LOCAL novelists have started prepping for the 2021 National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a…
THE Tea Gardens Swimming Pool will be managed by the YMCA for the 2021-2022 swim season. In the minutes of the recent MidCoast Council meeting, a motion was passed stating ‘that Council allow the General Manager or his delegate…
RECENT changes to the NSW Road Rules, which remove outdated weight limits for power wheelchairs and motorised mobility scooters, known as Motorised Mobility Devices (MMDs) used by people with physical disability, are welcomed by the Physical Disability Council of…
THE MidCoast LGA has one of the oldest populations in all of Australia. With approximately 27,000 people or 29% of the MidCoast LGA population aged 65 years or older, MidCoast Council has developed a draft Ageing Strategy for the…
IN the recent MidCoast Council meeting on 22 September 2021, Councillor Kathryn Bell raised a motion for the Council to prepare a report regarding an amendment to the NSW Local Government Act 1993. The new section 218CC provides that…
INTERESTED parties are invited to provide feedback on the National Landcare Program as part of its second 5-year review. Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia David Littleproud and Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley said the review is an…
MEDOWIE residents have long held reservations about how public education is delivered in their suburb. The latest move to redistribute primary school zones, confirmed this week by an Education Department spokesperson, has not been received well. Advertise with News…
RENEWABLE energy and reducing emissions is now a higher priority for the Australian Government. Australia’s commitment to reducing emissions has come under the international spotlight and we are seen as a nation that must do better. Advertise with News…
PORT Stephens based Ampcontrol have been recognised for their exemplary contribution to innovation, industry and community at the Engineers Australia 2021 Engineer of the Year Awards. The innovative business had three finalists in the awards, with Richard Griffiths a…