THREE leading builders based in the Hunter region have been ranked among the largest residential builders in the nation, according to the HIA-COLORBOND® steel Housing 100 Report for 2024/25. The annual report ranks Australia’s top 100 builders by the number of homes commenced. Leading the way with a total of 2,898 starts in 2024/25, NEX […]
The ‘James Wallace’. Image: courtesy of Stuart Ripley.
I WAS delighted to learn that Tomaree Lodge is to be maintained for public use, as it is an iconic historic site. This would be one of the few areas remaining from the American soldiers’ occupation during World War II. In June 1942 Newcastle and Sydney were shelled from Japanese submarines and from that September […]
Groundswell Collective volunteers have planted 16 tiny forests in schools and parks across NSW.
LIVING in one of Australia’s fastest growing regional areas, Anna Noon was watching in despair as nature made way for sprawling housing developments. “There was a lot of land clearing happening,” she says of her home at Lake Macquarie in the rapidly-expanding Hunter region. “I knew that was leading to habitat loss, species extinction and […]
MENTORING young netball hopefuls has become a way of life for Nelson Bay sporting identity Linda Jones. Since arriving in Port Stephens from her native city of Adelaide 10 years ago, the mother of two has nurtured some of the region’s finest netballers and given sterling service to the Nelson Bay Netball Association. Linda capped […]
NELSON Bay Marlins AFL midfield dynamo Jayden Baldwin-Rymer scooped the pool at the club’s recent Senior Presentation Night at Shoal Bay Country Club. The experienced campaigner took out the Marlins’ Best and Fairest and Players’ Player awards after an outstanding season in the Hunter Central Coast AFL Black Diamond Cup competition. Jayden turned in skilful […]
Medowie Netball Club’s champion Glitter Bombs captured the Intermediate (13-15yrs) premiership title at the Port Stephens Netball Association Grand Finals.
LINING up against players two or three years older can be a challenging task for any sporting team. Medowie Netball Club’s gifted junior Glitter Bombs side have covered themselves in glory again by clinching the Port Stephens Netball Association Intermediate (13-15yrs) premiership title. Coached by Port Stephens representative netballer Felicity Pacevski, this skilful young outfit […]
BARNARDOS Australia warns that children in regional NSW are bearing the brunt of coercive control, as new crime statistics reveal rural communities are experiencing dramatically higher rates than other areas. The NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research quarterly report shows regional NSW recorded 170 coercive control incidents from July 2024 to June 2025 compared […]
Joining the Premier at Medowie was Acting Education Minister Courtney Houssos, Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington and students from Wirreanda and Medowie public schools. Photos: Amanda Green.
Joining the Premier at Medowie was Acting Education Minister Courtney Houssos, Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington and students from Wirreanda and Medowie public schools. Photos: Amanda Green. Joining the Premier at Medowie was Acting Education Minister Courtney Houssos, Member for Port Stephens Kate Washington and students from Wirreanda and Medowie public schools. Photos: Amanda […]
Local students assisted in deploying the hotels.
Local students assisted in deploying the hotels. A diver with the seahorse hotels. A RECORD 1200 White’s seahorses have been released in Port Stephens as part of an effort to save the endangered species. They are Australia’s only threatened seahorse and the second most endangered worldwide. The Minns Labor Government is committed to saving the […]
Jillaroos international hooker Olivia Higgins performed strongly in Newcastle Knights’ 30-6 NRLW preliminary final loss to Brisbane Broncos. Photo: AAP Image/Dave Hunt.
Jillaroos international hooker Olivia Higgins performed strongly in Newcastle Knights’ 30-6 NRLW preliminary final loss to Brisbane Broncos. Photo: AAP Image/Dave Hunt. Emerging Knights fullback Lilly-Ann White missed Newcastle’s 18-12 Grand Final loss to Cronulla in the NSW Women’s Premiership. RAYMOND Terrace rugby league queens Olivia Higgins and Lilly-Ann White have experienced finals heartbreak with […]
