THE finishing touches have been added to the new Foreshore Drive bridge at Corlette, marking the project’s completion on time and under budget. The InQuick bridge replaces the culvert that was washed away during the severe rain event in…
IT’S time for your weekly emergency services update. False Alarm Three fire trucks were dispatched from Raymond Terrace Fire & Rescue, Fire and Rescue Tarro and Raymond Terrace Rural Fire Brigade to Windsor Street on 16 February 2022. Advertise…
‘USE it or lose it.’ This is the problem senior citizens face in their twilight years. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us…
A REPORT into the viability of installing a basketball backboard and rings on the present croquet court facility in Boomerang Park has been passed through a notice of motion in the recent Council meeting on 8 February 2022. Raised…
AFTER several postponements due to wet weather, skaters from across the region took to the Tea Gardens Skatepark on the weekend for free Learn To Skate workshops from Totem Collective, Australia’s largest skate-event company, in partnership with MidCoast Council.…
LAST week a historical Bill has passed in NSW Legislative Assembly legislating that that councils must take certain steps towards rehoming a seized or surrendered animal before euthanizing the animal, including working with rehoming organisations. This is a large…
NEW data from the Commonwealth Bank reveals quarterly migration from capital cities to regional areas over the past two years is averaging fifteen percent higher than what it was in the two years pre-COVID 19. The latest Regional Movers…
EACH month a photograph taken by a member of the Myall U3A Photography Group is chosen to be published in News Of The Area. The photograph selected at Groups first meeting for 2022, for the monthly contribution, is of…
IT’S time for your weekly emergency services update. SES Port Stephens Flood Boat Maintenance Members from the NSW SES Port Stephens Unit have been out and about this week, conducting essential Flood Boat maintenance and checks. Advertise with News…
THE NSW Government has further eased restrictions as the state continues to manage the impacts of Covid-19. From the beginning of Friday, 18 February 2022, the following adjustments were made to the settings: No density limits (previously one person…