All the action from the annual school leaders morning tea.
HUNDREDS of student leaders from across Port Stephens filled the Tomaree High School Hall on Monday, 17 February for Kate Washington MP’s annual school leaders morning tea. The Member for Port Stephens has held the school leaders morning tea annually since 2019. Ms Washington designed the event to recognise the students selected to lead their […]
Peter Simmons and Belinda Dorey with some of their artworks, currently showing in The Alcove at The Artisan Collective.
LOCATED opposite the bustling boat terminals at D’Albora Marina in Nelson Bay is a quiet sanctuary of art, sculpture, expression and visual collaboration called the Artisan Collection. Each month, a dedicated space within the gallery, aptly named “The Alcove”, hosts a different exhibition. February’s showcase artists were Belinda Dorey and Peter Simmons. Peter is a […]
Members of the Tomaree Trotters running group covered over 55kms to clean up the Fingal Bay area.
CLEAN Up Australia Day (CUAD) was the brainchild of Ian Kiernan AO, an “average Australian” who had a simple idea, 35 years ago, to make a difference in his own backyard. The event has now become the nation’s largest community-based environmental action, held annually on the first Sunday in March. In the Port Stephens area, […]
Works by Cory Rinaldi.
APPLICATIONS are open for the NSW Government’s 2025 Anzac Memorial Veteran Artist in Residence program, which offers up to $10,000 for a contemporary veteran or group of veterans to engage with the Anzac Memorial and the broader community through art. The program gives veterans an opportunity to share their experience and stories of military service […]
The community response has been swift and overwhelming, with more than 40 locals attending the meeting. Photo: Kim Ambrose.
THE Camden Haven community has come together in a show of support for the Laurieton Fisherman’s Co-op and Laurieton Seafoods after a devastating fire destroyed the building on Wednesday, 15 January. Community members, groups and organisations gathered at the Laurieton United Services Club (LUSC) on Sunday to discuss how best to assist the Co-op […]
Ausgrid staff work to restore power to Port Stephens homes. Photo: supplied.
RESIDENTS of Port Stephens continue to clear debris and assess damage following major storms that hit multiple parts of NSW from Wednesday 15 January. Persistent, heavy rainfall, strong winds and extraordinary displays of lightning preceded power outages that affected more than 220,000 homes across the state, with more than 70,000 of those located in […]
Belle Mulder.
MEET the nominees for the 2025 Gloucester Australia Day awards. Winners will be announced across four categories: Local Young Citizen of the Year; Local Citizen of the Year; Local Project of the Year; and Local Community Business of the Year. Local Young Citizen of the Year Nominee Findlay McIntosh Findlay is the youngest Gloucester […]
A new aluminium production credit scheme will support smelters to go green. Photo: Dean Lewins/AAP
AUSTRALIA’S aluminium industry is set to share in billions of dollars of investment to help it convert to renewable energy. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese was in Tomago on Monday to unveil a green aluminium production credit scheme that will provide financial support to smelters changing their energy source before 2036. As part of the […]
State Emergency Service volunteers at work with local residents in Dungog. Photo: NSW SES.
A LOW-PRESSURE system off the northern NSW coast caused widespread rainfall and strong winds across the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions, including the Dungog Shire. With floodwaters now subsiding, the local community is shifting its focus to cleaning up and recovering from the damage caused by the severe weather event. By 10:02am on […]
Paris, Peta and Andrew were kept very busy restocking supplies and checking on weather patterns.
DANGEROUS surf conditions in the wake of gale-force winds and rain closed Bennetts Beach last weekend. ‘Beach Closed’ signs in the middle of the school holidays are never a happy sight, but the visible churning of the waters, and waves averaging two metres in height, were more than enough to bring out the signs […]
