PORT Stephens residents are standing up against the NSW Government’s lack of action on the region’s homelessness crisis. On Saturday 24 September, dozens of locals from across the Port Stephens LGA gathered at the Tomaree Lodge site to call for…
NSW is getting ready to stop the use of single use plastics. To drive home the message on why it is so important to ‘Stop It and Swap It’, a new campaign will highlight the impact of single use plastics…
AFTER 40 years of service with Port Stephens Coast Guard (now renamed Marine Rescue) Richard Osborne is weighing the anchor. He has served in various roles, including two terms as Commander. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth…
THE parklets which caused such angst at Shoal Bay are being welcomed at Karuah. The local community is repurposing the structures which, along with planters, are hoped will become a highlight of a renewed and vibrant town centre. Advertise with…
NSW small and medium hospitality operators can now claim the State Government’s $5,000 Alfresco Restart rebate, enabling them to create or expand their outdoor dining offerings. Premier Dominic Perrottet said the rebate would reinvigorate communities and change the way customers…
PORT Stephens is home to a small fishing fleet. They fish the rivers and they go out wide sometimes for days on end in search of a range of species that make for great eating both on our table locally…
AFTER serving the citizens of Tilligerry in one form or another for around forty years, Tilligerry Adult and Community Education (TACE) has called it a day. It all began in 1983 when the Lemon Tree Passage School moved to its…
SUMMERTIME is swimming time and in Australia that means it is time for the volunteer Surf Life Savers to patrol our beaches. The red and yellow is back on NSW beaches with more than 20,000 surf life saving volunteers ready…
A FURTHER four F-35A Lightning II aircraft touched down at RAAF Base Williamtown between 30 August and 2 September 2022. It brings the total of F-35As based in Australia to 54 of the total planned fleet of 72 aircraft. Advertise…
THERE’S just over six months to the next state election and NSW Farmers President Xavier Martin has called on bureaucrats and governments to work hand-in-hand with country communities. With the state government recently releasing the Six Cities Discussion Paper –…