AS the numbers of cases of COVID-19’s Delta strain increase in Sydney and Melbourne, no new cases have been seen in Port Stephens or the Myall Coast. However, exposure sites have crept into Wallsend and Thornton. Advertise with News…
SOMETIMES empathy and doing just a little bit more than required changes an entire community. The Little Free Pantry is a grassroots, crowdsourced solution to immediate and local needs in the Stockton community. Advertise with News of The Area…
PLASTIC: it’s in our foods, our waterways, it is killing our wildlife and is one of this century’s biggest environmental issues. Yet, for far too long, plastic has been used for cheap promotions and throw away disposable implements. Advertise…
A CONCRETE pathway linkage between Lemon Tree Passage and Mallabula is now listed in the forward works program for Port Stephens Council. This will entail some excavation work around the main bend in the approach to Lemon Tree Passage…
IT’S clear that wildlife and cars don’t mix. One only has to look for the often unrecognisable carcasses of what were once kangaroos and possums by the side of the road to see the impact that traffic can wreak…
SANTA was on call for a very special Christmas in July lunch held by the Tomaree Ladies Probus Club. Julie McAlister, Publicity Officer of the Tomaree Ladies Probus Club, told News Of the Area, “Tick Tick! Advertise with News…
LAST Monday, Tom Howell and three others faced court over charges arising from protests against logging by Forestry Corporation. Mr Howell and his three fellow protestors were charged after allegedly endangering members of the public by climbing onto a…
NEVER before has NSW Health been under such pressure and while Sydney is where the majority of the impact of COVID has been, that doesn’t mean the Hunter New England Health District hasn’t had its challenges in recent times.…
MEDOWIE Football Club has been saddened by the loss of lifetime member Alan Morris. Alan, and his late wife Gail, moved to Medowie nearly 40 years ago when it was a lot smaller than today and you knew mostly…
LOCALS are benefitting from the NSW Government’s $100 million stimulus spend to accelerate shovel-ready road and maintenance works, with seven projects now delivered across the Hunter. Parliamentary Secretary for the Hunter said the project were among 150 road and…