MORE than $124,000 in funding has been provided to 99 community groups, schools and ex-service organisations across NSW as part of the Anzac Community Grants Program (ACGP). Minister for Veterans David Harris announced that $124,629 will be provided to a…
A KEY Coffs Harbour CBD public transport hub is set to be enhanced after the City of Coffs Harbour (City) received a $1 million NSW Government grant. The Park Avenue bus interchange will be “beautified and made more user-friendly for…
THE 60th anniversary of the 1965 Freedom Ride has been marked with the announcement of plaques to commemorate significant steps along the route. Minister for Heritage Penny Sharpe and Minister for Aboriginal Affairs and Treaty David Harris were in Walgett…
WELCOME to “Pride of Port Stephens”, a new regular column from News Of The Area highlighting the unique icons that make the region special. THE Bay’s favourite local celebrity, Eric the Emu, has inhabited his iconic, often overgrown and flooded…
A NEW cohort of kindergarten students began their formal education at Tea Gardens Public School (TGPS) with a special assembly on Friday 14 February. “At our school, we are excited to witness the growth and development of our kindergarten students…
ACCLAIMED deep-water diver and photographer Dr Mark Spencer will present a free talk at the National Marine Science Centre on 6 March. The presentation, titled “Ocean of Self – Forty Years of Ocean Exploration”, will run from 6-8pm with no…
THE first meeting for 2025 of the Stuarts Point and District Garden Club (SPaDGC) was held on Wednesday, 5 February, marked by summer weather and the warmth of friendship. At 11.30am a troupe of flora-loving individuals gathered at the Stuarts…
BLUEBOTTLES have plagued swimmers along the coast this summer, with Hawks Nest’s Bennetts Beach the site of a wave of incidents. The marine stingers, each of which is a colony of four separate organisms called “zooids”, are generally carried in…
MEDOWIE residents Michael Walton and Paul Rooms appeared last week as witnesses to an inquiry into ‘forever chemical’ contamination in waterways and drinking water supplies throughout NSW. The inquiry, overseen by a NSW Upper House select committee, rolled into Newcastle…
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…