EVERYDAY 38 people in Australia are diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease, and in Port Stephens there is a local support group here to help. Parkinson’s is now the second most prevalent neurological disease after dementia. Advertise with News of The Area…
ONE of the so-called improvements to our modern lifestyle is said to be ‘AI’ or the advent of Artificial Intelligence. I spend a lot of my time completing research online, mainly looking for financial information both here and overseas, so…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Australian Constitution is the national rulebook of our democracy. Changing it is a big deal, and the decision to do so should not be taken lightly. So, in this regard Gwyn Austen (NOTA 9/6),…
A SELL-OUT crowd, dressed to the nines in second hand frocks, raised key funds for jupiter Australia at the Op Shop Ball on 27 May at Club Lemon Tree. The fundraiser was organised by the Lions Club of Tilligerry Peninsula.…
TOMAREE High School student Kaylee Hodgson is a childhood cancer survivor and an ambassador for Make a Wish Australia. Kaylee was diagnosed with high risk Leukaemia in 2019 and needed a life saving bone marrow transplant. Advertise with News of…
CREATIVITY manifests itself in many forms and for Mike Rumble of Nelson Bay it’s been the call of the ocean that’s seen his visions come to fruition. Mike has honed many years crafting in his carpentry trade to create pieces…
IT was in 2013 when I launched my book, ‘Oysterman’, in the Karuah RSL Club. At the time the Port Stephens oyster industry was struggling to reestablish itself as the premier oyster growing waterway in the state. Advertise with News…
VIGILANT pollution inspections were performed by local kayakers upon the Myall River on Friday, 9 June. “The first and last river clean-up, in 2018, pulled out four trailer-loads of rubbish, around the Bridge and other spots,” Gordon Grainger of the…
OFTEN the most effective ways to get results are those seldom known nor discussed, as it would seem with the MidCoast Council’s ‘Report An Issue’ website function. At several recent community meetings, including the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association…
RATES, and the way MidCoast ratepayers get charged, could potentially change, amidst rumblings from the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART). IPART is responsible for regulating rates and increases, and has released a draft report proposing changes to the way…