WALKING track access to the summit of Tomaree Headland will change during May as the NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) completes maintenance to tracks and heritage restoration works at Fort Tomaree. The iconic Tomaree Headland Summit walk, including the summit, will remain open during the critical two week maintenance

PORT Stephens’ West Ward Councillors are calling on community members to work together to improve the vibrancy of the Raymond Terrace central business district (CBD). West Ward Councillor Giacomo Arnott said the Raymond Terrace CBD Town Improvement Project will build community connections and grow community pride in the Raymond Terrace Central

SCHOOL journeys will now be safer for Port Stephens students, with the completion of a $10 million program to provide 92 additional seat belted school buses across the Hunter. Following an extension of the Rural and Regional Seatbelt Program to include school buses in selected outer metropolitan areas, 92 school

A CHARITY golf day has raised almost $25,000 for the Tomaree Breast Cancer Support Group. The ladies of the Nelson Bay Golf Club arrange an event each year to raise funds and promote awareness of the local support group. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

THE recent Annual General Meeting (AGM) of the Tilligerry Community Association resulted in the formation of a new committee. During the meeting, attended by approximately 30 people, outgoing President Fran Corner was congratulated for her dedication to the Tilligerry community over the past twelve years by Kylie Smiley, the incoming

PORT Stephens Council unanimously agreed to adopt the Shoal Bay Place Plan at its ordinary meeting on Tuesday 23 April 2024. The town’s Place Plan has been developed in partnership with local residents and business to guide future land use planning, new infrastructure investment and place activation. Advertise with News of The

THIS story is part two of an ongoing series on Port Stephens fishing identity Jimmy Chalkley. JIMMY was sixteen-years-old when he became a licensed professional fisherman in 1960 but, as previously explained, he had been catching and learning about fish long before that. While at school Jim worked for Yabsley

THE biodiversity of the Port Stephens region is being celebrated through local artists interpretations of a ‘Flora and Fauna’ theme at the Port Stephens Community Arts Centre (PSCAC). The exhibition invites viewers to immerse themselves in the beauty of Port Stephens’ natural landscape, with artists capturing the vibrant essence of

NEWS Of The Area’s (NOTA) recent story featuring WWII survivor Jack Bartlett and his experiences has revealed a second surviving serviceman from the ‘HMAS Manoora’ living in the Newcastle region. The NOTA was advised by Terry Allen of the Raymond Terrace RSL sub-Branch that WWII veteran Edward ‘Ted’ William Flower, who