YOUNG people will develop the skills and knowledge they need to support future employment, education and training opportunities through a NSW Government grant program which opens today. Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter Taylor Martin said local not-for-profits, community groups…
THE Hunter Joint Organisation (JO) has received a $862,000 grant towards their Accelerating Event Economies (A2E) Project through the Bushfire Local Economic Recovery (BLER) Fund run by the NSW Government. The Hunter Region already has fantastic event capability; however,…
THE Boambee Eagles soared to the top of the women’s first division with a 7-0 victory over the Maclean Bobcats last Saturday at Ayrshire Park. Eagles striker Kylie McDonald was on top form, scoring a hat-trick. It was a…
THE Coffs Harbour Comets fired to their fourteenth consecutive victory of the season with a 12-0 win over Bellingen last Saturday at Geoff King Motors Oval. Tries from Jess Moore, Hannah White and Eden Bennett continued their stellar season…
WOOLGOOLGA Golf Club Results Logan Toms and Mandy Purchase won the Foursomes Championships. Nett champions were Clint Bailey and Carol Stone. Vets 26 July 9 Hole Stroke Winner B. Fairclough R/up D. Cooper Pizza Comp 26 to 30 July…
THE Bulahdelah Show President and Show Committee are excited to inform the community that the show is set to go ahead on 19-20 November. Admission/Entry to the Show will be the main change, necessitated by Covid-19 restrictions, and the…
IT’S no surprise that last week Port Stephens Mayor Ryan Palmer has announced that he is running for reelection. Palmer said it has been a privilege to work on behalf of the Port Stephens community for the past four…
‘SLIP, slop, slap, seek and wrap’ has been a mantra for Australians for many years. Yet Port Stephens still has one of NSW’s highest rates of melanoma. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…