STRENGTHENING its commitment to providing a diverse workforce and the next generation of innovators, Ampcontrol has announced its sponsorship of Hunter-based industry schools outreach program HunterWiSE. HunterWiSE is an initiative for women and girls in science, technology, engineering and mathematics…
THE Palm Lakes Resort Tea Gardens Bar Committee has donated $500 to the Tea Gardens Public School to assist the school in purchasing books for the students. The presentation was made by the President of the PLR Tea Gardens Bar…
INDEPENDENT candidate Dr Jason Bendall will run in the Myall Lakes electorate, where he has lived and worked for many decades, and standing in the upcoming NSW State election on 25 March. Dr Bendall completed his medical training and subsequent…
MYALL Lakes has a Greens Party candidate in Eleanor Spence, who has lived in the electorate for over four decades, and will stand at the NSW State election on 25 March. Ms Spence has previously stood in the 2019 State…
IT is only a few weeks now before entries for the Anderson Art Award close on Thursday 30 March. Prizes of $3,000 as well as $500 Highly Commended awards are offered in each of two categories: 1. two-dimensional (2D) works…
CHARLIE’S Run 4 Kids is an epic five-day, 150 kilometre charity event held between 8-12 March this year, with more than 50 amazing runners participating to help fight childhood cancer. Embarking from the stunning waters of Seal Rocks on 8…
HUNDREDS of vintage and well-loved automobiles rolled onto Myall Park, Hawks Nest last Saturday, 11 March, to join the long-delayed return of Motorfest 2023. After two solid years of careful chroming and polishing, a total of 247 vehicles lined the…
NEW electoral district boundaries have come into effect for the electoral districts of Upper Hunter, Cessnock, Maitland, Myall Lakes and Port Stephens. Changes made with the 2021 redistribution of NSW electoral districts will commence with the 2023 NSW State election.…
IT’s the bottleneck we all hate to get stuck in and the bane of travellers every school holiday period. The M1 ends and traffic snakes along an inadequate road beside the Hunter River. Now one of the Hunter region’s biggest…
IN gloriously warm conditions, local students took to the pool for the annual Bulahdelah Central School secondary swimming carnival. Participation from both staff and students was excellent, with the continuous swim hotly contested and the noodle relay bringing out the…