AMIDST the weekend’s rainfall was the perfect opportunity for landowners of Pindimar and Bundabah to brush up on their fire management strategies, with a Midcoast2Tops Landcare Connection Eco Burn workshop held at the community hall on Sunday 2 June. Landowners…
ARTIFICIAL hazards continue to prove dangerous for our native fauna, as discovered by Lily the grey-headed flying fox, who became entangled in a barbed-wire fence near Myall Quays estate last month. So-named for the lily pond nearby her rescue, the…
THE OPENING of the 35th Student Parliament was made official at Tea Gardens Public School on Thursday 30 May. In the presence of several special guests, including the former NSW Governor, Rear Admiral Peter Sinclair, the Year 6 students who…
COFFS Harbour Kart Racing Club is set to host one of Coffs Harbour’s biggest annual motorsport events. This June long weekend will see the club hosting the Ian Brown Over 40s Titles, held over two big days of racing on…
THE launch of the annual whale watching season was celebrated at Nelson Bay and off the heads of Port Stephens last week. Worimi Elder Uncle John Ridgeway OAM provided a welcome to country to open the event. Advertise with News…
PORT Stephens has been announced as one of the top locations in Australia for road trippers to travel in a battery-electric vehicle (EV). Port Stephens was named as part of the ‘Power Town’ shortlist of Australian locations bursting with culture,…
APPLICATIONS are now open to establish up to fourteen ‘Suburban University Study Hubs’. The hubs aim to give students from the outer suburbs of major cities – potentially including in Port Stephens – access to tertiary education. Advertise with News…
ELITE Port Stephens athletes Dixie Conlon, Jack Deguara and Shari Hurdman will soon be running and jumping for Australia at prestigious international athletics events. The talented trio will don the green and gold when they travel to Fiji and South…
INDEPENDENT Mark Watson has announced his intention to challenge for the position of Mayor in September’s Port Stephens Council election. Mr Watson, who will also run as an East Ward candidate, previously contested the seat of Port Stephens in the…
SOME of the state’s best junior rugby union players are set to clash in Coffs Harbour over the June long weekend. The Coffs Harbour Crusaders Junior Rugby Union Club are hosting this year’s NSW Junior Rugby Union Under 16s State…