THE Raymond Terrace Community Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) program is making an impact in the lives of students in the region. The values learned and demonstrated by local students helps build self respect, awareness and a greater sense of…
A PACKED Nelson Bay Community Hall crowd was dazzled by a recent cultural performance delivered by the Philomel of Sydney Trio and vocal soloist Jennifer Kaye. The ‘Sea Pictures’ performance was held to support the Tomaree Cultural Development Group’s fundraising…
PORT Stephens painter Nada O’Loughlin-Yonge and potter Caryl Bryars are hosting a new exhibition to be held in June at the Artisan Collective, D’Albora Marina, Nelson Bay, showcasing their passion for the region’s beauty and beyond. Nada O’Loughlin-Yonge draws inspiration…
A LIGHT aircraft made an emergency landing at Newcastle Airport after its landing gear failed on a rainy Monday last week. The aircraft, a Beechcraft B-200 King Air, took off from Newcastle at 8:30am, with 53-year-old pilot Peter Schott at…
MARITIME licence and registration fees will increase from July 1. The new minimum fee for a general boat licence will be $77 and $245 for a general personal watercraft (PWC) licence. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth…
LOCALS gave big at the Karuah RSL’s Charity Day on Saturday 18 May, this year in partnership with ‘Got Your Back Sista’, a group dedicated to helping women escape and survive domestic violence (DV). “Got Your Back Sista helps so…
MEMBER for Paterson Meryl Swanson described last week’s Federal Budget as one which “delivers for every taxpayer” in the electorate, but how have the various business sectors and special interest groups across the country reacted? Ms Swanson highlighted that all…
THE Asquith family were among the earliest pioneers in the district, considered to be the original European fishermen on the northern shore who worked the waters in and around Port Stephens. The first to arrive was Captain William E. Asquith…
AFTER many years honing her legal craft with private firms, Lydia Medcalf has stepped out on her own, launching Medcalf Legal in Medowie this month. “Prior to opening this month, I worked in private firms for seven years,” Ms Medcalf…
FOR the past fifteen years or so recreational and many commercial fishers have been releasing big flathead back into the Port Stephens system. Long before the current law of a maximum size limit of 70cm was imposed by NSW Fisheries,…