WHEN 82-year-old Cecil Whitney asked the Coffs community to help him rehouse his extensive collection of memorabilia, he had no idea he’d get over 100 phone calls and many interested visitors. The former Coffs Harbour Museum manager told the News…
THE Jetty Foreshore is set to come alive on Saturday, 14 September, when Marine Rescue Coffs Harbour hosts a day of education and entertainment. The event will run from 8:30am to 3pm and promises a mix of rescue demonstrations and…
A BIG week of golf culminated in the Allan Clarke sponsored Ambrose event that drew over seventy players. No surprise that Allan’s year in year out consistent good golf saw him in the winning team with playing partners Mick Manning…
HISTORY was made on Friday 30 August when the Lake Cathie-Bonny Hills Raiders Under 14s League Tag team achieved a 10-4 victory over the Port Breakers (Navy) in their competition Grand Final. The girls became the first Raiders league tag…
DEAR News Of The Area, CONGRATULATIONS to Kate Washington for attempting to educate your readers about the deliberate spread of misinformation concerning Hunter offshore energy generation. I am distressed and appalled at the billboards that I see as I drive…
THE Tomaree Headland and Heritage Group (THHG) are urgently calling for an additional access and egress road to Shoal Bay. “This need has recently been accentuated by beach erosion episodes and subsidence of Shoal Bay Beach particularly during extreme weather…
NURSING staff at Tomaree Community Hospital conducted an hour of industrial action on Thursday 29 August. The walkout was undertaken by on and off duty union members, with a skeleton crew of non-union staff covering the care of patients. Advertise…
BOAT Harbour will be the location of a Remembrance Walk held by the Port Stephens Suicide Prevention Network (PSSPN) on Sunday 8 September. Each year PSSPN holds the walk at Iluka Reserve to enable members of the Port Stephens community…
TRANSPORT for NSW has completed a road safety review on Italia Road, resulting in a speed limit reduction from 90km/h to 80km Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us –…
HUME HOUSING has lodged a development application (DA) to build thirteen homes in Phillip Street, Raymond Terrace through a partnership between Homes NSW. Homes NSW will contribute land where three ageing dwellings currently sit, while Hume Housing will manage the…