FOR the Probus Club of Port Stephens the Christmas period started with a difference in this Covid year. Father Christmas’ vaccine records were, like so many of us, somewhere in that big bad bureaucratic machine, and to top it…
PORT Stephens Council has been hard at work across December with several Council projects and works. Birubi Point Sand Dune Stabilisation Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us –…
THE Probus Club of Fingal Bay is a small, mixed Probus Club that has been operating for 25 years in the Bay. There are meetings on the second Monday of the month at the Fingal Bay Sports Club. Advertise with…
IT has been a year since The Port of Newcastle hired a contractor to kill a colony of cats on Stockton Breakwall. On the night of 17 December 2020, a contractor killed and severely injured many stray cats who…
PORT Stephens certainly has its share of groups that do good things in the community. One that many may not know if is the Busy B’s which was established about 30 years ago with a dozen members. Advertise with…
FINALLY Port Stephens residents have their elected councillors confirmed after the contest for Mayor went down to the line. Past Mayor Ryan Palmer has been returned to the position, by the smallest of margins. Advertise with News of The…
NATURAL disasters have hit the region hard and there are many different Landcare groups that are actively working to undo the results of some of mother nature’s more severe tempests. Our Mambo Wetlands are cared for by Landcare as…
A MOBILE collection program will roll out again in 2022, to make it easy for boaties to dispose of their expired flares. The Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) program offers convenient and free disposal of marine flares that have…
THE NSW Crime Commission (NCC) inquiry into money laundering at licensed premises in NSW has been welcomed by the State Government. NSW Premier Dominic Perrottet said he was pleased Commissioner Michael Barnes had determined to use the NCC’s extensive…
THE NSW Government has committed to outlawing coercive control in current and former intimate partner relationships as part of the response to recommendations from the Joint Select Committee on Coercive Control. Attorney General and Minister for Prevention of Domestic…