STOCKTON residents can help prevent soft plastics from going to waste through a new, innovative kerbside recycling program. City of Newcastle will become just the second council in Australia to take part in the Curby Soft Plastics Program, following…
SUMMER nights are still in full swing with Homegrown Markets arriving on the waterfront at Lemon Tree passage last Friday night. The market is hosted with the support of Port Stephens Council and sponsored by the NSW Government’s Festival…
PAUL from Mallabula is a fishing rod tragic and scours the world for unique rods to add to his collection which numbers around 200. “I just can’t pass fishing rods put out with other junk for council collection,” he…
FIVE million Australians will benefit from the largest increase in social security payments since 2013. Centrelink adjusts the maximum pension payment twice a year- in both March and September, to ensure payments to those in need are at the…
AFTER five years of planning and hard work, the Gumbaynggirr Giingana Freedom School has opened its doors at the TAFE campus in Hardacre St. Clark Webb, the Chairman of Bularri Muurlay Nyanggan Aboriginal Corporation (BMNAC), which operates the school,…
PRESERVATION of our natural habitat particularly on the coastline is vital. You too can do your bit to help save our environment. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us…
GARDENING has become an increasingly popular pursuit over the last couple of years. The pandemic has seen more people spending time in their gardens as a recreational activity and generated a growing awareness of sustainable living practices. Advertise with…
TWO teenagers have been arrested following a fire at a school in the Hunter region on Sunday night. Emergency services were called to the school on Greer Street, Raymond Terrace, just after 10.30pm on Sunday 20 March 2022, after…
PURCHASERS of used motor vehicles in NSW are being warned by Fair Trading of scams involving odometer tampering. This follows after a four-fold increase in the number of fines issued for the offence in NSW in the past year,…
THE Bulahdelah Chamber of Commerce and Tourism is celebrating ‘Small Business Month’ by hosting a networking event for local businesses on 26 March at the School of Arts in Bulahdelah from 5pm – 7.30pm. This is a great opportunity…