MIDCOAST Council has advised plans for the Myall River with the next dredging scheduled for 2025. At the recent MidCoast Council on 23 March 2022, a number of questions with notice were raised by Councillor Peter Howard, including that…
MIDCOAST Council has acknowledged the devastating impacts of the flooding in New South Wales. Moved in a Mayoral Minute by Mayor Claire Pontin, an update regarding the New South Wales natural disaster was provided. Advertise with News of The…
MIDCOAST Council has expressed overall support in the actions identified in the NSW Government’s draft Marine Parks Network Management Plan. The plan, developed by the Marine Estate Management Authority, covers the five NSW mainland marine parks of Cape Byron,…
BULAHDELAH Central School (BCS) students in Years 5, 6 and 7 recently participated in a practical full day workshop called Supporting and Linking Tradeswomen (SALT), aimed at encouraging females into non-traditional job roles such as trades. According to the…
FERAL animals, domestic pets, weeds and nesting sites disturbed by humans are wreaking havoc on our shorebirds and their habitats. MidCoast’s littoral rainforests are home for over 100 types of trees and shrubs. Advertise with News of The Area…
PODCASTS have never been more popular, and local high school students are getting in on the act! According to the annual Infinite Dial Australia 2021 study, released by Edison Research and Commercial Radio Australia, 5.6 million Australians, or 26…
THE MidCoast Council initiative ‘#ShopMidCoast’ has won an annual Why Leave Town award. The initiative won the award for the ‘Most Stores to Receive at Least One Redemption’, with 194 stores within the MidCoast’s program benefiting from a ‘Why…
THE NSW Department of Planning and Environment’s aim to reduce the complexity of the rezoning process has been welcomed by MidCoast Council. Council recently made a submission, endorsed by Councillors, to the department’s discussion paper on ‘A new approach…
THE Tea Gardens Hawks Nest Lions Club have received approval from MidCoast Council to restore the iconic Gould’s Petrel seabird frieze and to replace the beach wall located at Bennetts Beach in Hawks Nest. The steel frieze, which is…
LISTEN up budding young photographers: submissions are now open for MidCoast’s 2022 Youth Week Photo Exhibition. Photographers aged 12 to 24 years have the opportunity to display their work in the Manning Regional Art Gallery in Taree. Advertise with…