Regular Medowie News Of The Area contributor and University of Newcastle academic Heather Sharp, has returned from a Study Tour of France and Belgium leading a group of 40 students, two from Medowie. Tracing the Remembrance Trail, the battlefront of Australians serving in World War I, the group visited former battle

Medowie Garden Club are having a plant sale on Saturday 22 October 2016. It is being held at the Medowie Community Centre car park from 8.00 am until 1.00 pm. It is an opportunity for people to get some plants at a very reasonable price. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE All

Irrawang High school twins, Danielle and Kristen, have begun their High School Certificate this week. After thirteen years of schooling together, their final exams are here, and they prepare to head off into the big wide world. Danielle and Kristen began their schooling at Medowie Public School, before continuing on to Irrawang

Children in foster care are often placed within ‘kinship’ placements, where the child is placed with family. The Grandparents As Carers support group (GAPS) was set up to offer support and friendship to some of these carers. With the mass over crowding of the child protection system, it is so

The Country Women’s association Medowie branch held its Annual General Meeting on the 12 October. All positions were declared vacant. Mrs Sharyn Buck, group treasurer of Hunter River Group, took the chair for the elections. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE The following members accepted their nominations as office bearers for the 2017 CWA

Halloween in Medowie has been gaining in popularity the last few years, and has warranted a discussion on safe trick or treating with your children. Last year, Medowie mum Susan Patten witnessed online discussion getting heated about parents taking their children trick or treating. It is important to remember that there is

The Medowie Progress Association recently hosted Hunter Water representatives at their regular meeting in what is becoming a complex and potentially political matter. Hunter Water presented information about the issues surrounding the potential contamination of the Grahamstown water supply from the Campvale drain, and the options of diverting water away from