IT’S time for your weekly emergency services update. False Alarm Three fire trucks were dispatched from Raymond Terrace Fire & Rescue, Fire and Rescue Tarro and Raymond Terrace Rural Fire Brigade to Windsor Street on 16 February 2022. Advertise…
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A REPORT into the viability of installing a basketball backboard and rings on the present croquet court facility in Boomerang Park has been passed through a notice of motion in the recent Council meeting on 8 February 2022. Raised…
LAST week a historical Bill has passed in NSW Legislative Assembly legislating that that councils must take certain steps towards rehoming a seized or surrendered animal before euthanizing the animal, including working with rehoming organisations. This is a large…
NEW data from the Commonwealth Bank reveals quarterly migration from capital cities to regional areas over the past two years is averaging fifteen percent higher than what it was in the two years pre-COVID 19. The latest Regional Movers…
THE NSW Government has further eased restrictions as the state continues to manage the impacts of Covid-19. From the beginning of Friday, 18 February 2022, the following adjustments were made to the settings: No density limits (previously one person…
THE landmark mandate to include consent education in the Australian curriculum has passed in Parliament this week. This is a historic win for not only young people across Australia, but for campaigns including Chanel Contos’ ‘Teach Us Consent’ campaign,…
SMALL businesses in the Hunter that experienced a downturn over summer can now apply for a NSW Government support payment of up to $5,000 per week through Service NSW. Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter Taylor Martin said the Small…
PORT Stephens MP Kate Washington has announced the successful recipients of $400,000 in new funding for the Myall Coast and Port Stephens communities. Tea Gardens Hawks Rugby League Football Club was a major benefactor of the grant program, securing…
IT was a very special fortieth birthday party that was held for local garden lovers when the garden club named after the locally endemic Christmas Bush plant which has become symbolic around Nelson Bay celebrated its 40th birthday on…