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  IT’S time for your weekly emergency services update. Port Stephens SES The Port Stephens SES Unit have been hard at work over the last week, been retraining, working on specific skills for storm training. Advertise with News of The…

  ROZ Armstrong is running as a candidate for Port Stephens Council in East Ward. She is second on Leah Anderson’s ticket and could potentially take a seat on Council based on primary votes for Anderson as well as her…

  YET another new contender for Port Stephens Council is Matt Bailey. Representing the Liberal Party in the Local Government Election, Matt is partner to existing Councillor Jaimie Abbott. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for…

  JASON Wells is known to locals around Medowie through his volunteer work at Medowie Little Athletics and for his role at Medowie Public School. For Jason, being a part of the community is about building bridges and partnerships. Advertise…

  GREEN’s candidate in the Port Stephens Council elections, Caitlin Spiller, is a long term resident of Lemon Tree Passage who loves and appreciates the area’s unique coastal environment and its people. Caitlin Spiller told News Of The Area, “I…

  AN inquest into the death of a Port Stephens First Nations man who died falling eight metres whilst trying to escape custody has understood that correctional staff treatment contributed to the man’s avoidable death. NSW Deputy state coroner Elaine…

  AT 6am on Tuesday 9 November, the first member of Blockade Australia halted coal trains headed towards the Newcastle Coal Port, the largest coal port in the world. Zoe, 20, was suspended twenty metres up an electrical pylon from…

  A THIRD man has been charged over his alleged involvement in a fatal shooting in Port Stephens in August this year. About 1.45pm on Sunday 29 August 2021, emergency services were called to Hideaway Drive, Salt Ash, following reports…