OFFSHORE Port Stephens provides the most spectacular snapper habitat, with jagged reefs stretching from Birubi to Broughton Island. For those targeting the southern reefs from Fingal to Fishermans Bay it is easiest to launch off the beach at Boat Harbour,…
WITH high-quality services tailored to meet the needs and expectations of clients and their families, Pearl Home Care Newcastle and Hunter is improving lives across the region. Pearl Home Care is an approved home care package provider in Newcastle and…
TWICE a year, for around 50 years, Anna Bay dairy farmer Steve Blanch, born in 1885, drove his 25 to 30 cows from Anna bay along One Mile Beach, through the wetlands and across the Fingal Spit onto the island.…
DOMESTIC assaults in the Hunter Valley (excluding Newcastle) region increased by 43 percent in the five years to September 2023, according to a report from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR). Comparatively, domestic assaults in the Capital…
RULES relating to the use of motor vehicles and personal watercraft, as well as dog access, continue to go unfollowed as holidaymakers enjoy their time on the Myall Coast. As previously reported in NOTA, on a daily basis there are…
THE ongoing cost of living crisis is seeing increased demand placed on charities and community groups as families struggle to make ends meet. To help with the exorbitant cost of back-to-school supplies, former Port Stephens Citizen of the Year November…
THE Anna Bay Tavern will be holding their annual pig racing fundraiser on 18 February, an event this year named in memory of the venue’s former publican. “We have named the event the ‘Thommo’s – Country Hope Races’ in memory…
LOCAL angel Jessica Johnston will be taking it all off as part of the Leukaemia Foundation’s ‘World’s Greatest Shave’ in support of blood cancer patients and research, at the Tea Gardens Country Club on Friday 19 January. Just after the…
DOMESTIC assaults in the Hunter Valley (excluding Newcastle) region increased by 43 percent in the five years to September 2023, according to a report from the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research (BOCSAR). Comparatively, domestic assaults in the Capital…
TRADITIONAL Australia Day activities will take place at Fly Point, Nelson Bay from 9am to 3:45pm on Friday 26 January. The celebrations will include the annual citizenship ceremony, a RAAF fly past, live music, market stalls and more. Advertise with…