IT’S time for your weekly emergency services update. Land Search Operations course Members from the NSW SES Port Stephens, Newcastle, Maitland and Singleton units recently completed their Land Search Operations Course. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email

  AS storms batter our eastern seaboard and climate change wreaks further havoc across the country and the world there has never been a better time to consider how we address climate change. There is a local not-for-profit that is determined to see Port Stephens respond responsibly and sustainably to climate change

  FARMING oysters is a bit like farming the land in as much as, if you have a good crop and all others haven't, the price rises and you cash in. Remember the cyclones which ravaged the banana plantations in Queensland? Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your

  2021 saw plenty of disruptions to life and our local libraries were no exception. However the Port Stephens libraries were opened to the public for 4,693 hours despite a 9 week closure due to COVID-19. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us

  HAVE you been wondering where your community music has gone over the last 18 months or so? Well hopefully it is back now, with groups, bands and choirs re-forming. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email us

  A PAIR of Medowie siblings have won District Awards in this year’s Newcastle Permanent Primary School Mathematics Competition. Kayla Peisto, Wirreanda Public School, Medowie was an award winner in the Year 6 District Award, while brother Ethan Peisto was a winner in the Year 5 competition. Advertise with News of The Area

  THE Christmas Bush Garden Club, like so many other groups in Port Stephens, had setbacks because of COVID with trips cancelled and the election of office bearers delayed until November. “The upside was that members did get to spend more time in their gardens,” said Eileen Cook, the Club’s newly elected

  IT has been clear over the history of Port Stephens Council, that there has been a lack of gender representation. Since 2008, the highest number of women on the council has been two, with both the 2012 election and the 2021 election seeing only one woman elected. Advertise with News of The

  PORT Stephens and the wider Hunter region are set to benefit from the Federal Government who sent the region's defence industry cash for Christmas this year. Australia’s defence industry will deliver an extra $140 million in maintenance and supply-chain support for the Royal Australian Air Force’s fifth-generation F-35A Lightning II fighter. Advertise

  MEMBERS of the Tomaree Ladies Probus Club enjoyed their annual Christmas Party recently. Julie McAlister told News Of The Area, “President Daphne Smith welcomed members and partners to their annual Christmas Luncheon at Nelson Bay Golf Club. “It was party, party, party time with ladies in bright Christmas outfits and most recipients