Meryl Swanson (fourth from left) with her campaign team on election night. Photo: Meryl Swanson MP FB.
MERYL Swanson has thanked the voters of Paterson after being re-elected as the electorate’s federal representative for a fourth term. “I am so honoured to be re-elected to serve our community and build a future made in Australia, starting right here in Paterson,” Ms Swanson posted to social media. “No one held back, no one […]
The chook pavilion was obliterated in 2015. Photo: Stroud SES.
TEN years ago, on the evening of 20 April, a highly destructive East Coast Low (ECL) slammed into the coast just north of Hawks Nest causing damage in all directions. Local observations saw wind gusts in excess of 145km/h, and rainfall exceeding 300mm within a 24-hour period. Waves reached heights of 10m, and coastal erosion […]
SES flood-boat operators and trained rescuers along a flooded street near Emu. Photo: Forster FRNSW.
SES flood-boat operators and trained rescuers along a flooded street near Emu. Photo: Forster FRNSW. Humans and pets rescued from flooded residences. Photo: Forster FRNSW. Tea Gardens Fire & Rescue’s Alex Sinclair with one of the lucky people rescued from the recent floods.Photo: Forster FRNSW. Multi-agency responders, including SES and Fire & Rescue NSW, descended […]
FARMER and lobster fisherman Frederick Henry ‘Fred’ Blanch (b 1883), son of John Blanch and Eliza Lorman (Eagleton), married Ella West in 1913. Fred worked on his father’s farm on Marsh Road from the age of 14 and went net fishing near Mosquito Island. In 1979 Fred died at the age of 95 years, being […]
Nelson Bay Civic Pride Group volunteers working to revamp the area outside Louisa Court:
Linda Hall, Miranda Reynolds, Cathy Yeo, Johanna Moore, Margaret Wilkinson, Mayor Leah Anderson, Marea Diemar, Diana Dalleywater.
RECENT rain has been welcomed by Nelson Bay Civic Pride group volunteer gardeners, who have nurtured gardens in the Nelson Bay CBD for the past seven years. They say the recent hot dry summer and autumn has been particularly challenging. The group kicked off after a large community working bee in May 2018 organised by […]
Anthony Albanese spoke of unity not division on a victory lap of his home electorate of Grayndler. Photo: Lukas Coch/AAP PHOTOS.
ANTHONY Albanese has pledged unity in his second term as more Labor MPs are elected to parliament in a decisive victory for his government. Labor stormed home to victory in the federal election in an emphatic landslide, reducing the coalition to one of their worst performances at the polls and losing their own leader in […]
‘Democracy sausages’ were on offer at North Arm Cove, hosted by the local RFS.
DEMOCRACY was exercised yet again across the country last week, with voters of the Federal electorates of Lyne and Paterson heading to the polls to have their say on the nation’s future leadership. Candidates’ volunteer armies mobilised at polling places across the electorates, wearing distinctive campaign t-shirts and brandishing ‘How-to-Vote’ cards. Polling places around the […]
National candidate Alison Penfold on the campaign trail. Photo: Alison Penfold FB.
THE National Party’s Alison Penfold will be the next Federal Member for Lyne, succeeding the long-serving Dr David Gillespie. As of Monday morning, Ms Penfold held 60.55 percent of the Two candidate preferred count over Labor’s Digby Wilson (39.45 percent) after Saturday’s federal election. Ms Penfold took 37.20 percent of first preference votes, with Mr […]
The Dementia Australia training included a video, VR and classroom learning.
DEMENTIA Australia has visited Harbourside Port Stephens to provide care staff with simulation training using virtual reality (VR). By using this cutting-edge technology along with traditional interactive methods, staff gained deep insights and practical knowledge in a balanced and dynamic learning environment. The first immersive workshop, “Enabling EDIE”, allowed participants to see the world through […]
APPLICATIONS are now open for the Rotary Club of Nelson Bay’s Centenary Scholarship, which assists tertiary students from the Tomaree Peninsula. This scholarship provides financial support to students commencing or completing existing studies. “This could include certificate, diploma or degree courses including postgraduate study or any additional courses which will enhance their qualifications in their […]
