HAVING served for 13 years as a councillor, including six as deputy mayor, the most senior and only woman to contest the Port Stephens mayoral race, Sally Dover, says she is ready to lead. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE For the 78-year-old Salamander Bay great grandmother, the mayoral election is more about

  FRESH is a word you will often hear when talking to the youngest of the Port Stephens mayoral candidates, Ryan Palmer, about his inaugural foray into local government. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE At just 30 years of age, the hard working president of the Tomaree Business Chamber and convenor of Nelson

  A CHAMPION of indigenous and youth issues, proud Labor Party member and Independent councillor Peter Kafer has no misgivings about standing for mayor against all comers including the ALP. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE The veteran councillor is more interested in passing on his vast knowledge and experience to the next generation. It

HE is admired around Port Stephens for standing up to the voting block, he is truly independent and he has 13 years of major achievements on the council. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE Geoff Dingle, who went within approximately 500 votes of ousting the Port’s first popularly elected mayor Bruce MacKenzie in

  WHILE their opponents have been highly critical, the decision by the Labor Party to stand a ticket at the September local government elections was an easy one, according to mayoral candidate Des Maslen. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE After all, the ALP has traditionally had strong support in Port Stephens and the

  STEVE Tucker, who quit the Liberal Party 12 months ago because of the loss to the region of tens of thousands of jobs and the botched council amalgamation legislation, says he could provide the steady hand to lead the council into a new era. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE The 63-year-old from

  HAVING served for 13 years as a councillor, including six as deputy mayor, the most senior and only woman to contest the Port Stephens mayoral race, Sally Dover, says she is ready to lead. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE For the 78-year-old Salamander Bay great grandmother, the mayoral election is more about

  FRESH is a word you will often hear when talking to the youngest of the Port Stephens mayoral candidates, Ryan Palmer, about his inaugural foray into local government. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE At just 30 years of age, the hard working president of the Tomaree Business Chamber and convenor of Nelson

  A CHAMPION of indigenous and youth issues, proud Labor Party member and Independent councillor, Peter Kafer has no misgivings about standing for mayor against the ALP. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE The veteran councillor is more interested in passing on his vast knowledge and experience to the next generation. It is for this

  HE is admired around Port Stephens for standing up to the voting block, he is truly independent and he has 13 years of major achievements on the council. Or CLICK FOR ADVERT QUOTE Geoff Dingle, who went within approximately 500 votes of ousting the Port’s first popularly elected mayor Bruce MacKenzie in