SUNDAY, 15 December, was a special day for Fingal Beach Surf Life Saving Club (SLSC) as it hosted the last Nippers event of 2024 and relaunched an important piece of equipment. For the past six years, beach matting has provided wheelchair-friendly access to Fingal Beach for hundreds of thousands

NEWCASTLE Airport will host the Australasia Aviation Roundtable for the first time from 18-20 June 2025, ahead of the planned grand opening of its international terminal on 1 August. The event will bring together airlines, airport representatives, and aviation professionals to discuss the future of aviation and tourism. Advertise with

THERE was a "degree of sadism" in a grandfather's decision to feed a chicken called Betty White to an alligator at a local wildlife sanctuary, a court has heard. Kent Sansom, owner of Oakvale Wildlife Park at Salt Ash, said justice had been served last Wednesday when Smith was placed on

THE Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has released its report into an emergency landing at Newcastle Airport earlier this year involving a light aircraft. On 13 May, a Beechcraft King Air B200 departed Williamtown Airport on a charter flight to Lord Howe Island via Port Macquarie, with a pilot and two

CLIMATE protesters face arrest if they go ahead with plans to blockade the world's biggest coal port after the NSW Supreme Court backed police barring the action. The court issued an order on Thursday deeming the planned protest at the Port of Newcastle from November 22 to 24 an unauthorised assembly

FIVE special commemorative medallions, produced by the Australian Government to mark the 75th anniversary of the end of World War Two, will be awarded at a Remembrance Day service in Raymond Terrace on 11 November. Originally distributed to Second World War veterans from 2020, more medallions were produced than the

ENDANGERED green and golden bell frogs in the north of Ash Island will soon be able to mix more easily with their larger group of froggy friends down in the island’s south. Volunteers, government, and industry partners are creating a series of new ponds so the two parts of the

NEWCASTLE Airport has partnered with CommBank to fund a raft of sustainability programs via a $235 million Green Sustainability-Linked Loan (GSLL). The GSLL converts existing loan funding to one linked to specific sustainability actions and outcomes. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message