COMMUNITY service providers and their clients came together at Tomaree during the week to make people aware of services on offer. Dubbed the ‘Tomaree Connect Day’, the event was hosted by Tomaree Neighbourhood Centre (TNC) and coordinated by TNC program support officer Clare Saunders, community member Bill Cottrell and Mitzy Dewhurst,

INVESTIGATIONS are ongoing after the death of a man in Williamtown on Sunday night. Just after 9pm on Sunday 18 June 2023, officers from Port Stephens-Hunter Police District were called to a home in Sproule Crescent, Thornton, over concerns for a man’s welfare. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

THE Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF), in partnership with the City of Newcastle and Port Stephens Council, is proud to announce the Air Force Newcastle Williamtown Air Show 2023. The biennial Air Show will be held over the weekend of 18 and 19 November 2023 in both Newcastle and at RAAF

THE NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) and the Worimi Conservation Lands Board of Management have broken ground on a new NPWS office and depot in Anna Bay. NPWS Hunter Central Coast Director Kylie Yeend said a groundbreaking ceremony was held on Monday with Worimi elders, members of the Worimi

MEMBERS of the Raymond Terrace Lions Club got into the spirit of Mother’s Day by selling flowers to fund some of their community projects. Raymond Terrace Lions Club member Annette Clark told News Of The Area, “We held our inaugural ‘Mother’s Day Flowers' project last weekend, selling flowers on the roadside,

A JOINT safety initiative between Port Stephens Council, NSW Police and Transport for NSW aimed to reduce speeding on local roads as part of National Road Safety Week. From 14 to 21 May, Port Stephens Council encouraged residents to slow down and take up the pledge to ‘Drive So Others Survive’. Advertise

THE Port Stephens SES Unit competed at the NSW State Road Crash Challenge 2023 event on the Coffs Coast last week where the team once again took out top honours for their skills. David Douglas, Unit Controller of the Port Stephens SES told News Of The Area, “The event provided an

THE whole family is invited to come and meet local firefighters and learn about home fire safety at the Fire and Rescue NSW (FRNSW) Open Day on Saturday, 13 May 2023. Firefighters will be opening the doors to Salamander Bay Fire Station and Raymond Terrace Fire Station from 10am to 2pm

ANZAC Day 2023 at Raymond Terrace saw over 1000 people young and old gather to commemorate those who have served and those who paid the ultimate price of war. At Nelson Bay the contingent of sailors were prominent among the big crowd that turned out for the traditional ANZAC Day dawn

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