A MAN has been charged after he allegedly rammed a police car during a pursuit which culminated at Warrell Creek. About 8am on Friday 14 March 2025, officers attached to Mid North Coast Highway patrol detected an allegedly stolen Toyota…
NEW healthcare data shows increasingly high demand for emergency department (ED) services at Port Macquarie Base Hospital. The Bureau of Health Information’s (BHI) quarterly report between October and December 2024 shows there were 13,902 ED attendances during that period, with…
TRIBUTES have flowed for the late Geoffrey John Cox, who played a key role in multiple Tea Gardens developments. Born in 1937, Mr Cox passed away on 16 February 2025 aged 87 years. Advertise with News of The Area today.…
THE Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA) celebrated Seniors Week 2025 by throwing a big, free-entry concert at the Hawks Nest Community Hall on Saturday 15 March. Several local businesses chipped in with a smorgasbord of door prizes, showing…
THE MYALL University of the Third Age (MU3A) opened its new home in Hawks Nest amidst fanfare and celebrations on Friday 14 March. After a multi-year wait, MU3A took over exclusive use of the new building annex at the Hawks…
DEAR News Of The Area, OVER the last quite a few months, I have been absolutely gobsmacked by how much advertising Caz Heise, the so-called “Independent”, has been subjecting us to. Caz has run daily radio and TV advertising, has…
AVERAGE speed cameras will be switched on to “warning mode” for light vehicles from 1 May between a 15km stretch of the Pacific Highway between Kew and Lake Innes. The site is one of two regional locations chosen for a…
LADIES of the small, local social group called the “Scallop Club”, have celebrated an important anniversary – 21 years since their first get-together. “We called ourselves the ‘Scallop Club’… [because] most of the ladies like to eat scallops after golf,”…
SALAMANDER Bay cricket hot shots Ed Williams and Lucas Vincent have helped the Stockton and Northern Districts club secure the Newcastle District first-grade minor premiership title. The former Nelson Bay juniors played key roles as the Seagulls topped the Rippit…
NSW POLICE have taken more than 90 unlawful weapons off the streets and conducted 34 high-visibility wanding operations in an effort to reduce knife crime. On 9 December 2024, the NSW Government introduced legislation to target the possession of knives,…