MIDCOAST residents impacted by the June and July floods can now apply for rental-support payments to help meet the cost of temporary accommodation, and ‘Back Home’ grants to help with household repair costs. Customer Service and Digital Government Minister Victor Dominello said support payments could be accessed by residents in

THE Bulahdelah War Memorial Land Managers have announced the second instalment of ‘One plus One’, a series of interviews featuring a variety of locals with different backgrounds and stories. August’s session is titled ‘Tales of the Ocean’, with the conversation moving from June’s rural theme (The New Age Farmer) to

IT’S a mammoth effort to get a convoy of trucks together, but the community of Tea Gardens has come out in support of the Need For Feed Convoy. The Need for Feed Convoy is driven by the trucking industry - trucks, drivers and hay are all donated and the drivers are

MIDCOAST Council has begun recovery work after last week’s storm event caused extensive damage to roads, infrastructure and outdoor areas across the region. At this stage, the total cost of damage is estimated to be between $5 and $10 million and Council will be applying for disaster funding to aid

A CATAMARAN moored at Shoal Bay has drifted across the water in the wild weather, finishing up in pieces at Winda Woppa. On the afternoon of Sunday 3 July, Marine Rescue was called to the vessel, which had made its way from Shoal Bay to Winda Woppa, however,

EXOTIC plants that escape from people’s gardens continue to cause huge problems in the Tea Gardens and Hawks Nest area. Typical of these invasive species is the agave americana, a species native in the Americas that can be bought from nurseries in Australia as decorative garden plants. Advertise with News of