MEDOWIE has it’s very own MMA Light Heavyweight fighting champion amongst its ranks, with our own David Morley taking the championship last week in Canberra. David ‘Fingers’ Morley is a kickboxing trainer at the Project Health and Fitness Gym…
AS the Vietnam Day of Remembrance for 18 August approaches, News Of The Area took the opportunity to focus on a Medowie Vietnam Veteran. In 1968, a then seventeen-and-a-half year old Brian Boughton prepared to leave home and head…
THE staff at Coles Medowie have banded together once again to help others, by competing in last weekend’s ‘City2surf’ in Sydney. Fourteen staff members of Medowie Coles registered for the popular event, and hired a bus to travel down in…
MEDOWIE Vet Nurse, Alison Watson, knows the importance of responsible pet ownership being the owner of four dogs, four cats, two ducks, two lorikeets, a rooster and a handful of chickens. Alison is a Vet Nurse at Noah’s Ark…
TWO young Medowie Netballers have achieved a special club goal this month. Jasmin White and Jessica Page have reached the goal of one hundred games with their club, and were presented this month with special keepsakes. The two girls…
EDUCATION week is a celebration of Public Education. With a theme this year being ‘shared stories, better learning, stronger communities’, Medowie schools have showcased the fine education offered to young people and with great success. Medowie Public School, Wirreanda…
MEDOWIE resident, Adrian Drummond, has been the force behind the fight for adequate internet speeds for our area. Mr Drummond featured in a recent edition of News Of The Area, calling for support of his petition to Telstra to fix…
THE Wirreanda Senior Dance Group excelled at this year’s Hunter Schools Dance Festival, held at Wests City in Newcastle on 27 July. The group once again successfully auditioned to be part of the festival that celebrates dance in public…
FOR many people, their childhoods were influenced and enriched by various roles models and people that crossed their paths. More often than not, a teacher or coach played one of these roles in their life. For the Medowie Rugby Club…
WITH more reports on social media of dogs who have escaped their yards and taken themselves on adventures happening each week, News Of The Area thought it was time to put a spotlight on a seemingly not well known public…