FOUR budding athletes from one of the smallest schools in the Port Stephens region are on track for a medal at this year’s Primary Schools Sports Association (PSSA) State Athletics Championships at Homebush. Identical twins Pippi and Fern Cullimore, Ruby…
DEAR News Of The Area, ON 30 July I attended an informal ‘Meet the Mayoral Candidates’ at the Laurieton United Services Club. At this meeting there were only two candidates, Adam Roberts and Mark Hornshaw. I later discovered that the…
DEAR News Of The Area, MY wife Becky and I recently attended a “meet the candidates” meeting at Port Bowling Club. The format of the meeting allowed us to get a good idea of the policies and personalities involved from…
ON Saturday the Camden Haven Netball Club converged on the Port Macquarie Netball Courts for the final time this year, with four teams contesting grand finals in summer-like heat. In tow was a sea of supporters dressed in yellow and…
MORE than 700 students from twelve local schools ventured to the Tuffins Lane Playing Fields in Port Macquarie to contest a primary school touch football gala day on Thursday, 5 September. The gala day provided many young players their first…
DEAR News Of The Area, EVERYONE knows and loves the koala but here in our Mid North Coast forests we have an animal that rivals even the koala for cuteness. The greater glider is about the size of a cat…
DEAR News Of The Area, WE constantly hear in the nightly news that the Reserve Bank manages inflation by increasing home mortgage interest rates, to reduce money available for consumption spending. This is now affecting middle income earners as well…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Northern Territory election result, a decisive win for the Country Liberal Party, was fought largely on the issue of crime, particularly youth crime. More than most, being the NT, this means crime by Indigenous…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE local government election this Saturday has raised a couple of issues for me more generally. Some candidates continue to hide their political affiliations and claim to be “independent”. This is not transparent. Some of…
OUR Monday Monthly Pairs attracted 24 Teams and was well supported with bowlers from throughout the Mid North Coast. Terry Miles and Troy Eames took out 1st Prize, with 3 wins and 28 ends. Roger and Nola Hall came 2nd,…