State Road Crash Rescue Challenge
THE State Emergency Service (SES) don’t snuggle down under the doona during a storm – they get up and strap on their boots and get stuck into saving our lives, homes and cars. These well trained volunteers are an…
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Local Artist Gill Ward Is Feature Artist At The Port Stephens Community Arts Centre
EACH month the Port Stephens Community Arts Centre features artists and this month it is no other than the talented Gill Ward. English-born Gill is a multi-talented artist who enjoys participating in many of the groups within the Gallery.…
Mega Inland Pelican Breeding Event
HERE in the Great Lakes Marine Park we tend to think of pelicans as coastal birds. They soar above the waterways and across the sparkling waters of our rivers and bays. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
Man charged with High Range drink driving in Fern Bay
A MAN has been charged with high range drink driving in Fern Bay this week. At approximately 1.50pm on Tuesday 3 May 2022, emergency services were called to Nelson Bay Road, Fern Bay, following reports a Subaru Tribeca had…
Stepping Up For Parkinson’s with the Port Stephens Parkinson’s Disease Support Group
PARKINSON’S Disease is a movement and mood disorder typically presenting with symptoms such as slowness of movement, muscle rigidity, instability, tremor, depression and anxiety. The number of people living with Parkinson’s in Australia is thought to range from 84,000…
Mayhem at Medowie ANZAC Dawn Service muster site
WHILE the ANZAC Day service at Medowie has been hailed as one of the best ever for the area, it did not go ahead without issues. Those wishing to participate in the Dawn Service were asked to muster at…
Port Stephens Council unanimously support the need for a Medowie Public High School
PORT Stephens Council will call for a Medowie Public High School. In a notice of motion raised by Councillor Chris Doohan, Council unanimously voted to support ‘quality education opportunities to all people of Port Stephens’. Advertise with News of The…
Information to be provided to community regarding Lakeside Leisure Centre
COUNCILLOR Peter Kafer has called upon the Port Stephens Council to provide information on the Lakeside Leisure Centre. Cr Kafer raised a notice of motion calling for the General Manager to brief Council where the subsequent staged works of…
Researches release new tool to estimate wildlife mortality
AN international team of researchers has devised a new conservation tool that estimates the upper limit of wildlife mortality that humans might sustainably inflict. The new tool – SAMSE – has a defining quality: it accounts for random chance…
2,000 hectares of NSW National Parks estate reserved for vulnerable species
PORT Stephens and the Myall Coast are home to some amazing and sadly threatened and endangered species. Most notably the koala is under threat, however the region is also home to the Powerful Owl, which is one of more…