RAYMOND Terrace local Benjamin Carpenter has been dealt a two-year community corrections order following March stealing offences. Mr Carpenter was out of cash when he walked into Woolworths at Salamander Bay on 20 March and filled his shopping trolley with…
A SHOAL Bay Country Club manager and bartender have pleaded guilty to supplying drugs at the Port Stephens premises. The two club employees both pleaded guilty to supplying drugs in Raymond Terrace Local Court. Advertise with News of The Area…
PORT Stephens Council has become a signatory to the NSW Public Spaces Charter. At Council’s meeting on 9 August, Councillors unanimously voted in support of becoming a signatory to the charter, which identifies ten principles for quality public space that…
WALTER (name changed for privacy reasons) has been renting a home on the Tomaree Peninsula for seven years. He is a quiet man, one who has kept to himself. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for…
SONGBIRD is transforming lives one drum beat at a time. Songbird is a modern disability services provider offering a range of National Disability Insurance Scheme support across the Newcastle, Port Stephens, Maitland and MidCoast regions, and notably, the Drums Alive…
THE site of a major landslip at Fingal Bay will be repaired. Fingal Bay was hit hard during the March 2021 storms and Port Stephens Council has since secured more than $1.8 million to rebuild along Marine Drive. Advertise with…
A MAN has avoided jail after crashing a car with a blood-alcohol content more than six times the legal limit. Mark Coulton, aged 47, was on Monday last week sentenced by Raymond Terrace Local Court to a twelve-month intensive corrections…
SCHOOL buses are set to be safer in the Port Stephens area thanks to state government funding for seat belts. Given some of the roads are 100km/h zones, Port Stephens MP Kate Washington said the funding was well overdue. Advertise…
TOMAREE High School, Tomaree Public School, Shoal Bay PS, Anna Bay PS, Soldiers Point PS and Bobs Farm PS all celebrated Education Week last week. This year’s theme was ‘creating futures’. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth…
RESIDENTS will gather at 109 Foreshore Drive, Salamander Bay, on Sunday to protest the park’s proposed sale. The small block of land has been used as a community park for decades, with rubbish bins and signs pointing to its use…