AFTER a recent health scare, Peter decides to talk to a specialist solicitor about putting a Power of Attorney (POA) in place. Peter is advised that a POA allows him to appoint someone (an attorney) to manage his financial affairs.…
DEAR News Of The Area, DURING the recent council election, I was asked why so much of the Port Stephens community was opposed to a floating industrial zone on our ocean. I replied that many of us are haunted by…
ON Saturday, 28 September the new Gresford Community Gallery was officially opened by Kim Blunt, Senior Curator of Maitland Regional Gallery. “Who said art can’t change the world?” Ms Blunt asked in her opening remarks. Advertise with News of The…
DEAR Jasminda, I OWN a company where the work takes place in an online environment. For this reason, I let my staff work from home. Recently, while spending time in a small town where one of my staff members lives,…
HOPING to recapture highly volatile lightning in a bottle this week, Warner Bros is releasing “Joker: Foile à Deux”, the sequel to the surprise 2019 hit that launched their “DC Black” label. The first Joker film – focusing entirely on…
OUTDOOR adventure educator Dan Lyons continues to combine a love of Shakespeare and the great outdoors through his work at Wangat Lodge. In 2017, Dan took the helm at Wangat, an eco-lodge in the foothills of the Barrington Tops, twenty…
CLARENCE Town Public School and neighbouring Glen William School have celebrated 175 years of education. Both schools were opened in 1849 and continue to operate to this day. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
TUCKED away in the Dungog Museum is a beautifully ornate National Cash Register, a relic of a bygone era when pounds, shillings and pence were the currency of the day. Once a centrepiece in Skillen’s grocery shop (formerly located where…