AS 2020 drew to a close the ‘what a year it’s been’ feeling was pretty much unanimous, so who’d have thought 2021 could possibly be worse! But so it turned out and now, with lockdowns hopefully behind us ‘forever’ and a renewed sense of freedom and hope for the future, what

  AS Local Government Elections approach, News Of The Area is introducing you to the candidates for the Election. Michael (Mick) Bergin is a Hillville local who is running as an ungrouped independent candidate for MidCoast Council. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone

  AS Local Government Elections approach, News Of The Area is introducing you to the candidates for the Election. Alan Tickle from Taree is running as an independent candidate for the upcoming MidCoast elections after a break from Local Government following the amalgamation. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

THE men of the Bulahdelah Men’s Shed have been busy building animal boxes to help protect a range of endangered species in the region. “Last year we developed some microbat boxes,” said Bulahdelah Men’s Shed President John Lee. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message

  MATTERS referring to the planning proposal of a Bulahdelah Highway Service Centre have been deferred until the new MidCoast Council is elected. In a recent Council meeting on 24 November, a motion was put forth to adopt the Bulahdelah Highway Service Centre Draft Planning Proposal proposing to build the centre in

  AS Local Government Elections approach, News Of The Area is introducing you to the candidates for the Election. Kathryn Bell is the leader of Group I for the upcoming election, a team of Independents committed to local democracy and strong communities. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

  AS Local Government Elections approach, News Of The Area is introducing you to the candidates for the Election. Karen Hutchinson’s Group G will return to the polls for a fifth time in the upcoming election, with a team composed entirely of women. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

  AS Local Government Elections approach, News Of The Area is introducing you to the candidates for the Election. Group F is Katheryn Smith’s team consisting of herself, Lance Fletcher, John Sahyoun, Stewart Carruthers, Mydie Keegan and Simon Eyre. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message

  THE deaths of large numbers of king parrots in Queensland has brought into focus the question of feeding birds and other wildlife. As they are a common species in Port Stephens along with rosellas and lorikeets it is perhaps wise for us to look at the most probable cause of their

  BULAHDELAH paramedic Wayne ‘Cookie’ Cook has celebrated his 44th anniversary with NSW Ambulance this week. Starting his career in 1977 in his hometown Kempsey, he took to the streets and as he went,, gained skills to last a lifetime. In 1981 Cookie began working out of Bulahdelah Ambulance Station and never looked