MYALL Masters swimmer Christine Sefton became National Champion in her age group at the 2024 Masters Swimming Australia National Championships in Darwin on 7 May. Christine, often featured in NOTA for her swimming prowess at local, regional and state levels,…
THE MEN’S Shed at Tea Gardens has received a cutting-edge technology upgrade, thanks to a sponsorship from Century 21 Real Estate in Tea Gardens, together purchasing a new diode laser engraving tool. “Ivy Stevenson contacted us from Century 21, asking…
BULAHDELAH has played host to a session by the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) where beekeepers and members of the public could find out more about Varroa mite and efforts to manage it. The Varroa mite attacks and feeds on…
LOCALS gave big at the Karuah RSL’s Charity Day on Saturday 18 May, this year in partnership with ‘Got Your Back Sista’, a group dedicated to helping women escape and survive domestic violence (DV). “Got Your Back Sista helps so…
MEMBER for Paterson Meryl Swanson described last week’s Federal Budget as one which “delivers for every taxpayer” in the electorate, but how have the various business sectors and special interest groups across the country reacted? Ms Swanson highlighted that all…
THE CUPPA for Cancer morning tea was held by the Myall Park Croquet Club at their lawns and clubhouse on Monday 6 May, raising money not just for cancer, but research into many medical fields. Ella Sansom, the Cuppa’s organiser…
THE NORTH Arm Cove Community Association (NACCAI) hosted special guests from MidCoast Council at the town’s Community Centre on Saturday 18 May, amid a particularly heavy downpour. Much consternation was afoot regarding Council’s recently announced Local Environmental Plan (LEP), which…
THE Asquith family were among the earliest pioneers in the district, considered to be the original European fishermen on the northern shore who worked the waters in and around Port Stephens. The first to arrive was Captain William E. Asquith…
FOR the past fifteen years or so recreational and many commercial fishers have been releasing big flathead back into the Port Stephens system. Long before the current law of a maximum size limit of 70cm was imposed by NSW Fisheries,…
THE CUPPA for Cancer morning tea was held by the Myall Park Croquet Club at their lawns and clubhouse on Monday 6 May, raising money not just for cancer, but research into many medical fields. Ella Sansom, the Cuppa’s organiser…