RIVERWOOD Downs has been crowned a winner in the ‘Wedding Venue – Eco’ category at the Australian Wedding Awards. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882.…
AS Ausgrid consults communities about upgrades to network infrastructure to support the Hunter Central Coast Renewable Energy Zone, the Hunter Jobs Alliance is urging the Federal Government to deliver a “Local Energy Hub” to the region. The Alliance, a coalition…
GLOUCESTER Rotary’s “Bush Poetry in the Saleyards” is back for another year, continuing the event’s 20-plus year legacy. “The initial idea started at a dinner party,” said organiser Grahame Stelzer. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it…
UP to 20 students from across NSW will be selected to participate in the annual Premier’s Anzac Memorial Scholarship (PAMS) study tour that will visit historic sites relating to Australia’s military history in the Republic of Korea and Singapore in…
THE “Future Land Use and Enabling Works” project for Liddell Power Station has been approved by the State Government, which will see the former power station demolished, remediated and transformed for future industrial land uses. Spanning around 143 hectares, the…
THE NSW Government has established a rental taskforce to “hold landlords and real estate agents to account”, and address rental law violations. With an $8.4 million investment, NSW Fair Trading’s Rental Taskforce will analyse activities and trends within the rental…
HEALTHCARE students and graduates living or seeking employment in rural, regional and remote NSW can now apply for nine types of scholarships designed to support their studies and boost the state’s regional health workforce. Minister for Regional Health Ryan Park…
THE historic facade of the St James Presbyterian Church in Stroud will experience the efficiency of modern technology on Friday as the 138 year old building goes head to head with a cleaning drone. The recently restored church was built…
ROADS, housing, jobs and post-mining land use were at the top of the agenda when Dungog Shire Mayor Digby Rayward joined his Hunter region counterparts in Canberra last week. Organised by the Hunter Joint Organisation Board (Hunter JO), the delegation…
DUNGOG Shire Council has voted to hold Hunter Water accountable for delays in the assessment of any development application (DA) referred to the organisation. Mayor Digby Rayward put forward a Mayoral Minute at Council’s meeting on 29 January, seeking improvements…