THE Federal Election is just under a month away and News Of The Area is introducing you to the candidates for the election. Brooke Vitnell is a Port Stephens local and is the Liberal candidate for Paterson. Advertise with…
ANZAC Day will be commemorated in style across Port Stephens, with services across the region commencing from dawn. This year is the first ANZAC Day since Australia’s withdrawal from Afghanistan, ending Australia’s large-scale military commitment in the Middle East…
THE people that have made Boat Harbour what it is today are being celebrated in a book which has been written by members of the local community. The book will be launched on 23 April at 3pm at the…
THE future of the Tomaree Lodge site has been under a shadow for many years. Since the last of the Department of Human Services residents left the site the Tomaree Headland Heritage Group Inc (THHG) has been lobbying to see…
GOOD food and nutrition is sometimes a struggle for older people but it should not be a barrier to them ageing in place in their own homes. Newcastle Meals on Wheels has been in the hearts and homes of…
STOCKTON residents can help prevent soft plastics from going to waste through a new, innovative kerbside recycling program. City of Newcastle will become just the second council in Australia to take part in the Curby Soft Plastics Program, following…
BEACHES were covered in one of the biggest occurrences of seafoam that has been seen in living memory after the wild weather which hit the NSW coast over the past week. Marine Biologist Ryan Pierara of Irukandji Shark and…
COMMUNITY members made their position clear on the prospective sale of land at 109 Foreshore Drive, Salamander Bay over the weekend, with hundreds gathering for a rally on the site. Organisers say the aim of the rally was to…
ON Saturday 26 February, Marine Rescue Port Stephens had just commenced their weekly Saturday training when the crew received a phone call from the radio base for a five-metre open runabout that had engine failure just outside the heads.…
THE finishing touches have been added to the new Foreshore Drive bridge at Corlette, marking the project’s completion on time and under budget. The InQuick bridge replaces the culvert that was washed away during the severe rain event in…