ANNA Bay paddler Janine Noonan is savouring one of her finest ever sporting achievements. The water warrior tasted golden success at the recent Australian Dragon Boat Championships in Sydney by helping the NSW Senior B squad secure three national titles. An inspirational Noonan demonstrated her endurance and paddling skills in the 50 years plus division […]
Police laid 1316 charges and conducted 1276 bail compliance checks and 12,926 apprehended domestic violence order (ADVO) compliance checks with a total of 535 breaches identified.
POLICE have charged 627 people with more than 1300 offences during a four-day statewide operation targeting domestic and family violence (DFV). “Operation Amarok X” ran from Wednesday 14 May to Saturday 17 May 2025, and involved officers from all police area commands and police districts across NSW. The Domestic and Family Violence Command-led operation also […]
DEAR News Of The Area, Justin Page is all into conspiracy theories at much the same level as some wind farm opponents. I suggest he make time to view Sir David Attenborough’s film “Ocean”, where he will find that the ocean currently absorbs 30 percent of earth’s carbon emissions and can well do without any […]
DEAR Jasminda, WE are organising a large birthday function and there are relatives that don’t get along with each other. How do we ensure no one feels left out while still making it an enjoyable experience for everyone? Harriet P. Dear Harriet, If your large family events traditionally look like an episode of Dr Phil, […]
ONE of my biggest priorities as Mayor, and something our whole Council is committed to, is making Port Stephens a place where everyone feels they belong and can live a happy, healthy life. Our Community Wellbeing Strategy is our roadmap for this, and a really important part of that is making sure people with disability […]
Tropical Soda Apple. Photo: NSW DPI.
THE NSW Government will deliver $10 million to local councils to target high-risk weeds across the state to protect the state’s primary production and public land. The NSW Government Weeds Action Program funds local councils, known as Local Control Authorities (LCA), to detect and respond quickly to incursions of new high-risk weeds. The program focuses […]
A TWIST on an established horror franchise has been applied to Final Destination: Bloodlines. The original Final Destination was born from a fairly ingenious idea for the genre: a horror film in which Death itself was the “villain”, orchestrating Rube-Goldberg machinations of misfortune that result in suspenseful, grisly deaths. In this latest instalment, college student […]
The mystery bird ‘walking’ on water - the White-faced storm petrel.
The mystery bird ‘walking’ on water – the White-faced storm petrel. Ben Galbraith with a tuna caught out of Gisborne, New Zealand. Stinker has made contact with a Kiwi, Ben Galbraith, who catches giant snapper out of a small tinny called ‘Tinfoil’. IT WAS on a recent return fishing trip from […]
Henry Thompson. Henry’s second wife, Mary Anne (Polly) Diemar THE first of the Thompson family to arrive in Port Stephens was Henry, an interesting man shrouded in some degree of mystery. It is recorded that Henry was born onboard a ship off Norway in the North Sea in 1839. Other records show that he was […]
BOAT Harbour’s Sarah Chippindale, a beloved member of the Port Stephens community, podcast co-host of the popular The Chronically Unbalanced, and marriage celebrant, is the inspiration behind an ambitious fundraising effort for MS Australia. Diagnosed with multiple sclerosis (MS) as a teenager, Sarah has lived bravely with the condition for 16 years. However, a recent […]
