DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to the article on 6 January 2022 on the front page of the Port Stephens News Of The Area that featured Councillor Leah Anderson expressing her concerns with the lack of gender representation on the council. Port Stephens Council is made up of

  HELLO, well the new year is now underway, and the Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association Committee is gearing up for a great 2022. We will hold meetings every second Monday of the month from February at the Hawks Nest Community Hall. Our first big event is the 'LIVE LIFE - RECONNECT'

  DEAR Jasminda, IS it okay to do chores around the house when I am being paid by my employer to work from home? Nothing major, just loads of washing or unpacking the dishwasher. It seems like a good opportunity to do these tasks while I'm working. Patricia H.     Dear Patricia, This is one of the great

  DEAR News Of The Area, WHILE waiting to be tested for COVID-19 last Friday, a lovely young lass behind me, socially distancing, who had recently returned from Germany chatted to me. She made me aware she was completing her PhD at University. We had been standing around for two hours with no end

  DEAR News Of The Area, NOW that the local Council elections are complete, perhaps the new Council might like to turn their attention to re-building the old Woolgoolga WW1 War Memorial. The Memorial had been an integral part of Woolgoolga since 1922, when it was erected through funds raised by the families

  WHAT a year it’s been. I joined the News Of The Area team in December 2020, with a passion for journalism and a love for the Port Stephens and Myall Coast areas and it’s safe to say that a lot has happened since then. I’ve been quite lucky to get the opportunity

  CAN you imagine looking out your window and seeing crystal blue water and golden beaches with warm sand with the hint of some greenery? Can you imagine fishing spots, restaurants and walks along the water? If you can, you are probably thinking of Hawks Nest. It is the perfect holiday destination for relaxation,

  THIS is a meandering self-sufficient tropical plant who also grows itself really happily in subtropical-like locations like ours. However, reliably being able to feast on it means knowing how to tip the balance towards large tubers in known locations. Both the tubers and leaves come in a wide array of colours and

  STARTING at News Of The Area just three months after its inauguration in the Coffs Harbour region, it is hard to believe that over a year has already passed. If anyone had told me that as an academic and historian I would become a regular newspaper columnist, I’m not sure I

  DEAR News Of The Area, I AM a resident of the Nambucca LGA. I live 22 km out of the town of Bowraville. I was astonished to read the composting article advertising residents of Nambucca Valley Council to "get your free kitchen caddy". As we live 22 km out, Nambucca Valley Council does not