COMPLETE Performing Arts and Classical Coaching in Taylors Beach has partnered with Kids Alive – Do the Five to bring a unique water safety dance show to children under five in the local community. Studio principal Madelyn Comley said her…
PACIFIC oysters are fast growing and give the farmers a shorter turnover time. What’s more they largely escaped the recent QX disease which wiped out vast numbers of the Sydney Rock variety. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
TWO and a half years ago a badly injured Green Sea Turtle washed up on the mud flats at Lemon Tree Passage. Many thought she was beyond help. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
WHENEVER there is someone in need, it is often the Lions Club of Soldiers Point that picks up the baton and lends a hand. However, the ability of service clubs to make a difference depends on active volunteers. Advertise with…
WITH concerns for the wellbeing of a rapidly growing homeless population in Port Stephens, Di Ball, the executive director of the Raymond Terrace-based Wahroonga Aboriginal Corporation, fronted Port Stephens Council’s 14 February meeting during public access. In the past several…
NELSON Bay has been recognised as a priority area for lowering light pollution to reduce the impacts on threatened species. Light pollution can prevent species such as green turtle hatchlings from reaching the ocean and short-tailed shearwater fledglings from taking…
IF you like a game of golf or are simply a hacker you can support a great cause at the Legacy Golf Day on 20 March at Horizons Golf Resort. The Legacy Golf Day is a two ball ambrose event…
NOTICES of development applications (DAs) lodged in the Port Stephens LGA will now appear weekly in News Of The Area, after Council voted to extend the notices into the publication at their February 14 meeting. In April 2020, changes to…
IN a night not to be forgotten, 20 young students from Port Stephens received a scholarship for $2000 funded by local businesses last week at the awarding of Port Stephens Mayoral Academic Scholarships. Mayor Ryan Palmer joined representatives from sixteen…
THE community of Port Stephens is mourning the sudden loss of Vietnam War veteran Tom Lupton APM. Tom was a stalwart of the Nelson Bay RSL sub-Branch, serving as the Club’s Vice President. Advertise with News of The Area today.…