IF you love enjoying our region’s amazing outdoor spaces, MidCoast Council wants to hear from you. The community is invited to help shape how parks, gardens, walkways, recreational foot and bike paths, sports fields, boat ramps, playgrounds, dog parks, foreshore…
CELEBRATIONS for 2022 NAIDOC Week will be in full swing from 3 to 10 July, after COVID-19 kept crowds away in 2020 and 2021. Port Stephens Mayor Ryan Palmer says it’s great to be able to celebrate NAIDOC Week with…
Police Graduates Eight police dogs and 200 probationary constables have been sworn in this week following Class 353’s Police Attestation ceremony. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02)…
THE NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research has released their quarterly update on crime in the MidCoast region for 2022. Over the past two years, the Hunter Valley region (excluding Newcastle) has seen a decrease of 1.4 percent regarding…
THE NSW Government is urging beekeepers across the state to safeguard their industry after biosecurity surveillance detected Varroa mite in hives at the Port of Newcastle. On 24 June 2022, the Varroa Mite was detected in the Port of Newcastle’s…
IT is your last chance to nominate an amazing local young person for a MidCoast Youth Award. Nominations close this Sunday 26 June. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us…
THE Myall Lakes will benefit from the NSW Government’s $180 million commitment to fund projects that protect the state’s iconic coast and estuaries and support stronger coastal communities and industries. The investment will cover the final six years of the…
THE 2022-23 Budget for NSW has been announced. Highlights for the Myall Coast community include road funding, seniors travel, health services and cost-of-living measures. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone…
THE War Mural at Anzac Park, Tea Gardens has been vandalised, with large sections torn down and left broken on the grass. Tea Gardens RSL sub-Branch secretary Jenny Ross-Henry described the needless vandalism as “disgusting”. Advertise with News of The…
THE next generation of greenkeepers have hit the lawns at TAFE NSW Kurri Kurri ready to learn how to prepare world class sporting fields. Graduates of the TAFE NSW Certificate III in Sports Turf Management are highly sought after by…