IT is said that the best parents are promoted to grandparents, but sometimes those grandparents then double back and take on the role of parenting their grandchildren. Modern Media: Advertise with News Of The Area and you get your…
THE children, parents, community and staff of St Michaels at Nelson Bay celebrated the story of Christmas together with Father Brian Mascord, Bishop Elect and the past priest of the parish here in the Bay. Modern Media: Advertise with…
ONE couple are warning parents to be vigilant after they experienced what they claim was a terrifying incident on Fingal Bay Cycleway in Tomaree National Park which allegedly occurred on the long weekend. Modern Media: Advertise with News Of The…
MEDOWIE Mums, a Facebook online community group, has begun organising weekly catch ups in Medowie as a way to ensure that all parents, dads included, feel they are supported on their parenting journey. Parents are more likely to experience anxiety…
THERE was triple cake and three times the fun when Karuah triplets Kenny, Jackson and Will Barry celebrated their first birthday last week. Proud parents Katie Hogan and Phil Barry marked the special occasion at home with their three identical…
A COMBINATION of cheers, tears and laughter marked an end to thirteen years of schooling for Year 12 students at Bulahdelah Central School last week. The occasion was celebrated with a formal graduation ceremony held at the school which was…
FRIDAY 23 September, saw students graduate from Year 12 at Salamander Bay’s St Philip’s Christian College. It was a memorable morning which saw the Chris Walking Theatre packed to capacity. A special mention of gratitude was made by Vice School…
WHEN Port Stephens mother of two, Kim Oakhill, experienced the loss of a friends’ child in 2014, she wanted to do more for the family than just send flowers. Kim told News Of The Area, “Flowers are a lovely gesture,…
LITTLE Lucas Pickett has endured, experienced and conquered more in his first year of life, than most will experience in a lifetime. When parents Saul and Michelle attended their twenty-week scan, they were hit with the news that Lucas was…
MEDOWIE children who are diagnosed with Type 1 diabetes have a wonderful support group available to them, made up of parents from the area, whose children have been diagnosed. In 2010, Bart and Naomi Jarvis’s daughter was diagnosed with type…