COMMUNITIES across the Hunter are being urged to jump online to nominate their local volunteers for the 2025 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards. The awards are an annual program run by The Centre for Volunteering to recognise the outstanding…
FIRE and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) has launched the latest tool in its technological arsenal, a drone that can “smell”. The FRNSW Aviation Unit and Hazardous Material teams are constantly looking for innovative ways to utilise the drone fleet, first formed…
DIVORCE rates are at their lowest level since the mid-1970s, according to a new report by the Australian Institute of Family Studies (AIFS), drawing on data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS). In 2023 there were 2.3 divorces per…
TRADITIONALLY Port Stephens was built on fishing and oyster farming. Today both of those industries are under increasing pressure. As far back as November 1913 the port was reported to be a “Seafood Goldmine” in the Daily Telegraph. The article…
A CONTROVERSIAL proposal for a large-scale apartment complex on Sanderling Avenue, Hawks Nest has been declared a State Significant Development (SSD), potentially fast-tracking its delivery. The Hawks Nest development was one of 18 housing proposals across NSW the…
APPLICATIONS are open for the NSW Government’s 2025 Anzac Memorial Veteran Artist in Residence program, which offers up to $10,000 for a contemporary veteran or group of veterans to engage with the Anzac Memorial and the broader community through art.…
THE Federal Government is pushing forwards with its plan to develop an offshore wind industry in the Hunter region, with a feasibility licence officially offered to the Novocastrian Offshore Wind Farm project. The project, by Equinor and Oceanex Energy, was…
KARUAH’S Pearl Manton has been named the Port Stephens Local Woman of the Year 2025 for her outstanding contributions to local sport and community engagement. The Local Women of the Year Awards celebrate women who make a difference through leadership,…
THINGS do not always go as planned. Let me tell you a story. As I had spent most of December and all of January on the Tweed River I was anxious to return home to Fingal Bay and get stuck…
CAREFLIGHT has announced Newcastle Airport as a permanent aircraft base for its operations, building on the patient transport service launched at the airport in 2018. A permanently based turbo-prop aircraft and jet will now enhance the aeromedical charity’s capability to…