SUICIDE awareness documentary, The Promise, is screening in Nelson Bay on 8 November at 7:00pm, giving locals the opportunity to see an advance screening of this new Australian mental health film. The Promise is an adaptation of former ABC radio…
FEW are aware that an air strip was planned on Broughton Island. A group of developers had visions of subdividing the island for land sale with an airfield considered essential for the promotion of their enterprise. Surveyors had visited the…
ECONETWORK Port Stephens has cautioned communities of the Hunter against rushing to judgement on proposed offshore wind farms. “We all need more information, including independent environmental assessments, before taking a position,” said EcoNetwork president Iain Watt. Advertise with News of…
PORT Harmony, a vocal ensemble based in Salamander Bay, whose repertoire ranges from Classical to Broadway to Jazz, will be bringing ‘An Afternoon of Musical Delights’ to Soldiers Point on Sunday, 12 November. “The ensemble was formed in 2010 to…
DEAR Jasminda, WE are going on a holiday with another couple — my best friend and her obnoxious, bigot of a husband. Normally I stay away from him, but we are sharing accommodation. My best friend laughs off his behaviour…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Opposition leader Peter Dutton and Nationals leader David Littleproud want the government to overturn Australia’s two decade ban on nuclear energy and investigate the use of small modular nuclear reactors to replace the power…
ST JOSEPH’S Primary School in Bulahdelah held a triple event recently to launch their newest mission statement, celebrate grandparent’s day and enjoy a mini fete. It was a packed house for the launch of the mission statement, with people attending…
PINDIMAR became the centre of the universe as huge crowds flocked to enjoy the ‘very best Market Day ever’, according to most locals, on Saturday, 28 October. Days of welcome rain cleared, allowing the spread all around Pindimar Rural Fire…
AESTHETICALLY pleasing upgrades have begun around Tea Gardens’ Myall Quays shopping precinct, the façades and features of which had been wearied by time. “After writing to Prosper Group, the property manager for the shops area, since July, we later learnt…
LIONS Tea Gardens members learned the life-altering story of an Australian Lions Hearing Dog (ALHD) recipient at their fortnightly dinner on Wednesday, 25 October at Mumm’s On The Myall, Tea Gardens. ALHD was an initiative of two Lions members in…