STROUD’s State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers will gain a new, modern facility from which to better serve the community, after extensive community consultations alongside MidCoast Council. The current SES facility, located in Booral is, by Council’s admission, “insufficient to meet…
FOLLOWING its recent acquisition of a potentially life-saving automated external defibrillator (AED), Bulahdelah Tennis Club held a public information session to demonstrate its use. Dr Jason Bendall, a passionate advocate for improved health outcomes on the Mid Coast, provided instruction…
THE COMMUNITY Technology Centre (CTC) in Tea Gardens will close its doors for the final time on Thursday, 29 February, ending 21 years of service to the people of Tea Gardens, Hawks Nest and surrounds. Established 2003, the CTC was…
POLICE have charged five teens following a pursuit initiated in Bulahdelah. At about 9am on Wednesday 21 February 2024, officers attached to Traffic and Highway Patrol Command were patrolling the Pacific Highway, Bulahdelah, when they attempted to stop a reportedly…
THE 34th year of Clean Up Australia Day takes place around the country on Sunday 3 March, with a local clean up organised in Tea Gardens. The site location is at Anzac Park on Marine Drive, opposite the fire station.…
FALLING trees have become a clear and present danger that all residents need to keep front-of-mind, and recent weather fluctuations have only exacerbated the situation. Storms, high winds, and the volatile mix of dry weather, boring insects and water-hungry eucalypts…
THE Lions Club of Tea Gardens finally has its purpose-built storage shed, complete and ready to be used by the famous local community services organisation, formally announced on Tuesday 13 February. The old 40-foot metal storage container that previously passed…
SOUTHERN estuaries of the MidCoast Council area are the focus of a renewed call for specific community representatives to form a new reference group in the Local Government Area. The region specified includes Wallis, Myall and Smiths Lakes, Karuah River,…
EACH month the Myall U3A Photography Group selects one photo to be published in News Of The Area. This month’s photo topic was ‘Umbrellas’, with the chosen photo taken by photographer Mandy Craig. Advertise with News of The Area today.…
THE first quarterly meeting for the Myall Way Emergency Planning Group (EPG) was held on Thursday 15 February at Hawks Nest Community Hall. Representatives from government and emergency services organisations attended, including the Rural Fire Service (RFS), State Emergency Service…