WHEN News Of The Area reporters approached Kate Washington, Member for Port Stephens, with requests from Medowie residents to speak with the Police about their concerns for our community, Ms Washington was quick to take action. Ms Washington spoke with…
AGE is certainly no barrier to fun, and there’s no better group to demonstrate that than the Medowie Senior Citizens Association. The group meets every first and third Tuesday of the month, at 10am in the Medowie Community Hall. They…
DEVOTEES and enthusiastic members of the Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest Family Research group were treated to a very special guest speaker at the weekend. Gail Davis, a leading archivist with the NSW State Records Department came to town, to give a…
LONG-SERVING members of the Gloucester Great Lakes NSW Rural Fire Service were honoured in a medal ceremony in Tuncurry on Saturday 6 August. Member for Myall Lakes Stephen Bromhead was in attendance on behalf of Hon. David Elliott MP, Minister…
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…
FOLLOWING the release of the Williamtown Human Health Risk Assessment last week, members of the community were given the opportunity to hear the report’s key findings on Tuesday night and ask questions of experts at a community walk-in session…
POLICE are appealing for members of the public with information relating to the theft of a trailer to contact them. The trailer was parked and secured at an address in Bulahdelah and was stolen between 26 and 27 July. Police…
COMMUNITY members are encouraged to stay connected with loved ones as part of this year’s National Missing Persons Week which runs from 31 July – 6 August. This year’s theme “Stay Connected,” reminds us that for every missing person, a…
THE Myall Lakes Aquatic Club (MLAC) held its mid winter outing on 16-17 July at Legges. Most members travelled up on Friday as we planned to have a lunch time meal at Leggey’s Restaurant. 35 members and guests enjoyed this…
Twenty members and family of the local Rotary Club held their last weekly meeting at the Tea Gardens Rural Fire Brigade’s (RFB) station. The shift in location for the meeting was part of Rotary’s Vocational program where they visit organisations…