Outstanding Nelson Bay rugby rookies Jack Lawson, Darcy Blue, Taj Turner, Khai Poulson and Jack Ballard have burst onto the ...

DEPUTY Mayor Leah Anderson has announced she will run again for the role of Mayor in September’s local government elections. Cr Anderson ran a close race with incumbent Mayor Ryan Palmer in the 2021 ...

A total of 92 school buses across Cessnock, Singleton, Maitland and Port Stephens have been retrofitted with seatbelts. SCHOOL journeys will now be safer for Port Stephens students, with the ...

CONTROL measures relating to Varroa mite have been relaxed following ‘extensive industry consultation’, according to the NSW Department of Primary Industries. The Biosecurity (Varroa Mite) Control ...

THEY may concede a wealth of top grade experience but Northern Hawks rugby league team continue to win the hearts of Newcastle Denton Engineering Cup enthusiasts with their courage on the field. It ...

A CHARITY golf day has raised almost $25,000 for the Tomaree Breast Cancer Support Group. The ladies of the Nelson Bay Golf Club arrange an event each year to raise funds and promote awareness of the ...

THE MidCoast Road Strategy was presented to Council last week, detailing the condition of the LGA’s road network as well as the challenges and opportunities for improving it. “We have a very large ...

MidCoast Council will now have one unified Local Environmental Plan, informing developments like this mini-suburbia. Photo: MidCoast Council. ENVIRONMENTAL policy and planning moves to centre stage ...

THE Lambourne family were very early settlers in Port Stephens. First to arrive in 1827, on board the ship ‘John’, was convict Henry Lambourne, sent to Australia with a life sentence at the age of ...

IS your community organisation or school keen to undertake activities that highlight weed impacts and undertake weed control? Hunter Local Land Services is offering funding that aims to reduce the ...

VOLUNTEERS united from across Karuah to spearhead the revival of the Karuah Oyster and Timber Festival (KOTF), holding an AGM on Wednesday 1 May at Karuah RSL. After a few years where the event was ...

TORRENTIAL rain in April and May are providing plenty of breeding grounds for mosquitoes all the way up the coast and hinterland. University of Sydney’s Associate Professor Cameron Webb, a medical ...