Two boys will be dealt with under the Young Offenders Act after lighting a fire which spread uncontrollably at Shoal Bay Port Stephens. About 1pm today (Saturday 5 November 2016), a bushfire was observed in Lighthouse Reserve on Shoal Bay…
Please be advised the Sub-Branch will be holding a Remembrance Day Service on Friday 11November 2016. Members, serving and ex-service personnel, friends and the community are invited to the Memorial Service to be held in Apex Park Nelson Bay commencing…
NSW Minister for Primary Industries, Niall Blair, and President of NSW Farmers, Derek Schoen last week announced the four finalists for the 2016 NSW Farmer of the Year Award. Mr Blair said the finalists are leaders in their fields, who…
Most people know the highly recognisable line by everybody’s favourite Eliza Doolittle,“ The rain in Spain stays mainly in the plain.” This year is the 60th Anniversary of My Fair Lady and Bay News Of The Area wishes to have…
Your future looks brighter when you have the support of Real Futures behind you. With the conclusion of the mock interviews held at Tomaree High School, Marian Sampson, Marketing Manager of Real Futures is looking forward to the next project…
Bravo Zulu, meaning ‘well done’ in naval speak is the latest publication by local author, Ian Pfennigwerth. The book’s full title is ‘Bravo Zulu: Honours and Awards to Australian Naval People Volume 1: 1900 – 1974’ It recounts the stories…
In a society that screams for women’s rights and equality, men’s cries to have valuable time with their children after a relationship breakdown, are often drowned out. At a time when we hear the words, domestic violence and AVO thrown…
Anna Bay Public School is hosting a Spring Fair and Market Stalls on Saturday 12 November. The purpose of our event is to raise money for playground equipment for their Year 3 to Year 6 kids. They have now been…
Paige Reynolds, 13, has recently undergone two gruelling spine operations, and an infection, to fight her way back to health. The St. Philips Christian College pupil, who suffers with the condition Scoliosis, had been off school for ten weeks. Paige…
The NSW Government has determined Tomaree Lodge, a State-run disability care hospital in Shoal Bay is to close and the residents transferred to group homes by mid-2018. But what happens to the historic site after that concerns the Shoal Bay…