“CINEMATIC Sentences” returns for a massive screen dump at the start of Oscar season. Love Hurts promotes beloved Ke Huy Quan (Everything, Everywhere All at Once) to leading man in this action-comedy from first time stuntman-turned-director Jonathan Eusebio. The movie…
LADIES of the exclusive Paramount Putting Club have celebrated another year of mastering the greens, with a delicious lunch at Tea Gardens’ Tillermans Restaurant on Friday, 31 January. The group formed seventeen years ago, as a conglomeration of women who…
SATURDAY 18 hole Stableford event was contested by 33 ladies across 2 divisions. Conditions were relatively mild, which made a nice change from the rolling storms which have been battering the region recently. There were some great scores carded today…
NETBALL mentor Pearl Manton is an exceptional leader and role model for the Port Stephens community. The widely respected Karuah Pearls Netball Club president was recognised for her outstanding contributions within the region on Australia Day when named the 2025…
COMPETITORS from NSW, ACT and Queensland converged on Port Stephens for the annual Dave Matthews Memorial Seniors tennis tournament, hosted by the Nelson Bay Tennis Club at the end of last year. Long-serving tournament director Stephen Taylor embraced the challenge…
PORT Stephens pickleballers stepped up to the mark and delivered at the second annual Spirit of Pickleball Challenge at the Menai Indoor Sports Centre. Twenty six club hopefuls ventured to Sydney and did the region proud with medal-winning performances across…
NELSON Bay Neptunes junior representative teams performed with distinction at the annual Peter Wilson Memorial Touch Football Cup Championships last weekend at Tomaree Sports Complex. The Neptunes flew the flag for Port Stephens as more than 180 teams totalling over…
SATURDAY 1st February, Individual Stroke & Monthly Medal FIELD | 32 members & 4 visitors. DIVISION 1 (
THERE will be a spot for Usman Khawaja in the Australian team for the home Ashes, and maybe beyond, after a blistering double-century in the Sri Lanka series opener. That’s according to coach Andrew McDonald, who sees “plenty of cricket”…
DEAR News Of The Area, YOUR story (NOTA 24/1/25) on the “Knitting Nanna arrest” quotes Ms Degan as saying that “the law is rigid and unbending, but justice is a continuing struggle for what is right”. This is an example…