ARRESTING officers will now ask all people-of-interest and victims of crime if they are Indigenous in a new policy change by NSW Police. The NSW Police Force has introduced these changes to help improve data and create a fairer…
AMONG some of the most controversial DA’s currently before Port Stephens Council is the application to create a Helipad at Anna Bay, adjacent to the Anna Bay Lawn Cemetery and Caltex Service Station. The Tomaree Residents and Ratepayers Association…
IT will be very much a do-it-yourself Australia Day in Tilligerry this year as the traditional celebrations have been cancelled due to the second wave of Covid washing in. Henderson Park in Lemon Tree Passage has been the traditional…
COUNCILLOR delegates for various committees and groups in the Port Stephens region have been selected. In the first Port Stephens Council meeting for the year on 11 January 2022, the newly elected council selected representatives for several Council-established or…
THE Bushfire Technology Pilots Program has been accelerated in hopes of accelerating trials of innovative technology. After the devastating fires in 2019-20 deemed ‘Black Summer’, New South Wales was severely impacted, with horrific damage in the MidCoast and Port…
A MAN has been charged over his alleged grooming of two teenage girls in the Port Stephens region. Officers from Newcastle City and Port Stephens-Hunter Police Districts commenced an investigation following reports a man was allegedly grooming two girls,…
THE Department of Primary Industries (DPI) are calling on anglers to donate their fish frames. The fish frames from recreational fishers are required to help with the monitoring of Mulloway, Yellowtail Kingfish, Snapper, Dusky Flathead, Blue Spotted Flathead, Pearl…
IF you think you have been sweating more as climate change progresses, you may be right. The last seven years have been the hottest ever recorded, according to data from the European Union’s (EU) satellite system. Advertise with News…
PORT Stephens residents are being encouraged to comment on the draft National Plan to End Violence against Women and Children 2022-2032. Liberal candidate for Paterson, Brooke Vitnell, is urging locals to provide feedback. Advertise with News of The Area…
ALTHOUGH it may be January, the Christmas good news is still flowing in, with Port Stephens-Hunter Police District providing an update on their Christmas drive for the elderly. Port Stephens-Hunter Police District Aged Crime Prevention Officer Senior Constable Wilcox…