SAVE The Children is calling for more awareness of the needs of children in disaster responses. The organisation says that two New South Wales inquiries into the state’s response to major flooding earlier this year have failed to address the…
THE annual fete on the grounds of Tanilba’s Baptist Church will this year change format. Tanilba Reverend Anthony Gentle said setting up the fete was time consuming and laborious and this year it will be transformed into “one big car-boot…
THE ongoing lack of rental housing availability across Port Stephens has forced local families into homelessness, and one group of passionate residents have banded together, determined to create change. No Fixed Address, a community event and homelessness fundraiser for the…
STUMPED for the perfect gift for the man that has everything this Father’s Day? Jump online and visit Port Stephens Koala Hospital and give Dad the gift of supporting a living breathing wombat or possum! Giving Dad this gift doesn’t…
AFTER two long years of the Covid pandemic affecting just every aspect of the live music and entertainment industry, the folks at the Coffs Harbour International Buskers and Comedy Festival are very excited getting ready to launch their first event…
WINGHAM Music Festival welcomes audiences from far and wide with a leading line-up of international artists and local bands performing. The three-day festival – Friday 14 October to Sunday 16 October 2022 – has three headliners: one for each day.…
THE annual Bananacoast Championships, which have traditionally been held every year for around 40 years starting the third week in August have been cancelled the last two years due to Covid which is still impacting on competitor numbers attending major…
ON the lovely morning of Tuesday 16 August, 26 ladies arrived at Safety Beach golf course to play a stableford event and Shootout qualifier. Unfortunately, a hail storm arrived just prior to the end of the competition, but everyone persevered…
TUESDAY 16 August – Single Stableford 9 Hole Comp with 40 starters. Overall Winner – Helena Johnston 19 Shearwater voucher. A Grade – Margot Gook 16 c/b, Maureen Warnock 16. B Grade – Anne Grundy 17, Tania Norberry 16. NTP’s…
SQUASH Players jumped for joy at last week’s 2022 Costa North Coast Open with Australia’s Rex Hedrick winning the Men’s Open in epic fashion and Hong Kong’s Chan Sin Yuk winning the Women’s Open. It was a brutal week for…