RESIDENTS can now receive push notifications on COVID-19 case locations on the Service NSW app so they are alerted to potential exposure risks as soon as possible. The enhancement is in addition to the red icon that appears in…
IT’S time for your weekly emergency services update. Truck Crash On 25 October there was a truck crash off the Pacific Highway just off Bucketts Way. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business.…
APPLICATIONS are now open to improve our local fishing environments. It’s all about improving the surrounding areas where fishers enjoy their sport. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us…
MYALL Lake prawns always bring a higher price than the school prawns from the Hunter River. In fact the professional prawners who seek them are limited in number. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for…
AS we move towards the new COVID normal it seems to be inevitable that schools will close as cases of the virus circulate amongst children who are too young to be vaccinated. The NSW Government is trialling Rapid Antigen…
WITH this year’s year 12 cohort having experienced the most disrupted past two years of schooling, there is hope on the horizon with placements for traineeships within the construction industry. Construction is also an area where there is a…
WITH an uninterrupted water view adding tens of thousands of dollars to a property’s value, many waterfront home owners are sorely tempted to cut down saplings or poison large trees. This was the case in Nelson Bay some years…
ON Sunday 24 October Dance ‘n Dazzle Studio at Medowie were able to hold their LGTDA Tap Examinations for 2021. With the studio unable to open due to restrictions on the use of school halls, holding examinations was a…
STRIKE force detectives have released an image of a similar vehicle of interest as they continue to investigate the shooting death of a woman in Stockton earlier this year. Just after 8pm on Wednesday 9 June 2021, emergency services…
NORTHERN NSW Football will implement a comprehensive review into the effectiveness and efficiency of the governance and administration structures which underpin the game in northern NSW. The NNSWF Board met on Wednesday 27 October and determined to charge Chief…