THE Nambucca Valley Country Music Club demonstrated its commitment to community support on Sunday 26 November, presenting a generous donation of $1,100 to ShoreTrack. The donation was gratefully accepted by Paul ‘Fatty’ Ireland from ShoreTrack, expressing immense appreciation for the…
SATURDAYS Carpet Court sponsored Stableford was not just won, but swamped, by Don Forrester, leaving not only runner up Noel Austin but the entire field in his wake. Coming in with a net 11 under par this was one of…
DEAR News Of The Area, WITH regard to the recent discussion regarding the native hardwood timber industry, can I suggest that every living organism on the planet has ‘skin in the game’ when it comes to our native forests. In…
DEAR Jasminda, Every time I go through airport security, I get checked. It’s now a family joke that I’ll be held back. I’m starting to get a complex. Harry B. Dear Harry, I’m not sure if you are seeking my…
MIDCOAST Council Libraries Summer Reading Club, is offering the chance for prizes to the most prodigious readers aged seventeen and under. The Reading Club annually encourages kids to read throughout the summer holidays, with a 2023-24 seasonal theme of a…
KIDS and golfers alike enjoyed a Family Fun Day at the Hawks Nest Golf Club (HNGC) on Sunday 10 December, as the Club launched its summer fun campaign in time for the holidays. Several activities wowed the kids, including the…
SURROUNDED by family and dozens of friends, Olga Wheeler celebrated her 104th birthday at Estia Tea Gardens on Monday 4 December. The café at Estia was festooned with balloons in a definitively mauve (not lavender, and not purple) ‘high-tea’ motif,…
THIS month the Artisan Collective Port Stephens at d’Albora Marinas, Nelson Bay is the proud host for two very talented artists, with the gallery providing the perfect space to exhibit some of their finest work Nelson Bay local Helen Jackson…
THE Port Stephens Community Arts Centre has an array of beautiful artworks both big and small on display at their gallery on Cultural Close, Nelson Bay. In the name of promoting the various skills and works of their some 300-plus…
THE Port Stephens Council 2022 to 2023 Annual Report was endorsed by Council at its Tuesday 28 November meeting, along with the 2023 Community Satisfaction Survey Report. “We’ve achieved so much this year, including repairing 59,000-plus potholes, planting 5,664 trees…