DISENGAGED youth in Port Stephens region will now benefit from an expansion of the NSW Government’s ‘Get Back in the Game’ program. The initiative aims to connect young people aged fifteen to nineteen years old with education, training and employment,…
LOCAL Worimi artist Brittney Paulson has collaborated with Great Lakes Freshwater Farm to raise funds for the Indigenous Literacy Foundation. This week saw the celebration of a successful collaboration between Indigenous artist Brittney Paulson and Northern Beaches-based business Freshwater Farm,…
THE Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill has passed in the NSW Parliament. Co-sponsored by Member for Port Stephens, Kate Washington and Member for Newcastle, Tim Crackanthorp, the Bill passed provides for and regulates access to voluntary assisted dying in New South…
ALAN Barr is one of the most popular speakers at the Myall U3A, giving presentations on Tudor history which are full of detail, scholarship, and humour. This month he satisfied the Myall U3A attendees’ intellectual curiosity by throwing light on…
EACH month a photograph is selected from the Myall U3A Photography Group’s monthly meeting to be published in News Of The Area. The chosen photo for May was submitted by group member Dawn Nealon as a tribute to ‘Socks’, the…
THE Grafton Tigers have won their second match in a row to start the year beating the Sawtell/Toormina Saints by 28 points during the latest round of the AFL North Coast season. The Tigers earnt a hard fought 9.6 (60)…
NORTH Coast Football (NCF) made it four wins from four against the Weston Workers in the National Premier League last Saturday in Newcastle. The under 14s launched a remarkable comeback after being 3-0 down, scoring six goals in the second…
The SCU Marlins sunk the Kempsey Cannonballs 32-15 in the rain last Saturday at the Coffs Harbour Sport and Leisure Park. On a muddy day in Coffs Harbour, the powerful Marlins forward pack piled on the pressure, creating try scoring…
DANIEL Capmbell had a magnificent tournament representing Australia at the 2022 International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football ( IFCPF) World Cup in Spain which concluded last week. The teenage hotshot from Coffs Harbour hit many milestones during the World Cup,…
COFFS City United defeated the Bellingen Bats 3-1 to go six points clear in the Coastal Premier League. The Lions bombarded Bellingen with straight balls through the middle and crosses from attacking wingers Chris Dooley and Habib Noorani. After fifteen…