DEAR News Of The Area, I KNOW it is an unorthodox form for a newspaper, but as your paper is inviting our opinions and views, the way I best convey my thoughts is in a poem. I have lived in…
TEAMING up with your offspring is the ultimate experience for active sporting parents. Nelson Bay Cricket Club can boast five father/son/daughter combinations this summer in the Newcastle District Suburban Cricket competitions. It has been a “family affair” for the Makos…
DEAR News Of The Area, ONCE again Port Stephens Council has led us on a path to nowhere. Yes the new path from the boat ramp in Henderson Park to Marine Drive, Lemon Tree Passage ends in a pile of…
THE President’s Cup is Nelson Bay Croquet Club’s final intra-club competition each year – a Golf Croquet Singles Level play competition, thirteen-point games with a 50-minute time limit. Heavy rain caused the cancellation of playing sessions in the week before…
AN initiative to have the voices of young people inform the strategic direction of the services funded to provide support to them commenced in Bellingen Shire in October 2022. Ellie Tree, the Project Manager for The YOUth Speak Project said…
WIIGULGA Sports Complex has gained another accolade, this time for its excellent architecture. The popular City of Coffs Harbour facility, on Solitary Islands Way, Woolgoolga, has received a commendation in the Public Architecture category of the NSW Country Division Architecture…
ROTARY Club of Sawtell presented its annual Pride Of Workmanship Awards at Sawtell RSL with around 40 guests attending on Monday 23 October. The two local resident recipients are Kate Drum and Roland Sciortino. Advertise with News of The Area…
THE KERRY Hines Memorial Bowls Day for the CanDo Cancer trust takes place on Sunday 12 November at Sawtell Bowls Club on Lyons Road. There’s games of lawn bowls and a sausage sizzle, raffles, prizes and novelty events. Advertise with…
SAPPHIRE Beach locals Ari Herson and Shane Newton have just completed the RSPCA’s Rescue Run fundraiser to support the increasing number of animals rescued from cruelty, neglect and abandonment. Rescue Run stipulated participants could run, walk or roll 56km for…
THE REMEMBRANCE Day service in Woolgoolga on Saturday 11 November 2023 will mark the 105th Commemoration of the Armistice that ended the Great War, the 70th year following the Korean War armistice and the 50th after the conclusion of Australian…