NEWLY elected Member for Myall Lakes, Tanya Thompson, delivered an inaugural speech last week in the NSW legislative assembly. Mrs Thompson is the first elected female representative for Myall Lakes and the youngest to represent the electorate. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message

TECHNOLOGY outpaces even the most well-equipped media setups, and there is always more to learn and do, as the volunteers at Myall Coast Radio discovered in Tea Gardens on Wednesday, 24 May. The training came as part of a government grant, through the Community Media Training Organisation, and

THE hunt for leaks across MidCoast Council’s water network ramped up this week as the Regional Network Leakage Detection Project launched in the area. Technicians from Aqua Analytics will be using specialist leak detection equipment to find leaks along more than half of Council’s 1,300 kilometres of water mains over the

LITERACY came to life when two children’s authors’ visited Tea Gardens Public School on Monday 22 May and Tuesday 23 May, as part of MidCoast Libraries’ ‘Great Books Festival’. On Monday, local schoolkids listened to best-selling and award-winning children’s author Felice Arena, whose books include ‘Pasta!’, ‘Sporty Kids’ and ‘The

A DENSE matrix of government bureaucracies currently stands like the mythological Sphinx, slowing any real action on the Myall River mouth. In light of a recent series of stories on the Myall River and Jimmys Beach environmental situations, News Of The Area has attempted the mammoth task of unravelling the

BULAHDELAH Chamber of Commerce and Tourism has set up a grant fund for not-for-profit organisations in the 2423 postcode to improve their infrastructure and improve their offerings to the community. The fund was set up from some of the proceeds of the sale of the former doctor’s surgery on

VOLUNTEERING is an inherently selfless task, taken on by many, but feted only so often, as it was during last week’s National Volunteers Week (15-21 May). The residents of Hawks Nest/Tea Gardens and surrounding villages are certainly no stranger to the concept, with multiple volunteer organisations in active operation, looking

RELIEF was palpable at the Pindimar/Tea Gardens Rural Fire Service AGM on Thursday, 18 May, as it was officially announced that the Fire Station’s septic tank had finally been replaced. There was movement at the station, for the word had passed around, the cause of all regrets had gone away,

ENERGISING electric vehicles (EVs) may become commonplace, as MidCoast Council has announced a proposal to install two EV charging stations in Hawks Nest. Council was approached by Essential Energy about partnering in the pilot program, which will see basic public EV infrastructure become more easily and prominently available for