Evacuation Centre AN evacuation centre has been set up for stranded residents at Raymond Terrace Senior Citizens. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us…
SEAFOAM is once again a feature on our landscape. However these fanciful scenes of bubbles galore which are begging for children to romp through them are dangerous. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business.…
AMID a horror week for Port Stephens rescue and emergency services, one call out has stood out for all the wrong reasons. Fire and Rescue Raymond Terrace were called out to a HAZMAT incident. Advertise with News of The Area…
THE Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service (WRHS) Port Stephens Support Group in conjunction with Soldiers Point Bowling Club were proud to host a Charity Bowls Day recently. Carla Beer, one of the volunteers that fundraises for the Westpac Rescue Helicopter in…
THE latest land clearing data by the Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) have been released, with shocking statistics showing that 75 hectares of wildlife habitat is lost each day in New South Wales, 75 hectares of wildlife habitat…
WHILE the full sized horses that were stranded at Millers Forest were walked out in a massive rescue effort, a much more complicated rescue was entailed to secure three miniature horses who also became stranded due to the flood waters.…
ON Friday 8 July just before lunchtime, a seventeen-foot runabout with three people on board reported to the Marine Rescue Port Stephens Radio Base a problem with their engine and sought a tow back to the Soldiers Point boat ramp.…
THIS week’s flood emergency has seen local rescue agencies tap into seldom used skills as they have been called upon to rescue all creatures great and small, including a bull weighing in at one tonne at Hinton. The bull had…
NATIVE beekeepers are concerned over the potential use of Fipronil baits to euthanise honeybees suspected of being infested by the Varroa mite. The Varroa Mite has spread from the Port of Newcastle to Port Stephens, Bulahdelah and Narrabri in the…
A JOINT Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) and State Emergency Service (SES) in-water team has rescued a family in Millers Forest following the recent flooding event. Strike Team Charlie One, comprising two FRNSW in-water experts and two SES technicians, arrived…