STUDENTS at Tanilba Bay Public School have returned in 2022 to find some exciting changes have occurred over the summer break. The Department of Education has invested over $320,000 in an upgrade of the administration block of the school.…
ROAD damage in the region has been raised to Council. In a notice of motion raised by Councillor Giacomo Arnott and seconded by Mayor Ryan Palmer, several Port Stephens roads which are in bad condition were discussed at the…
AN article in News Of The Area about a development application in Crossmaglen Road, Bonville, prompted Robyn Thomson to write to the editor to alert readers that the development application involved Crown Land. According to Ms Thomson, approximately two…
MEMBERS of the Probus Club of Port Stephens finally got off the mark for 2022 with their February Meeting attended by 80 members and guests who were welcomed by President Phil Dodd. Ann Gibson of the Probus Club Of…
THE NSW Government has announced nearly $5 million in grant funding to support Aboriginal families and communities staying safe and connected to critical services during the COVID-19 pandemic. Minister for Aboriginal Affairs Ben Franklin said directly investing in Aboriginal…
THE Murrook Cultural Centre at Williamtown was visited last week by the Federal Minister for Indigenous Australians, the Hon Ken Wyatt AM MP, where the Minister met with Indigenous groups and organisations. The Minister heard from the Worimi people…
RELIABLE power is something that we all need. While solar and wind generated power are considered the new gold standard in power there is some contention about the planned power plant at Kurri Kurri. There is plenty of debate…
IT’S time for your weekly emergency services update. RFS Training This week, local brigade members from the Williamtown/ Salt Ash Rural Fire Brigade carried out fuel load assessments around the Bobs Farm area. Advertise with News of The Area…
THE Development Application (DA) to extend the building at Soldiers Point Marina has been controversial. Past President of the Soldiers Point Community Group (SPCG), Jean Armstrong, told News Of The Area, “The SPCG was formed some ten years ago…
WHEN Covid reached Australian shores, it was local company Ampcontrol at the coal face, engineering and manufacturing the ventilators that our community needed. Now the local company is strengthening its long term community support of Port Stephens Koala Hospital…