THEY are resilient, lionhearted, reliable and widely respected and perform each game with little fanfare. Every team has them, the dedicated bunch with top-class attitudes that fly under the radar and refuse to let their teammates down in a gripping…
NELSON Bay Rugby Club are on the Hunter Suburban Rugby Mens premiership prowl. The much vaunted Gropers achieved the first part of a potential 2024 quinella when they edged out Newcastle Griffins 17-14 last Saturday at Dangar Park to wrap…
A NEWCASTLE Under 16 Boys representative side, led by Medowie FC Head Coach Matt Morris, took out the Northern NSW Community State Youth Championships last month. The Newcastle team, which included an array of Port Stephens talent, toppled Hunter Valley…
THE Nelson Bay Croquet Club hosted the NSW Silver Brooch State Championship from Saturday 27 to Monday 29 July 2024. The NSW ‘brooch’ tournaments are designed to provide competition for players across the normal division boundaries – the Silver Brooch…
NEW Port Stephens Optical owners Tania and Wayne have been in the optical industry for over 30 years. Following the recent retirement of previous owners Neil and Margaret Kearns, Tania and Wayne have added the Medowie and Tanilba Bay locations…
PORT STEPHENS’ emerging junior football talent have featured prominently in this year’s Northern NSW Football Community State Youth Championship campaign. Thirty-five of the region’s up and coming prospects represented Newcastle with distinction at the prestigious annual tournament staged at the…
IT was during the war years, when the Americans arrived in Nelson Bay, that big changes took place. The roads from Salt Ash, over the sandhills to the coast, were upgraded and tarred and on the waterfront wharves and jetties…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to my correspondence (NOTA 19/7/24) Howard Dengate claims (NOTA 26/7/24) that vast tracts of farmland won’t be carpeted with solar panels and wind turbines as only a mere 1200 square kilometres will be…
ALTHOUGH 1922 proved to be another good year for butter manufacture and the new produce department was doing well, mid-April 1823 saw a major turning point in dairy production. Parliament introduced the Dairy Industry Act to bring about an overall…
SIMON “Simmo” Braun will be at the Big Banana on Thursday, 8 August, on his nationwide tour promoting blood and plasma donations. Simmo, a Central Coast father, will visit every donor centre across the country over the next year as…