MOTORFEST organisers at the Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest Motor Club have donated proceeds from last month’s event to several local community service groups, upholding a long tradition of locals supporting locals. The beneficiaries included the Tea Gardens Hawks Rugby League Football…
LOCAL residents are speaking out over their experiences with ongoing hoon behaviour in North Arm Cove. The intersection of Gooreengi Road and Somerset Avenue, North Arm Cove, just off the Pacific Highway, has attracted regular illegal burnout gatherings since mid-2023.…
WORLD Autism Awareness Day was celebrated at Bulahdelah Bowling Club with supporters joining in a sea of blue. The day advocates for understanding, acceptance, and inclusion of individuals with autism around the globe, and is celebrated on 2 April each…
IT was a fitting finale to the 2025 Sail Port Stephens Passage Series (Commodores Cup), with crews aboard the 105 yachts enjoying the kind of premium sailing conditions that attracts boats from as far as the Gold Coast and Melbourne…
TILLIERMANS and Tea Gardens have been synonymous since 1972. The iconic establishment was originally founded as the Paragon Café by New York architect John Amery in 1910. In 1995, after stints interstate and abroad, Kerry and Peter Hodges took the…
OVER two million Australians experienced card fraud and 675,000 responded to a scam in 2023-24, according to new results from the Personal Fraud Survey (PFS) released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). William Milne, ABS head of crime statistics,…
JOHN Boyd migrated from England as a roof slater in 1911, disembarking in Sydney with wife Ellen and two children Reg and Wilf. John worked around the city slating the roof at the Randwick Racecourse and churches in the Parramatta…
MIDCOAST Council Mayor Claire Pontin has called on all candidates for Lyne in the forthcoming Federal election to commit to sustainable funding for local Councils. Mayor Pontin said Councils are now receiving around half of the level of Financial Assistance…
OFFICIAL fire season has ended for most of NSW, including Dungog Shire. Fire permits are no longer required for those in areas outside the Bush Fire Danger Period, however, there are some regions across the state where the danger period…
TWENTY new paramedic interns have arrived in the Hunter ambulance zone to begin the on-road portion of their 12-month internships. Across the state, NSW Ambulance has welcomed 157 new paramedic interns and 17 trainee emergency medical call takers, after they…