STUDENTS around Port Stephens continue to have their efforts rewarded through the Positive Behaviour and Learning Program. The program highlights rewarding safety, trust and honesty, acting responsibly and respect for success and involves nine local schools. The breakfast club…
AN 11 year window for training exists for athletes to participate in the 2032 Brisbane Olympics. Australian Sports Commission (ASC) Chair Josephine Sukkar says an extended 11-year runway to the Brisbane 2032 Games provides an incredible opportunity to unite…
BATTERIES are big in the future of clean energy and local businesses are at the front of the race to manufacture them here in Australia. Port Stephens based Energy Renaissance Pty Limited has received $525,072 to scale up production…
GEORGE Reserve in Salamander Bay is the latest Port Stephens park to receive a freshen-up, with Council installing new amenities and new play equipment. Port Stephens Mayor Ryan Palmer says the improvements will make a big difference for users.…
ONE person in Stockton has been found dead after a fatal fire blew through several units in Fullerton Street, Stockton. Just after 5am on Monday 26 June, emergency services were called to the blaze on a series of units…
COSTA Georgiadis will bring the landcare community together online during Landcare Week for the 2021 National Landcare Conference and National Landcare Awards on Thursday 5 and Friday 6 August. With over 60 speakers from across the country, this free…
FOR some in Port Stephens the news that the Council elections are being postponed yet again will be a blow. To others a windfall. The Minister for Local Government Shelley Hancock MP has postponed the NSW Council elections until…
DINGOES on the Mid North Coast are at risk and it’s the members of the community that are feeding them that are doing the greatest harm. Local dingo advocate Jen Parker is angry that people are continuing to do…
THE pandemic has seen Australians isolated, lonely and vulnerable to cyber attacks. Cybercriminals are targeting Australians at an unprecedented level to steal sensitive information and money, including through business email compromise and ransomware attacks. Advertise with News of The…
AS the numbers of cases of COVID-19’s Delta strain increase in Sydney and Melbourne, no new cases have been seen in Port Stephens or the Myall Coast. However, exposure sites have crept into Wallsend and Thornton. Advertise with News…