a side matches at Phillip Hughes Oval in Macksville last week. The Coffs side took on the Newcastle Taverners on Sunday, 22 January, and won the game comfortably with all…
MARINE Rescue Lemon Tree Passage and Port Stephens have been kept very busy performing vessel rescues over the holiday period. Now there is an upgraded version of the popular Marine Rescue NSW app designed to help boaters to stay safer…
THE Tea Gardens RSL sub-Branch and Auxiliary have launched a search for the children and teachers who first designed and painted the beautiful veterans mural at Anzac Park in Tea Gardens. In July 2022, the longstanding mural was damaged, in…
MEN’S Sheds provide an opportunity, especially for older men, to meet and apply the skills they have learnt over a lifetime. A nationwide initiative with over 450 in NSW alone, Men’s Sheds have been operating for more than 30 years.…
PORT Stephens Women in Business has come a long way since it was first formed fourteen years ago by founder and life member Leah Anderson, now a Port Stephens Councillor. The homegrown networking group assists women in business to grow,…
A MUSCLED up NSW Police Force’s Raptor Squad will now have permanent bases in regional NSW, expanding to the state’s Northern and Southern regions to target and dismantle organised criminal networks. The launch of the Raptor North and Raptor South…
BRICKFEST at the Bay was once again a responding success which created wonder and awe for kids young in age and young at heart. Debbie Schofield of the Tomaree Community Hospital Auxiliary told News Of The Area, “Rainbow Bricks are…
ANNA Bay Tavern’s Family Fun Day is returning on Sunday 19 February to raise funds for Country Hope, a Riverina charity which supports sick kids living in the bush. As always, pig races are a major drawcard of the annual…
THE NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has released its first Climate Change Policy and Action Plan 2023-26, outlining a set of actions that aim to help NSW reach net-zero emissions by 2050. NSW EPA Chief Executive Officer Tony Chappel said…
ROYAL Life Saving NSW/ACT is urging men to know their limits and avoid taking unnecessary risks this Australia Day. On public holidays the major known contributors to drowning fatalities combine to double the risk of drowning. Advertise with News of…