SEVERAL hundred community members gathered in Newcastle on Saturday to rally for the responsible development of an offshore wind industry in the Hunter. Held at the historic railway sheds on Newcastle’s foreshore, the rally, organised by Hunter Workers, was attended…
RECENT upgrades to the North Arm Cove (NAC) website have underscored the site’s status as a model of what regional communities can do online today. While many regional towns do not even have a website, leaving locals to rely on…
THE recent holiday season has proven once again that the Myall Coast is in demand as a holiday destination and stopover on the journey north or south. While the lack of parking in Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest and Bulahdelah causes concern…
TEA Gardens writer Phillip Everett has been shortlisted in the Hunter Writers’ Centre’s annual short story competition, the Newcastle Short Story Award. Phillip has been writing since the 1980s, including time in South Australia (SA) as a founding member of…
LONG-AWAITED upgrades to the Hawks Nest Community Hall are finally nearing completion, to the palpable relief of the many local community groups that call it home. A topic of contention at MidCoast Council’s Community Conversations last year, the local groups…
THE community of Anna Bay has come together to rehome Pixie, a pure alpine dingo. Pixie’s owner was unable to continue to care for her after she escaped two days before they moved permanently to Tasmania. Advertise with News of…
I WONDER how many Port Stephens residents and visitors realise that we are surrounded by a marine park (MP). Did you know that the Port Stephens – Great Lakes MP is the largest of the six marine parks in New…
ON more than one occasion I have mentioned that Port Stephens is the home of snapper, mulloway and dusky flathead. How could I overlook bream? From the upper reaches of the Karuah River, throughout the Tilligerry system, up the Myall…
MULTITUDES attended the Myall U3A Enrolment Day held at the Tea Gardens Baptist Church on Tuesday 23 January. Spoilt-for-choice enrollees could explore their artistic inclinations with the Art Group, Choir, Film, Music, Opera, Photography and Writers’ Groups, or pursue pastimes…
AUSTRALIA Day was celebrated in typical family-friendly style at the Tea Gardens Lions Club’s time-honoured BBQ Breakfast on Moira Parade, Hawks Nest. The clear morning’s swift evolution into a 40-degree scorcher did not stop the crowd congregating to celebrate being…