YOUTH Week came to life at the Tea Gardens Hawks Nest SLSC, with MidCoast Council hosting accomplished professional artist Sharon Tudor Smith to lead a fun and interactive art workshop on Tuesday 16 April. With the stunning backdrop of Bennetts…
THE members of the Karuah RSL sub-Branch have been out amongst their local community in the weeks leading up to ANZAC Day. So far, sub-Branch members have given key addresses at the respective commemoration services of Karuah, Booral and Stroud…
NATIONALS leader David Littleproud has given the people of Port Stephens an “ironclad guarantee” that his party would stop offshore wind development off the Hunter coast should they regain power alongside the Liberal Party at the Federal level. Mr Littleproud…
AMONG the veterans’ groups represented on ANZAC Day this year will be the Women’s Royal Australian Army Corps (WRAAC), including Shirley Croxon from the Tea Gardens RSL sub-Branch. Shirley, spoke to NOTA about her experiences, which included 23 years in…
WORLD War II Australian armed forces veteran Roy Day has been honoured in the lead-up to ANZAC Day, with a special presentation of a medallion by the Tea Gardens RSL Sub-Branch on Monday 15 April. Roy, at 97 years young,…
TO our many school holiday visitors, a warm Port Stephens welcome. There is a chance that I am biassed however I reckon that you have arrived in a boating, diving, surfing, sightseeing, seafood and fishing wonderland. For those attempting to…
EACH month the Myall U3A Photography Group selects one photo to be published in News Of The Area. This month’s photo topic was ‘Waterfalls’ and the photo was taken by photographer Richard Crombie. Advertise with News of The Area today.…
A MAJOR police operation throughout NSW has targeted knife crime across the state. Operation Foil ran from 1pm Thursday 11 April 2024 until 1:30am Saturday 13 April 2024, and saw more than 800 officers from every Police Area Command and…
GOOD Friday’s Police and Community Charity Golf Day in Hawks Nest raised $35,000 in its 35th year, reinforcing the importance of the town’s longest-running charity golf event and its continued success. “Our event is all about helping as much of…
TEA Gardens RSL sub-Branch recently welcomed new Honorary Secretary Chris Fredericks, who has spoken with NOTA about his experiences, describing himself during his period in the army as a ‘Cold War warrior’. “We served in between Vietnam and the more…