August 22, 2026

Green light for Raymond Terrace river walk’s ‘missing link’

Map of the Raymond Terrace pathway. Photo: Port Stephens Council. Parkrun participants make use of the existing path...

Term 3 Week 4 PBL WINNERS

THE winners of Term 3 Week 4 Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) awards were recently celebrated at an event at Karuah...

Kitted out for Indigenous Round from jerseys to boots

Students from Catherine McAuley Catholic College, Medowie present Newcastle Knights players with their hand-painted...

Shoal Bay community continues to push back against pathway construction plans

Some of the protest signs put up by locals have been vandalised. Photo: Nico Lombardo. Many of the people in the crowd...

Port Stephens Council’s plan to manage road conditions for the next 10 years

Projected road conditions from keeping the current funding levels for 2 years, allocating additional investments from...

M1 Pacific Motorway extension approaches its opening, and locals got to walk on it

The 3.5 km walk along the new section of the highway left many quite winded. Photo: Nico Lombardo. The view from the new...

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