LIVING with Neurofibromatosis (NF), as thousands of Australian children and adults do, means living with a condition that causes tumours to grow on nerves within the body, including in the brain and along the spine. While NF is one of…
SOUTHERN Cross University (SCU) Professor Gillian Gould is leading an international call for chronic lung disease to be made a global research priority with more funding allocated. Working out of SCU’s Coffs Harbour campus, Professor Gould, along with an international…
STEPPING closer to the ocean, the locally built catamaran ‘Emotion’ had its mast ‘stepped’ at Hawks Nest’s Pelican Park Wharf on Monday, 3 April. In the dismal, wintry morning, the 21.5m twill-finished carbon fibre mast was ferried from Carrington, in…
MARINE Rescue NSW volunteers across the state’s 46 units completed 425 rescue missions in March, returning 920 boaters to shore. In Port Stephens, 30 rescues were completed last month. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for…
BOTANISTS and Coffs Harbour Coastal Works horticulturists are doing their best to save two rare plants discovered during Transport for NSW’s Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) required in the planning stages for the Coffs Harbour bypass. “These two new species are…
LOVERS of the art of quilting flocked to the Senior Citizens Centre in Princes Street, Macksville last weekend to see the work on display at Quilt Show 2023. The biggest event of its kind in the district, Quilt Show 2023…
FALLS are the focus of April Falls Day, the first day of a month-long balance, strength and independence awareness initiative supported by Mid North Coast Local Health District which encourages residents over the age of 65 to get hopping, leaping…
INCUMBENT Member for Port Stephens, Kate Washington, who was successfully re-elected with 54 percent of first preference votes, remained characteristically unassuming in her gratitude to the electorate in Tea Gardens this week. “I am genuinely humbled, particularly by the response…
A STORY of survival and a quest for acceptance, the life of Tea Gardens’ Lee Clayton has been brought to the stage in a new play depicting the lives of members of Australia’s burgeoning LGBTQI rights movement. Lee joined the…
DOZENS of outraged community members lined the footpath of Phillip Drive, South West Rocks on Monday, protesting a NSW Land and Environment Court decision to grant a construction certificate to a 30 year old development application. The Phillip Drive site…