MATTERS referring to the planning proposal of a Bulahdelah Highway Service Centre have been deferred until the new MidCoast Council is elected. In a recent Council meeting on 24 November, a motion was put forth to adopt the Bulahdelah…
AS Local Government Elections approach, News Of The Area is introducing you to the candidates for the Election. Kathryn Bell is the leader of Group I for the upcoming election, a team of Independents committed to local democracy and…
AS Local Government Elections approach, News Of The Area is introducing you to the candidates for the Election. Karen Hutchinson’s Group G will return to the polls for a fifth time in the upcoming election, with a team composed…
AS Local Government Elections approach, News Of The Area is introducing you to the candidates for the Election. Group F is Katheryn Smith’s team consisting of herself, Lance Fletcher, John Sahyoun, Stewart Carruthers, Mydie Keegan and Simon Eyre. Advertise…
THE deaths of large numbers of king parrots in Queensland has brought into focus the question of feeding birds and other wildlife. As they are a common species in Port Stephens along with rosellas and lorikeets it is perhaps…
BULAHDELAH paramedic Wayne ‘Cookie’ Cook has celebrated his 44th anniversary with NSW Ambulance this week. Starting his career in 1977 in his hometown Kempsey, he took to the streets and as he went,, gained skills to last a lifetime.…
MIDCOAST Council is preparing to open unstaffed pools from 15 December (or when the State reaches the 95 percent vaccination rate) in line with expected changes to the Public Health Order as outlined in the current NSW Government Roadmap.…
BLOCKADE Australia’s protests against the Newcastle Coal Port have continued, with over twenty actions disrupting not only the Port, but all of New South Wales. Actions began on Tuesday 9 November, with activists protesting through abseiling, car locking on…
IT’s on again, the St Andrews Anglican Op Shop Toy and Christmas Sale is back. The proceeds of the sale go to a charity that supports the community. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for…
EACH month the Myall U3A Photography Group select one photo of merit to be included in News Of The Area. The photograph selected at the Group’s November ‘Show and Tell’ meeting is of the Sydney Opera House and graphically…