A TOTAL of $34,000 is now available to help Port Stephens students starting TAFE or university in 2021 as part of the Port Stephens Mayoral Academic Scholarships. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
SANTA has been given a dispensation from hotel quarantine. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au He’s ditching his sleigh, giving…
IT’S been more than nine months since the last time a parkrun event was held in Coffs Harbour but the wait is almost over. The Saturday morning 5km run or walk that starts and ends at Park Beach Reserve…
NORTH Coast NSW residents, especially those living near bat colonies, are reminded to avoid handling or touching injured or dead flying-foxes and microbats. According to the Bellingen Shire Council website the Bellingen Shire is home to five active flying-fox…
WITH the new lessee of Coffs Harbour Airport and the length of the lease now public knowledge, Coffs Harbour City Council is seeking to rezone the nearby Airport Enterprise Park to attract industrial and high-tech businesses into the area.…
IT’S a journey unlike any other – Melbourne to Cairns on a skateboard – and a mission Tom Drury, aka Gordy Fruito wants to be the first to complete. The mammoth 3600 km ride is for a good cause,…
WITH the recent NSW COVID-19 updated easing restrictions, residents of the MidCoast are calling for Council action to reopen pools. The aim of the petition is to re-open public pools for general use before Christmas in the Tea Gardens,…
ART takes on many forms and the artwork Flotsam and Jetsam shows how collaboration in art can create something very special. In 2020, for many members of the Port Stephens Community Arts Centre considered vulnerable to COVID-19, art became…
THIS year some 70% of the winning stories in ‘The Port Stephens Literature Awards’ went to female writers. Over 100 short stories were received from across the country and several local writers made the top twenty. The ‘Readers’ Choice’…
DOES Christmas do your head in and leave you feeling far from jolly? Katrina Mason is a counsellor and training facilitator committed to helping people achieve balance in their lives using techniques such as mindfulness and meditation. She told…