PERMITS will be legally required for all fires from Sunday 1 September within the Mid Coast District of the Rural Fire Service (RFS), kicking off the fire danger season a whole month earlier this year. A fire permit is required for burning activities during the ‘Bush Fire Danger Period’ in

MID-COAST voters will have plenty of choice when they go to the polls on 14 September. A whopping 58 grouped or ungrouped candidates have put their hand up to fill the eleven representative positions on MidCoast Council. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us.

VIETNAM Veterans Day was commemorated in Bulahdelah on 18 August, 51 years since the end of Australia’s involvement in Vietnam. “The importance of Vietnam Veterans Day is realising how free we are and the sacrifice others have made to protect our freedom,” Bulahdelah RSL sub-Branch President Dennis Coulter said. Advertise

FOR the first time in her storied history, the MV Tea Gardens Ferry appeared on the Tea Gardens Slipway on Marine Drive last week. The historic timber ferry, which has been gracing local waterways for decades, has traditionally been maintained in Oyster Bay. Advertise with News of The Area today.

FURTHER refurbishment of the Karuah RSL Club is now ready to begin, following significant upgrades to dining facilities, function rooms, gaming areas and the main bar in recent years. “The first phase of the refurbishment of the club has now been completed but this was always intended to only be

LOCAL supermarket IGA Hawks Nest has won yet another award on the national level, being crowned the 2024 IGA National Small Grocery and Perishables Department of the Year on 15 July. The awards are held by Metcash, the parent company of IGA and Foodland IGA stores, and was the 25th

BIRTHDAY girl Merle Harvey-Woods turned 100 last week, and celebrated in style with her friends, family, and staff at Peter Sinclair Gardens in Hawks Nest on Thursday 11 July. Originally from the St George region of Sydney, where her father once played for an early Dragons team, Merle worked in

RUNNERS came out in droves for the Lakes Trail Festival on Saturday 6 July, starting at Providence Bay Park, Hawks Nest. In its third year, the Festival was conceived with the natural beauty of the area in sharp focus. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

GOVERNOR Margaret Beazley, representative of the King, visited the Tea Gardens branch of the Australian Red Cross, at the Uniting Church Hall on Saturday 29 June. This final event on the Vice-Regal visit to the Hunter region was made extra-special by the fact that the NSW Governor is a patron

A MAJOR donation has been received by the Tea Gardens/Myall River Hawks RLFC, giving a massive boost to the Myall Park Sports Complex project currently underway. Previously preferring anonymity, local benefactor Bruce Hopkin chose to speak with NOTA about his recent donation, in the hopes that his $10,000 donation would