FORMER Silverchair Frontman Daniel Johns has been charged with high-range drink driving following a crash on the Pacific Highway. At approximately 10.30pm on Wednesday 23 March 2022, a grey SUV, police allege that Johns exited a service centre on…
LOCAL NBN speeds are set to improve following the announcement of a $480 million Federal investment. Federal Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie said the upgrade would extend the coverage range from local NBN towers and allow higher speed…
THE MidCoast Council has published their Matters Outstanding Document for March 2022 with a resolution register to ensure that decisions of Council are implemented. The current updates include the following: Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth…
ON February 24, Hawks Nest/Tea Gardens Meals on Wheels provided a thank you morning tea for their volunteers. The program depends on the 70 plus volunteers to help with cooking in the kitchen and delivering meals to the clients.…
A NUMBER of projects have been funded through MidCoast Council’s Community Spaces Capital Works Program. MidCoast Council Project Manager for Community Spaces, Peter Kennewell, said that there are a number of different projects underway. Advertise with News of The…
IN response to the massive flooding events over the past weeks on the eastern seaboard, 31 mayors and councillors from some of the nation’s most flood damaged regions have called on the government to do more to protect communities…
SEVERAL large major infrastructure and engineering projects are on their way to completion, as reported in the MidCoast Council Monthly Capital Works Project Status Report. Hawks Nest The completion of the reconstruction of road pavement on Kularoo Dr, Hawks…
IN the town of Bulahdelah there is a weekly class run by local yoga teacher Justine Thompson, helping men of all ages to get a little more active. The Bulahdelah Blokes class brings men onto a yoga mat, not…
THE MidCoast Ageing Strategy 2022-2026 has formally been endorsed by Council. Approximately 27,000 people, or 29 percent of the population, in the MidCoast LGA are aged 65 years or older, compared to the NSW regional average of 20 percent.…
AFTER years of community campaigning, major safety upgrades are set to be delivered at the Myall Way/Pacific Highway intersection, and on Bombah Point Road towards the ferry wharf. Flashing lights will be installed at the intersection turning into Tea…