JOHN Mcllrath has been a diehard fan and player of the game of bridge for over 35 years. “Personally, bridge has been my life since 1988,” said John, who serves as the President of Tomaree Bridge Club. Advertise with News…
23-YEAR-OLD local fisherman Jack Hammond has reeled in one to remember. Late last month Jack managed to pull in a Lethrinus nebulosus, also known as a Spangled Emperor or a North-West Snapper; a species quite rare to the Port Stephens…
WHAT a thrill for ten-year-old Mia Wilson who caught her first ever fish tossing a prawn off Shoal Bay Beach. Visiting her grandparents David and Penny Wilson, Mia was amazed when a cracker bream took her bait and headed off…
TWO Medowie students have taken to the stage in the Young People’s Theatre (YPT) production of A Pocketful of Stories, an exciting, original musical written by talented author Claire Thomas, with songs by Glenda Price and orchestration by Alexandra McCann.…
WITH the date of the Voice to Parliament referendum announced last Wednesday, Port Stephens For Yes campaigners took to the streets in numbers to raise awareness of the ‘Yes’ vote campaign. Tens of thousands of people across the Hunter witnessed…
WITH living rooms and social media groups around Port Stephens suddenly filled with discussion about offshore wind farms, News Of The Area reporter Marian Sampson took to the streets of Soldiers Point to hear local concerns about the potential project.…
COMMUNITY pushback to the Federal Government’s Hunter offshore wind plan is ramping up, with Boat Harbour’s Rhys Westbury emerging as one of the key local voices leading the charge. Rhys, 28, is the administrator of the ‘Stop Wind Farm off…
PRIME Minister Anthony Albanese has announced the Voice to Parliament referendum will be held on October 14, leaving the Yes and No campaigns with less than six weeks to make their cases to Australians. With the circulation of misleading information…
I NEED your help. For the past year or so I have been writing the history of Bob’s Farm and Marsh Road, gathering old photographs, articles and documents for a book that I intend launching in October 2024. Advertise with…
SEASIDE Singers, one of Port Stephens’ popular local choirs, is once again preparing an afternoon of beautiful music. “We are busy rehearsing our Annual Spring Concert,” the choir’s Robyne Egan told News Of The Area. Advertise with News of The…