IT’S time for your weekly emergency services update. Semi-Trailer Crash Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email us - media@newsofthearea.com.au Emergency services were called to the scene of a semi-trailer crash approximately 10km north of Bulahdelah, near Stoney Creek Road on 22

  AFTER several postponements due to wet weather, skaters from across the region took to the Tea Gardens Skatepark on the weekend for free Learn To Skate workshops from Totem Collective, Australia’s largest skate-event company, in partnership with MidCoast Council. Totem Skateboarding Mentors Ben Currie and Aimee Harris were on hand to

  FARMING is a risky business at times, and with uncertainties that cannot be controlled such as the weather and commodity markets, it pays to really understand what is in play in your paddock. Local Land Services have been working with a combination of landholder and industry groups under the Australian Government’s

  A MAN has been charged with drug offences after police located several cannabis plants at a Hunter home last week. At approximately 8am on Wednesday 2 February 2022, officers attached to Port Stephens-Hunter Police District attended a home in Stroud in relation to an unrelated traffic incident. Advertise with News of The

  IN his Australia Day address in Taree last week, Federal Member for Lyne David Gillespie made a call for togetherness and unity, rather than division, on a day that now divides opinion within communities. “Australia Day - the 26th of January - is a time for all Australians to come together

  WITH rural areas making up over 90% of the MidCoast region, now’s the time to consider how this land will be used and developed into the future. MidCoast Council’s draft Rural Strategy considers a number of factors and options for future opportunities for our rural land. Community feedback can be provided

  DUE to the steady increase in COVID-19 cases across the Myall Coast, the Tea Gardens Lions Club has made the difficult decision to cancel the Australia Day Breakfast BBQ scheduled at Moira Parade Reserve on 26 January 2022. Tea Gardens Lions Club President Peter Webb stated, “We acknowledge this decision will

  FREE grant writing workshops are on offer across the MidCoast in February 2022 to support economic growth in the region. Accessing grants can provide long lasting benefits to communities by providing a financial boost to local community groups, event organisers and businesses. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it

  A MOBILE collection program will roll out again in 2022, to make it easy for boaties to dispose of their expired flares. The Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) program offers convenient and free disposal of marine flares that have reached expiry. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for