WHEN Lemon Tree Passage resident Sean Brennan and wife Robyn took caravan trips around the country they were shocked by the plight of families dealing with illness and requiring transport in remote regional areas. Both became aware of the charitable…
ANNA Bay local June Coleman has been rally car driving from Baulkham Hills to Broome for more than a decade. Having personally raised over $100,000 dollars for Variety Australia, June has been inducted into the Variety Club’s Hall of Fame.…
BRITAIN’S King Charles III and Queen Camilla are set to visit Australia and Samoa in October, Buckingham Palace says. Charles is undergoing cancer treatment and doctors have advised him against any further extension of the trip, so neighbouring New Zealand…
WELL, well, well… looks like the cosmos has been playing a rather dangerous game of cosmic dodgeball with our little blue planet lately. Just last month, an asteroid decided to swing by for a close encounter of the too-close-for-comfort kind,…
COMPLETED in the mid-1980s the Nelson Bay Breakwall has evolved into what I consider to be the best artificial reef on the coast. Prior to the breakwall it was not uncommon to see trawlers and game fishing boats washed up…
IN what is described as a momentous occasion for our region, a partnership of local health service operators has launched a North Coast Mental Health Plan. The ‘Mental Health, Alcohol and Other Drugs and Suicide Prevention Joint Regional Plan’ is…
AFTER more than 20 years in decline, endangered Little Terns appear to be experiencing a resurgence in numbers in NSW, with an almost fifteen percent increase in breeding pairs from last season. The beach-nesting bird breeding season commences at the…
AN exciting new project is underway to install a nest platform for the endangered Black-necked Stork in Hexham Swamp this coming Spring. The project – a partnership between Hunter Local Land Services and Hunter Bird Observers Club (HBOC) – aims…
RESIDENTS of Raymond Terrace and surrounding communities came out in droves to attend Port Stephens Council’s NAIDOC Week Opening and Fun Day on Thursday 4 July. The day began with a Welcome to Country, smoking ceremony, speeches and flag-raising ceremony…
HARD work is paying off for the Hunter River High School (HRHS) Cattle Show Team, returning from the Maitland, Newcastle, Gresford and Upper Hunter Shows with outstanding results. The team meets during break Monday to Thursday, providing students from different…