THE Fern Bay Fullerton Cove Progress Association is a voice for the people. After a group of residents lobbied Port Stephens Council to use S94 funds to build a community hall, rather than upgrade and renovate the outdated facilities…
AT the recent MidCoast Council meeting on February 23, Council resolved to enter into a planning agreement with Sheargold Property Developments Pty Ltd to secure conservation measures in connection with a proposed community title subdivision known as Parrys Cove…
EIGHTEEN graduate nurses and midwives will start work in Myall Lakes this year. Member for Myall Lakes, Stephen Bromhead thanked the graduates, many of whom are commencing in the Hunter New England Local Health District this month, having already…
DEAR News Of The Area, In response to Bruce Weirs letter (‘Abject Betrayal of the Coffs Harbour Community’, p24, Coffs Coast News of The Area, 18 February 2022), as a member of the Project Steering Advisory Committee I can…
DEAR News Of The Area, LEARNT a lesson from last election, one that’s gunna last, This poor country of ours is rooted in the past. We had a chance to take a plan and move right on ahead, But…
WE are really feeling the forces of nature this week, with La Nina venting it’s fury upon the east coast of Australia. We have managed to get in most of the week’s Golf events but had to cancel this…
ON the afternoon of Saturday 26 February a group of Nambucca Valley crossfitters were given an opportunity to take on the world when Two Wolf CrossFit hosted the annual CrossFit Open. Each year Two Wolf CrossFit in Nambucca Heads…
MEMBERS of the community are calling for Port Stephens Councillors to do something to control foxes and feral cats in the Mambo Wetlands Reserve. Neil Fraser has been surveying avian fauna in the reserve for the past ten to…
IT’S time for your weekly emergency services update. Truck Fire On 21 February 2022 Raymond Terrace Fire & Rescue, joined by Fire and Rescue Tarro attended a truck fire on the Pacific Highway. The truck’s brakes were smouldering following…
MINISTER for Defence Peter Dutton announced on February 21 that the Australian Government has committed $1.5 billion to upgrade and extend in-service support for the Royal Australian Air Force’s Hawk 127 Lead-In Fighter Training System, based in the Hunter…