A SPECIAL service of thanks was held on Sunday 2 March at Gloucester Presbyterian church. to mark the end to the pastoral work and leadership of John and Lyn Ferguson. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it…
TWO years ago Amanda Marsh and Kelly Pickett recognised the need for increased community engagement at the Stratford Community Hall. They began organising an event to appeal to a wide range of community members while raising funds for local breast…
ROADWORKS are continuing on the Bucketts Way south of Monkerai Road at Weismantels, between Gloucester and Stroud. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us…
OVER 250 people attended this year’s sellout Poetry in the Saleyards to cap off the Verse in the Valley bush poetry event. The Verse in the Valley Festival made its way to Gloucester for the first time this year, based…
UPPER HUNTER producers are being warned about the potential impact of three-day sickness in cattle and buffalo this season after cases were confirmed in the Manning Valley. Three-day sickness, or Bovine Ephemeral Fever (BEF), is a mosquito-born disease that can…
UPPER HUNTER producers are being warned about the potential impact of three-day sickness in cattle and buffalo this season after cases were confirmed in the Manning Valley. Three-day sickness, or Bovine Ephemeral Fever (BEF), is a mosquito-born disease that can…
THE State and Federal governments activated disaster assistance to 15 Local Government Areas (LGAs) in northern NSW last Thursday in anticipation of the impacts of Tropical Cyclone Alfred. The NSW Government’s Natural Disaster Declaration applies to the LGAs of: Ballina,…
WOOTTON’S Stephen Burke will contest the seat of Lyne for the Australian Citizens Party in the 2025 Federal election. Mr Burke, who has lived in the region for the past two-and-a-half years with his wife Linda, is the operator of…
RAIN promised dearer cattle prices to $3,050 per cow and calf unit at the Ray White Livestock Gloucester Annual Female Sale. A total of 860 head of cattle were yarded at the Gloucester Saleyards on 7 March, consisting of 400…
GLOUCESTER born and bred Allan “Joe” Smith was a talented second rower with the Gloucester Rugby League team that won the premiership in 1958. Even after he had hung up his boots, Joe attended most matches as a trained first…