NORTH Arm Cove Rate Payers Association have created the North Arm Cove Initiative, a plan for a sustainable community and future for the area. Currently these landowners are unable to build on their properties due to the current paper…
IN 2020, eight farmers in The Branch undertook work on their farms and properties to improve wetland and riparian corridors along the Karuah River. Visitors were encouraged to come along to a free field day on Friday 21 May…
STAR Struck is back again in 2021 with the fitting theme ‘Rise Up’. After a devastating cancellation in 2020 due to COVID-19, students from all over Newcastle, Port Stephens and the Central Coast are ready to hit the stage…
WITH COVID-19 and vaccination against the virus that has seen Australian borders slammed shut there are fears around lower than usual rates of vaccination against the flu. Flu vaccination rates are significantly lower than last year – fewer than…
THE Stroud community can apply for funding through the Duralie Community Fund for projects which will benefit local education, environment, health, infrastructure, arts, leisure and cultural heritage. Not-for-profit organisations and community groups in the vicinity of the Duralie Mine…
LIVE LIVE LIVE, a free concert series featuring local bands Sage and New Start, has resumed this year at the Tea Gardens Baptist Church, starting 2pm on the third Thursday of every month. Sage band member Janelle Matthews said,…
TONY Ledger is not only recognised for his wildlife photography, but also for his keen sense of humour, which goes down well at Myall U3A Photography Group meetings. And he has merged his talents to produce this shot of…
A STRATEGY that aims to manage and enhance tree canopy cover and green spaces across the region is currently on public exhibition. There’s no doubt that the leafy character of our towns and villages, and our rural and natural…
OFTEN it is not until we are facing an uncertain future that we think that now is the hour to tell our stories. Or that our family and friends seek out knowledge of our past. At Life Documentaries the…
THE Hawks Nest/Tea Gardens Progress Association has raised concerns regarding the narrow footpaths on the Singing Bridge and the potential for a serious accident for some time. It is acknowledged the cost of widening, or attaching an appendage is…