SOME properties in Old Bar will be without power overnight. From 10.30pm tonight (August 3) until 4am Friday Essential Energy Crews will work to replace high-voltage overhead power lines at Manning Point. Mid North Coast operations manager Mat Reedy said…
NERONG Progress Association has a new billboard that will better inform villagers and visitors of what is coming up in the local community as well as other relevant community news. Nerong Progress Association president Glen Nesbet said “basically we had…
MARINE Rescue Port Stephens and Marine Rescue Lemon Tree Passage descended on Lake Macquarie for a simulation, multi-unit training day recently. On show was the new Port Stephens Marine Rescue craft the ‘Shirley Clark’. The simulation search-and-rescue exercise off the…
THE Myall River’s Natural Channel is now almost completely sealed off from Port Stephens, a NOTA investigation can reveal. Drone images supplied by the Myall River Action Group (MRAG) clearly show the immediate situation, with the channel now half its…
MYALL Park Sports Complex is ready for play, and to serve as ground zero for the ‘Back to the Nest’ end-of-season event on Saturday 12 August. Hawks Rugby League Football Club calls Myall Park home. Advertise with News of The…
BULAHDELAH Courthouse Museum has hosted several ‘ghost tours’, where people can hunt for ghosts and find out what they have to say. A dozen people recently came from near and far to search for past clues from beyond the living,…
WHILE not yet officially declared, El Nino is on the horizon, says the Bureau of Meteorology. The Rural Fire Service Mid Coast community preparedness team says El Nino can have dramatic effects during a fire season. “While an El Nino…
LONG life and healthy living are celebrated every year by a growing Tea Gardens-Hawks Nest group calling themselves the ‘47 Club’. The informal group began back in 2008, when a nucleus of eight ladies suddenly realised that they shared the…
MAVIS Everingham of Bulahdelah celebrated her 100th birthday last week. Born in Coolongolook in 1923, she lived in Dyer’s Crossing and Nabiac for most of her younger years. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
AN impassioned plea from builders, insurers and planners to stop homes being built on floodplains has landed with state government. An urgent statewide overhaul of planning laws is needed, representative bodies of each group say, and state government must not…