WHEN 83-year-old John McDonald was unable to restart his 4WD after stalling at a roundabout on the way to Millers Forest, he hopped out of the vehicle to give it a good old fashioned push. As luck would have it,…
ANNA Bay local John Langius received a rude surprise when out for a Sunday afternoon walk with his family. On 26 March, John was walking along Gan Gan Rd when he happened upon a pile of debris dumped by the…
THE Newcastle Permanent Charitable Foundation’s (NPCF) latest funding round opened on Wednesday March 29, with a pool of over half a million dollars available for new or existing projects which support health, young people and social wellbeing in the Hunter.…
A STORY of survival and a quest for acceptance, the life of Tea Gardens’ Lee Clayton has been brought to the stage in a new play depicting the lives of members of Australia’s burgeoning LGBTQI rights movement. Lee joined the…
HUNTER Water is participating in a trial of CSIRO’s AquaWatch Australia Mission to deliver a 24/7 online information service that monitors water quality in various waterways around Australia, including two sites within the Lower Hunter’s Grahamstown water supply system. AquaWatch…
ON 21 March, the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI) confirmed that surveillance and tracing activities had detected six new Varroa mite infestations in beehives at four locations across the Central Coast, Hunter and Mid North Coast regions. The new…
PORT Stephens Council took out the Best Health and Wellbeing Program for Large Organisations in the 2023 Hunter Safety Awards for its all-encompassing program, PSCare. The awards recognise local businesses who’ve integrated work, health and safety as part of their…
RESIDENTS of Port Stephens are being reminded that though there is no longer much media coverage, COVID-19 is still a present concern, particularly for communities with aging populations. The NSW Department of Health tracked a small spike in cases in…
NEWS OF THE AREA is launching a series profiling the ‘Community Heroes’ of Port Stephens, and who better to start with than November Sheehan. November has started two grassroots programs in recent years, both aimed at supporting the vulnerable in…
CHRISSY Hampton didn’t set out to be a children’s author. In fact, she didn’t set out to be a writer at all. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us –…