MANY students are one step closer to completing their Higher School Certificate (HSC) after submitting major projects for marking in the past few weeks. Bulahdelah Central School Year 12 student Jayden Lilley was relieved to have completed his Entertainment Unit…
TIM Smith joined a queue of fellow devoted fans, hoping to get his hands on a copy of the latest book in the Harry Potter series. Released earlier this month, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child is the eighth instalment…
LOCAL greyhound owners expressed outrage and disappointment last week as the bill to ban greyhound racing in NSW moved swiftly through State Parliament’s Upper House. Bulahdelah greyhound owner and trainer Mick Worth said the ban on the “traditional iconic Australian…
LONG-SERVING members of the Gloucester Great Lakes NSW Rural Fire Service were honoured in a medal ceremony in Tuncurry on Saturday 6 August. Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead was in attendance on behalf of Hon. David Elliott MP, Minister…
IT was a weekend of firsts for Tea Gardens mother of two, Jodie Genner. The 36 year old Real Estate manager competed in her first City2Surf in Sydney, tackling heartbreak hill to raise funds for the Autism Awareness Association.…
VIETNAM Veterans Day will be commemorated with a service at the Karuah Memorial on Thursday 18 August at 11.00am. A new commemorative wall which pays tribute to those who made the ultimate sacrifice in Australia’s more recent conflicts will be…
THE staff at Coles Medowie have banded together once again to help others, by competing in last weekend’s ‘City2surf’ in Sydney. Fourteen staff members of Medowie Coles registered for the popular event, and hired a bus to travel down in…
MAYOR of Port Stephens, Bruce MacKenzie will write to every Council in New South Wales to garner support for a free vote in Federal Parliament on same sex marriage, after Council last night voted in favour of a…
WHEN Medowie woman Stevie Wilkinson became a mother for the first time in December 2015, she found the incredible, life-altering love she felt for the tiny little person really overwhelming. Stevie began to feel a sort of grief for women…
MANY Myall Coast residents leapt at the opportunity to swap their work and school uniforms for denim in support of Jeans for Genes Day last Friday. Every dollar raised during the annual fundraising campaign helps scientists at the Children’s Medical…