Eve with a few of her favourite things - eight different mastheads of News Of The Area. Photo: Angus Cheetham.
Eve with a few of her favourite things – eight different mastheads of News Of The Area. Photo: Angus Cheetham. Freckle, the sick little bird who grew up and identified as a homing pigeon, with his rescuer. Photo: Angus Cheetham. EVE Nesmith has been named Editor of News Of The Area, the family-owned independent local […]
The mighty little craft, ‘Stinkpot’, after being swamped and battered on rocks.
BELOVED News Of The Area fishing writer John ‘Stinker’ Clarke faced every boatie’s worst nightmare and lived to tell the tale. How it began: “Dropping anchor around 2.30pm, I was excited at the prospect of great fishing. “The whales were jumping everywhere, breaching within 20 metres of my tinny, and a huge school of salmon […]
Concept plan for a future Port Stephens performance centre. Image: Tomaree Cultural Development Group.
FOR years, the Tomaree Cultural Development Group has been fighting for the establishment of a performance centre in Port Stephens, and its efforts have now been recognised by Port Stephens’ Council (PSC). “Port Stephens is a rare LGA that doesn’t actually have a performance arts centre at the moment,” said Cristopher Bowman, of the Tomaree […]
Cr Giacomo Arnott opposed the shortening of the exhibition time for Port Stephens Council’s business papers. Photo: Port Stephens Council.
CONTROVERSY erupted at the latest Port Stephens Council (PSC) meeting during a discussion on how to handle the overturning of the new NSW Model Code of Meeting Practices. “What an absolute disgrace this process has been,” said Cr Nathan Errington noting that, in his view, Minister Ron Hoenig failed to listen to councils across NSW […]
Council may look into increased building heights rather than outwards expansion into the wetlands buffer zone. Photo: Nico Lombardo.
AFTER months of engagement, protests, and community workshops, Port Stephens Council (PSC) has agreed to revise the Salamander Bay Town Centre Place Plan, saying housing will not be built on the last remaining wetlands buffer zone. The decision, unanimously endorsed during the 23 June meeting, mandates that PSC will have to engage in further consultation […]
Tomago could become home to a thermal treatment facility, but the full implications are still unclear. Photo: NSW Government.
IN NSW, the recovery of energy from the thermal treatment of waste is prohibited, unless a facility is located in a designated Energy from Waste precinct. Under a proposed change to the NSW Energy from Waste framework by the Environmental Protection Authority, Tomago could become one such precinct. Port Stephens Council (PSC), however, has reported […]
Greg Smith in flow through a Tai Chi sequence. Photo: Supplied. Tai Chi Port Stephens students practicing the long form. Photo: Supplied. FOR more than 20 years, local resident Greg Smith has been sharing the ancient practice of Tai Chi with community members, helping people discover a gentle form of movement that combines exercise, relaxation […]
Jess Hodge is an expert in turning waste plastic into 100 per cent recycled materials that can be used for all sorts of purposes. Photo: Nico Lombardo.
Jess Hodge is an expert in turning waste plastic into 100 per cent recycled materials that can be used for all sorts of purposes. Photo: Nico Lombardo. Some old plastic can be given new life in a sandwich press. Photo: Nico Lombardo EVERYONE knows that recycling plastic is important: bottles go in the yellow bin, […]
NOTA columnist and writer, John ‘Stinker’ Clake was rescued after a boating accident. News Of The Area will bring you more on Stinkers status and story in due course. What we know… About 6pm (Wednesday 24 June 2026), emergency services were alerted after a fisherman failed to return home. A multi-agency marine search and rescue […]
Local author Denis Bright presenting his book, ‘Something is Seriously Wrong’, at the Raymond Terrace Library on 19 June. Photo: Nico Lombardo.
“WHEN our grandson was taken, locked away in a room, we thought the Department of Community and Justice would intervene. They didn’t.” These are the words of local author Denis Bright, who saw his family torn apart by an abuser who, after the end of a toxic marriage to his daughter, attempted to get her […]
