ASHYLN Louden-Gamble has lived in Port Stephens her whole life, but recently her normal life was flipped on its head when she was cast as the titular character, Monday in the new Australian feature film, Moon Rock For Monday.…
TANILBA Bay service station owner Jaz Saluja is deeply concerned about his family in India with the Covid-19 pandemic out of control. Here, so far, the disease has claimed some 238,000 lives and infected at least 21 million people.…
LOCALS and visitors lined up to tackle the Port Stephens Triathlon at One Mile Beach over the weekend. There has been a massive increased demand for the Standard Triathlon. With the increasing exposure through the ITU race series and…
DEAR News Of The Area, I CONGRATULATE the Editor on the 6 May edition of News Of The Area as I count it amongst the very best I have read from this paper over the last 20 years. Interesting…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE following is something I have been passionate about for lots of years, was just a thought to put it out there to the community. I belong to several organisations of the community (ie)…
WITH more than 100 landslides across the region, clearing and stabilising mountain roads is a major part of the flood recovery process, while damaged pavement is keeping Council’s patching crews busier than ever. “Working through damage of this scale…
IT’s been three decades of continuous support for families facing some of the hardest times ever. This month, Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Northern NSW celebrates 30 years of providing a home away from home for families with a…
A FUN day on the green has raised some much needed funds for the local Rural Fire Service. Tea Gardens and Pindimar RFS units, in conjunction with Hawks Nest Golf Club, hosted the RFS Sheargold Charity Golf Day, the…
ANOTHER nesting season has officially ended for local endangered shorebirds and MidCoast Council’s environmental team is pleased to see the ‘Share the Shore’ message being implemented. The MidCoast is fortunate to have migratory shorebirds make their way to local…
LOCAL musicians in New South Wales are being invited to apply for one of six $15,000 grants as part of the NSW Government’s support of Make Music Day. Classified as ‘small project grants’, musicians who have been affected by…