Week 7 PBL winners.
THE Term 4 Week 7 winners of Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) awards have been revealed. Week 7 winners: Irrawang PS: Aria has been nominated for demonstrating school and community expectations during a recent League Tag inter-school competition. She was an exceptional role model for others, showed great sportsmanship and proudly represented IPS Raymond Terrace […]
PORT Stephens Council has voted to support a shuttle bus trial at Tomaree Headland these Christmas holidays. At its meeting on 10 June 2025, Council resolved that the General Manager report to Council an evaluation of a shuttle bus service, including potential costs, operational options and funding models. A number of potential operational models were […]
Scores of climate protesters have tried to block coal ships from Newcastle port. Photo: Darren Pateman/AAP
CLIMATE protesters are ramping up efforts to disrupt the fossil fuel industry, scaling and blocking a ship bound for the world’s largest coal port. Three Greenpeace activists scaled the ship on Sunday morning at Rising Tide’s annual “protestival” at Newcastle Harbour, unveiling a banner reading “Phase Out Coal and Gas”. After police confirmed 11 people […]
Council has published its Port Stephens Housing Strategy Annual Report 2024/2025.
THE Port Stephens Housing Strategy Annual Report 2024/2025 is now available to be viewed by the community. Mayor Leah Anderson said the report is a “great way to show the community insights on where Council is at in meeting our housing strategy targets”. The Annual Report has been developed and published as an action of […]
Newly-elected Nelson Bay FC president Amber Grosser was the recipient of the 2025 Northern NSW Football Local Champion Coach of the Year Award. Photo: Northern NSW Football.
TWO milestones in the space of 48 hours have put a spring in the step of hard-working Nelson Bay Football Club official Amber Grosser. After being named the Northern NSW Football Local Champion Coach of the Year at a recent Gala Dinner, the dedicated leader was elected Nelson Bay’s volunteer Club President for 2026 just […]
Strike force detectives arrested a 21-year-old man in Prestons last week. Photo: NSW Police.
A 21-YEAR-OLD man has faced court over his alleged involvement in an aggravated robbery in Salamander Bay earlier this year. The arrest, made by NSW Police’s Raptor Squad, comes after an investigation into a series of aggravated robbery related incidents in the Nelson Bay area in March 2025. About 5.25am on Thursday 27 March 2025, […]
The International tractor ‘after’ restoration. Arise students cleaning the wheel hub. OVER the past year, an unlikely project tucked inside a Hamilton North workshop has been quietly transforming the lives of local high school students. Members of the Rotary Club of Medowie-Williamtown, working alongside students from Callaghan College and Arise Christian School, have been restoring […]
Week 6 PBL winners.
THE Term 4 Week 6 winners of Positive Behaviour for Learning (PBL) awards have been revealed. Week 6 winners: Irrawang PS: Preschool student Gracie has been nominated for displaying the community values of trust and honesty. When Gracie found a wallet on the ground, she picked it up and (with the assistance of her parents) […]
Locally-produced renewable energy, like solar power, benefits communities.
ALL sectors have weighed in on the Federal Coalition’s decision to abandon Net Zero by 2050. This major tool for combatting climate change involves balancing the amount of greenhouse gases emitted into the atmosphere with the amount removed. Patrick Leyland, Chief Digital Officer at Populares and former Director of Digital Campaigns for the Australian Labor […]
Medowie performing artist Conway Oakhill-Saarenpaa.
Medowie performing artist Conway Oakhill-Saarenpaa. Conway Oakhill-Saarenpaa won this year’s Port Stephens Battle of the Arts. GIFTED Medowie teenager Conway Oakhill-Saarenpaa has often dreamt of a prosperous career in the performing arts. At the tender age of 13, the budding performer is well on the way to realising that goal after outstanding achievements on the […]
