BOAT Harbour will be the location of a Remembrance Walk held by the Port Stephens Suicide Prevention Network (PSSPN) on Sunday 8 September. Each year PSSPN holds the walk at Iluka Reserve to enable members of the Port Stephens community…
TRANSPORT for NSW has completed a road safety review on Italia Road, resulting in a speed limit reduction from 90km/h to 80km Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us –…
HUME HOUSING has lodged a development application (DA) to build thirteen homes in Phillip Street, Raymond Terrace through a partnership between Homes NSW. Homes NSW will contribute land where three ageing dwellings currently sit, while Hume Housing will manage the…
AFTER sharing space with another lodge for several years, the members of Masonic Lodge Cornucopia have celebrated a homecoming of sorts, as they returned to hosting their meetings at the Tomaree Community Centre. “We had met in that location for…
THE Albanese government has been accused of gutting Australia’s new environmental watchdog to get it through parliament before the election. Legislation to establish Environment Protection Australia is before the Senate. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it…
AUSTRALIA could miss its renewable energy target without a big acceleration in financial commitments for new electricity generation in coming months. The investment readout from the Clean Energy Council, released on Tuesday, showed financially committed renewable generation projects at 1.6…
NOSTALGIA calls the Gen-Xers to the movies again this week, with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice commencing in early September in the hopes of driving costume sales for Halloween. A “legacy sequel” to Tim Burton’s 1988 film Beetlejuice, this film sees the return…
THE most common fish in our waterways -inside and outside the harbour, around all the islands and on all the beaches – is the bream. They are relatively easy to catch and they can be targeted all year round. The…
THREATENED Species Day will be observed around the country on September 7, raising awareness of plants and animals at risk of extinction. According to the NSW Department of Environment, Australia is home to more than 500,000 animal and plant species,…
LAST week, Bobs Farm Public School was the first cab off the rank in a program to educate students in Port Stephens about the amazing annual migration of birds from the northern hemisphere to the Hunter wetlands. Members of the…