LITTLE Beach at Nelson Bay was the location for the release of 132 endangered baby seahorses last Friday, with local school children playing a key role. Fifteen schools across Port Stephens have recently been involved in an educational program which…
WITH pre-polling for the Port Stephens local government elections underway, News Of The Area offered the three mayoral candidates one final opportunity to spruik their policy platforms. Candidates were asked to supply 200 words on themselves and general policies, and…
LIFETIME Soldiers Point local Mitchell Cooper knows the value of believing “I am enough”. Admitting six years ago that “something had to change”, Mitchell has been journeying through “personal struggles and deep inner work”. Advertise with News of The Area…
ON September 7 1936 the last known Thylacine (Tasmanian Tiger) died in Hobart Zoo, with the date now marking the nation’s Threatened Species Day. It is a day to commemorate the almost 2000 Australian plant and animal species that are…
CONCEIVED by Diana and Ron Souter in 2009, the Seaside Singers Community Choir turns fifteen this year. “This amazing ‘can-do couple’ felt that the area needed a top-notch community choir and worked tirelessly to make it happen,” said the group’s…
‘ARRESTING’ roaming cats and harsher penalties for biosecurity breaches could be made easier after a government review aimed at halting a potential $30 billion disaster. The NSW Natural Resource Commission on Monday found invasive species – including cats, foxes and…
THE Tomaree Headland and Heritage Group (THHG) are urgently calling for an additional access and egress road to Shoal Bay. “This need has recently been accentuated by beach erosion episodes and subsidence of Shoal Bay Beach particularly during extreme weather…
NURSING staff at Tomaree Community Hospital conducted an hour of industrial action on Thursday 29 August. The walkout was undertaken by on and off duty union members, with a skeleton crew of non-union staff covering the care of patients. Advertise…
BOAT Harbour will be the location of a Remembrance Walk held by the Port Stephens Suicide Prevention Network (PSSPN) on Sunday 8 September. Each year PSSPN holds the walk at Iluka Reserve to enable members of the Port Stephens community…
HUME HOUSING has lodged a development application (DA) to build thirteen homes in Phillip Street, Raymond Terrace through a partnership between Homes NSW. Homes NSW will contribute land where three ageing dwellings currently sit, while Hume Housing will manage the…