EYEWITNESS accounts of the end of the First World War, as recorded in diaries and letters, are now available online as part of a major digitisation project led by the Australian War Memorial. These diaries and letters give an intimate…
THE Myall Community Art and Craft Centre are again holding their annual Christmas toy appeal to aid the Salvation Army. “In previous years this has been well supported by the local community,” said Susan Burns, Myall Community Art and Craft…
FOR those living on the Myall Coast, access to infrastructure like hospitals is often a challenge. Thankfully, for those in need of medical attention the area has a Free Clinic Bus. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth…
TEA Gardens boxer, seventeen-year-old Zane Pietsch has his first amateur fight on Saturday, November 19 at the Nelson Bay Bowling Club. Having just finished his HSC at Hunter River High, Zane is primed for his first amateur fight on the…
THE Rotary Men’s Health Education Rural Van (MHERV) is coming to Bulahdelah and locals are encouraged to hop on board for a free health check. ‘Saving men’s lives’ is the catch cry of the campaign, an initiative of the Rotary…
HAWKS Nest local Leonie Reisberg is currently exhibiting a collection of fine art photographs at the Manning Regional Art Gallery in Taree. The exhibition is a retrospective collection with over 50 years of photography on display. Advertise with News of…
ON Thursday, 27 October the 1st Bulahdelah Scouts Group took a field trip to the Bulahdelah Rural Fire Service depot. Brigade Captain Rod Parr explained the new Australian Fire Danger Rating System (AFDRS), and how to use an app called…
A $5 MILLION eco-cabin precinct for guests at Jimmys Beach is now officially open after Reflections Holiday Parks and community and industry representatives cut the ribbon last Thursday to celebrate the new deluxe addition to the park. The new guest…
DOZENS of senior high school students from across the MidCoast will descend on Council’s Administration and Customer Service Centre in Taree for a special one-day event on Friday 11 November. The Youth Hackathon for Water will bring together senior students…
BRIAN Jones, a volunteer broadcaster with Myall Coast, is once again hosting a special Remembrance Day program. “The radio program, ‘Remember the Armistice’, which so many of you helped to make, and broadcast last Remembrance Day will be broadcast again…