NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian has announced an ease of COVID-19 restrictions to roll out from 12:01AM Monday 29 March. The lift in restrictions include: no caps on weddings or funerals, no restrictions on singing (including in places of worship),…
MIDCOAST Council is working with a range of agencies, including the NSW Police, Public Works Advisory, Fire and Rescue NSW, the NSW Rural Fire Service and the Australian Defence Force as part of a multi-agency recovery taskforce to deliver…
A CLEAN up on a massive scale is underway across the MidCoast as the region, declared a natural disaster area, recovers from a 1 in 100 year flood event. “As the sunshine returns to the MidCoast, we’re working as…
HANDMADE is heartfelt. Kindergarten children of Bulahdelah Central School certainly felt the love from the Bulahdelah branch of the Country Women’s Association when they were gifted with 23 library bags, each lovingly made by hand. “The bags are a…
COVID-19 vaccinations are coming to Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest. Despite not yet being listed on the Health Direct website, The Ochre Health clinic will soon be rolling out the first round of COVID-19 vaccinations in the area. Debbie…
PORT Stephens has a very active VIEW Club. These active women work to support the Voice, Interests and Education of Women. Locally that means that the group sponsors girls in Australia to have better educational outcomes. Advertise with News…
10 YEARS ago, Medowie resident Ann Byron shaved her head in support of the Leukaemia Foundation, after a student at the school she worked at passed away from blood cancer. This year she is at it again, taking on…
NSW Land Registry Services (NSW LRS) will make title searches, replacement Certificates of Title and plan images free for property owners affected by flooding in NSW. Property searches and plans can assist landholders with insurance claims and development applications…
POLICE were called to Bennetts Beach at Hawks Nest this morning, in response to reports of a body found in the surf at the south end of the beach. The discovery was made just after 7.30am, by two women who…
FLOOD DISASTERS, such as those currently unfolding in New South Wales and parts of Southern Queensland, are made more likely by climate change, say experts from the Climate Council. “The intense rainfall and floods that have devastated NSW communities…