THE NSW Government is putting out the call for local tradies to install smart LED lights in NSW public schools, improving the quality of classrooms and cutting power bills. The $157.8 million LED Lighting Upgrade Program was launched last…
LOCAL novelists have started prepping for the 2021 National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo). Each year on November 1, hundreds of thousands of people around the world begin to write, determined to end the month with 50,000 words of a…
THE Tea Gardens Swimming Pool will be managed by the YMCA for the 2021-2022 swim season. In the minutes of the recent MidCoast Council meeting, a motion was passed stating ‘that Council allow the General Manager or his delegate…
RECENT changes to the NSW Road Rules, which remove outdated weight limits for power wheelchairs and motorised mobility scooters, known as Motorised Mobility Devices (MMDs) used by people with physical disability, are welcomed by the Physical Disability Council of…
THE MidCoast LGA has one of the oldest populations in all of Australia. With approximately 27,000 people or 29% of the MidCoast LGA population aged 65 years or older, MidCoast Council has developed a draft Ageing Strategy for the…
IN the recent MidCoast Council meeting on 22 September 2021, Councillor Kathryn Bell raised a motion for the Council to prepare a report regarding an amendment to the NSW Local Government Act 1993. The new section 218CC provides that…
INTERESTED parties are invited to provide feedback on the National Landcare Program as part of its second 5-year review. Minister for Agriculture and Northern Australia David Littleproud and Minister for the Environment Sussan Ley said the review is an…
NOT many sectors have been hit as hard as higher education has by COVID-19. The industry depends upon thousands of international students for funding. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us.…
SPRING has arrived and along with the flowers our community is opening back up again. One community service that has come back to life is the Tea Gardens Anglican Op Shop. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
SURF lifesaving patrols are back on our beaches for the summer season, with both volunteers and MidCoast Council’s paid lifesavers keeping swimmers safe these school holidays. Ahead of a summer where high coastal visitation is expected following large-scale lockdowns,…