OVER five thousand players have registered to play football on the North Coast as records tumble across football clubs in the region. Registrations increased by 40% on the North Coast resulting in the strongest year on year growth in…
THE cenotaph at Nambucca Heads, located near the Nambucca RSL club, stood in great company on Anzac Day 2021 for the 10:30am service with an estimated 350-400 people in attendance. It was a glorious day, with sunshine lighting the…
TWO of Port Stephens’ key community support groups have joined forces for the benefit of the Tilligerry Peninsula community, opening ‘Tilli Place’ at Tanilba Bay, in an effort to expand access to much-needed youth mental health and frontline services.…
ON Friday May 7, sailor and boat designer Andrew Buckland will share his intimate knowledge of sailing at the Port Stephens Yacht Club at Soldiers Point. The course shares information on the dynamics and technical side of sails and…
MOTHER’S Day is a time to show our appreciation and love for the mother-figures in our lives, but it can also be an opportunity to make a difference. More and more these days, families are giving Mother’s Day gifts…
HUNTER based health lawyer and Australian Lawyers’ Alliance (ALA) NSW spokesperson on health, Catherine Henry, is disappointed that the parliamentary inquiry brought on by the crisis in regional and rural health will not hold a hearing in the Hunter.…
“NOTHING!” is the standard answer to enquiring parents when they ask their kids what they did at school each day. There was however a very different answer to the same question in the early 1980s from kids coming home…
PAPUA New Guinea are our nearest geographical neighbours, yet some of those residing in the southwestern Pacific country, experience very different living conditions to those which we enjoy. Women can give birth on dirt floored huts in remote villages…
*Trigger warning: please note that this news piece contains content relating to depression and suicide. THE stresses of COVID-19 have played their part in increasing depression rates within the community, and suicide is an issue we all need to…
BIRUBI Beach was host to the 2021 NSW Longboard Titles which saw a gigantic Saturday and Sunday of surfing action with all final longboard champions crowned. Local Suellen Goyne of Corlette nabbed two titles for the local surfing contingent…