PORT Stephens has seen its share of new home owners who have left the big cities behind in the past two years. The seachange and treechangers have pushed property prices up and will create positive economic impact within the…
MANY regional areas in NSW are suffering from a General Practitioner (GP) shortage and it is taking locals longer to see a doctor. Parts of Port Stephens are currently classified as a Distribution Priority Area (DPA) region, a status…
PORT Stephens Council is revising the Floodplain Risk Management Policy. Following the recent flooding and the decision by the Government to declare Port Stephens as an area affected by Severe Weather and Flooding, this policy review comes at a…
AMY Squires is a student at Tomaree High School in Year 10, she has been playing golf since she was eight-years-old and practices most days at Horizons Golf Resort. She also has coaching sessions twice a week with Mark…
THE Port Stephens Hunter Police District have had a big week, with a number of successful arrests in the area. Raymond Terrace On Saturday 19 March, as a result of a serious assault at a Raymond Terrace at a…
STOCKTON residents can help prevent soft plastics from going to waste through a new, innovative kerbside recycling program. City of Newcastle will become just the second council in Australia to take part in the Curby Soft Plastics Program, following…
SUMMER nights are still in full swing with Homegrown Markets arriving on the waterfront at Lemon Tree passage last Friday night. The market is hosted with the support of Port Stephens Council and sponsored by the NSW Government’s Festival…
PAUL from Mallabula is a fishing rod tragic and scours the world for unique rods to add to his collection which numbers around 200. “I just can’t pass fishing rods put out with other junk for council collection,” he…
FIVE million Australians will benefit from the largest increase in social security payments since 2013. Centrelink adjusts the maximum pension payment twice a year- in both March and September, to ensure payments to those in need are at the…
PRESERVATION of our natural habitat particularly on the coastline is vital. You too can do your bit to help save our environment. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us…