LOCAL Life Saver youth Abbey Keighran has been named the ‘Newcastle Permanent Hunter Junior Life Saver of the Year’ at a ceremony at Swansea Belmont Surf Life Saving Club on Sunday, 4 February. Abbey, fourteen, took out the female prize,…
FEDERAL Member for Lyn Dr David Gillespie has invited the newly recommenced Regional Telecommunications Review Committee to see firsthand just how bad reception is in the electorate. “Our region has a growing population, and the influx of holidaymakers places added…
IN one of the world’s most challenging endurance events, Port Stephens Yacht Club member Kevin Le Poidevin is taking on a non-stop and unassisted circumnavigation of the world in his vessel ‘Roaring Forty’. Kevin is 62-years-old and spent the last…
SOCCER stalwarts Shaun Shelley and Jakob Graham have been appointed Head Coaches of Nelson Bay FC for the 2024 Newcastle Football season. The respected duo, who have given sterling service over the years to the established Port Stephens club, will…
SHOAL BAY whiz kid Ali Mitchell was always destined to shine in the touch football arena. With her mother Nicole a legendary link in her heyday with the Australian Emus and father Calvin a Blues State of Origin ace, sixteen-year-old…
PORT Stephens Power AFL Club are set to create history in 2024 by fielding a men’s team for the first time in the Hunter Central Coast AFL Black Diamond Plate competition. The Power still requires players for their inaugural men’s…
THE WORLD came to Palm Lake Resort Tea Gardens (PLR-TG), so to speak, for the annual ‘Australia vs Rest of the World’ lawn bowls tournament on Saturday, 27 January. As a way to observe and celebrate the Australia Day weekend,…
ANNUAL PUTTING OUTING TWENTY ONE ladies from the Paramount Putting Club attended their annual putting outing on Friday 9 February, taking a trip around Port Stephens on the Wangi Queen for two and half hours as something different from going…
FUN, friendship and fishing are the hallmarks of the Bulahdelah Bass Bash, now in its 29th iteration. This annual event brings keen anglers from near and far to pit their skills against each other; offering fishers a chance to compete…
A GROUNDBREAKING collaboration between Coffs Harbour multidisciplinary artist YT DINGO and Gumbaynggirr language keeper Clark Webb has produced a powerful new single called ‘Ngarraanga Wajaarr’. It’s an exceptional partnership that showcases the fusion of artistry while serving a philanthropic purpose.…