I NEED your help. For the past year or so I have been writing the history of Bob’s Farm and Marsh Road, gathering old photographs, articles and documents for a book that I intend launching in October 2024. Advertise with…
SEASIDE Singers, one of Port Stephens’ popular local choirs, is once again preparing an afternoon of beautiful music. “We are busy rehearsing our Annual Spring Concert,” the choir’s Robyne Egan told News Of The Area. Advertise with News of The…
ON Saturday 2 September the Port Stephens Yacht Club officially opened the sailing season with an event in Soldiers Point. A stirring Welcome to Country was offered by Worimi Elder John Ridgeway OAM, during which he asked attendees to walk…
“SAVING men’s lives” is the catch cry of the Rotary Men’s Health Education Rural Van (MHERV), a service coming soon to the Bulahdelah area. Since 2017 MHERV has been out in the backblocks of NSW on two scheduled tours per…
PROBUS members and visitors were privileged to receive Margaret Abbott, wife of former Prime Minister Tony Abbott, at their monthly meeting on Friday, 1 September at Hawks Nest Golf Club. “I love to see the rain now,” began Mrs Abbott,…
THE Hunter Business Awards celebrate the remarkable efforts of businesses, community groups and individuals from across our region. Even being nominated as a finalist is prestigious, with the Awards being the largest regional business awards program in Australia. Advertise with…
ROWERS from the Jimmys Beach Aquatic Club (JBAC) received a visit from Federal Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie on Monday 21 August. First formed in June 2022, the JBAC has grown from its initial five members, who saw a…
ABORIGINAL art, language and culture are celebrated by the new Art Trail installed in and around the Reflections Jimmys Beach caravan park, officially opened on Friday, 1 September. Featuring artworks by Tyson Jolly, a Worimi artist from Karuah, the Trail…
R U OK Day 2023 is Thursday 14 September, a day to check in with our mates and normalise frank discussions about mental health. Many of us initially think of younger people when we think of mental illness, however many…
THE Positive Behaviour for Learning program encourages students to strive to be their best in all aspects of life. A representative from Raymond Terrace Public School said, “At Raymond Terrace Public School, Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) brings together our…