THE Tomaree Headland and Heritage Group (THHG) are urgently calling for an additional access and egress road to Shoal Bay. “This need has recently been accentuated by beach erosion episodes and subsidence of Shoal Bay Beach particularly during extreme weather…
NURSING staff at Tomaree Community Hospital conducted an hour of industrial action on Thursday 29 August. The walkout was undertaken by on and off duty union members, with a skeleton crew of non-union staff covering the care of patients. Advertise…
BOAT Harbour will be the location of a Remembrance Walk held by the Port Stephens Suicide Prevention Network (PSSPN) on Sunday 8 September. Each year PSSPN holds the walk at Iluka Reserve to enable members of the Port Stephens community…
HUME HOUSING has lodged a development application (DA) to build thirteen homes in Phillip Street, Raymond Terrace through a partnership between Homes NSW. Homes NSW will contribute land where three ageing dwellings currently sit, while Hume Housing will manage the…
AFTER sharing space with another lodge for several years, the members of Masonic Lodge Cornucopia have celebrated a homecoming of sorts, as they returned to hosting their meetings at the Tomaree Community Centre. “We had met in that location for…
THE need for community representation is being keenly felt across the Myall Coast and its rural surrounds, with a host of local candidates in the mix for the 14 September council election. The MidCoast Independents, a group of independent candidates…
PRE-POLL voting in the MidCoast Council election opens on Saturday, 7 September. There are six locations at which residents can cast an early vote. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone…
TWO paintings by a Tea Gardens artist have been reunited years after being separated to opposite ends of the planet. Gillian Fabiszewski is the artist behind ‘Tidal A and B’, a diptych (a pair of paintings created to be hung…
BULAHDELAH grazier and retired policeman Stephen Smith has thrown his hat in the ring for the 14 September council elections. Mr Smith, who will run as an independent, has lived in Bulahdelah for 47 years and currently runs a beef…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE falsehoods, misrepresentation, and dishonest storytelling from certain media outlets and other candidates have resulted in the absence of local representation for the southern part of our shire. This cannot persist any longer. We have…