VOLUNTEER surf lifesavers have stepped up to assist with flood rescue and relief efforts underway in the Hunter region in the past week. All weekend volunteers from a number of Surf Life Saving Clubs in the Hunter Branch assisted…
IT’S time for your weekly emergency services update. Motor Vehicle Accident Karuah Rural Fire Brigade were called to a motor vehicle accident on Tarean Road this week. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
WORK crews will descend on North Stockton beach to remove buried waste that threatened to create a pollution hazard due to coastal erosion. Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey said about 3,500 cubic meters of waste will…
COVID-19 has seen Australians turn to renovation and many are engaging in some DIY as trades are hard to secure. Australians are being asked to think twice about asbestos as new research reveals a surge in DIY home improvements…
A FOURTH man has been charged following a fatal shooting in Port Stephens earlier this year. About 1.45pm on Sunday 29 August 2021, emergency services were called to Hideaway Drive, Salt Ash, following reports a white Ford Ranger utility…
REFORMS to simplify sexual consent laws and to ensure more effective prosecutions of sexual offences have passed NSW Parliament this week. Although no law can ever erase the trauma of sexual assault, members of parliament have listened to calls…
ON Monday 23 November, Sergeio Herbert, 22, was sentenced to twelve month’s imprisonment, six months no parole, for taking nonviolent direct action as part of the Blockade Australia mobilisation in Muloobinba This is the first significant jailing of a…
TUCKED away on a back street of Nelson Bay is the CWA Hall. Here the ladies of the CWA raise funds and deliver services to the community. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
STRIKE Force Backhouse detectives have charged a man with murder and are seeking the extradition of a second man from the ACT as part of an ongoing investigation into the fatal shooting of a woman in Stockton earlier this…
A WOMAN has been charged with drug-related offences after being rescued from a drifting boat near Port Stephens this week. About 3.45pm on Saturday 27 November 2021, Marine Rescue notified Port Stephens Water Police that a small boat was…