Shoal Bay access road an ‘urgent priority’ Port POPUP - DAupdate Port Stephens Port Stephens News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 5, 2024 THE Tomaree Headland and Heritage Group (THHG) are urgently calling for an additional access and egress road to Shoal Bay. “This need has recently been accentuated by beach erosion episodes and subsidence of Shoal Bay Beach particularly during extreme weather conditions,” said THHG President Peter Clough. Advertise with News of The
Nurses take industrial action at Tomaree Hospital Port POPUP - DAupdate Port Stephens Port Stephens News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 5, 2024 NURSING staff at Tomaree Community Hospital conducted an hour of industrial action on Thursday 29 August. The walkout was undertaken by on and off duty union members, with a skeleton crew of non-union staff covering the care of patients. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business.
Walk of remembrance to be held by Port Stephens Suicide Prevention Network Port POPUP - DAupdate Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 5, 2024 BOAT Harbour will be the location of a Remembrance Walk held by the Port Stephens Suicide Prevention Network (PSSPN) on Sunday 8 September. Each year PSSPN holds the walk at Iluka Reserve to enable members of the Port Stephens community who have lost loved ones to suicide to come together
DA logged for innovative social and affordable home project Port POPUP - DAupdate Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 5, 2024 HUME HOUSING has lodged a development application (DA) to build thirteen homes in Phillip Street, Raymond Terrace through a partnership between Homes NSW. Homes NSW will contribute land where three ageing dwellings currently sit, while Hume Housing will manage the project, transforming the site into six two-bedroom social homes, and seven
Homecoming for Cornucopia Lodge Port POPUP - DAupdate Port Stephens Port Stephens News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 5, 2024 AFTER sharing space with another lodge for several years, the members of Masonic Lodge Cornucopia have celebrated a homecoming of sorts, as they returned to hosting their meetings at the Tomaree Community Centre. “We had met in that location for some time,” said Stephen Laws, the Worshipful Master of Lodge
Spotlight shined on threatened species Port POPUP - DAupdate Port Stephens Port Stephens News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 4, 2024 THREATENED Species Day will be observed around the country on September 7, raising awareness of plants and animals at risk of extinction. According to the NSW Department of Environment, Australia is home to more than 500,000 animal and plant species, many of which are found nowhere else in the world. Advertise with
Port Stephens schools focus on bird migration Port POPUP - DAupdate Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 4, 2024 LAST week, Bobs Farm Public School was the first cab off the rank in a program to educate students in Port Stephens about the amazing annual migration of birds from the northern hemisphere to the Hunter wetlands. Members of the Ports Stephens Sister Cities Committee, the Hunter Bird Observers Club and
Raymond Terrace Lions fundraise for childhood cancer research Port POPUP - DAupdate Port Stephens Port Stephens News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 4, 2024 THE Lions Club of Raymond Terrace hold an annual Biggest High Tea event to raise funds for the Lions Childhood Cancer Research Foundation (LCCRF). This year, a ‘Quilt for a Cure’ is also being raffled, with profits going to the LCCRF. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth
Where and how to vote early in the Port Stephens Council election Port POPUP - DAupdate Port Stephens by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 4, 2024 PRE-POLL voting in the Port Stephens Council election opens on Saturday, 7 September. There are only two places residents can cast an early vote. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email us - media@newsofthearea.com.au One is the Raymond
Port Stephens paddler aims to raise $20k for cancer support Port POPUP - DAupdate Port Stephens Port Stephens News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - September 4, 2024 IN support of a close friend recently diagnosed with brain cancer, Nelson Bay local David Wright has decided to take on the Massive Murray Paddle - a five day, 415 kilometre (km) paddling adventure race down the Murray River. Described by Dave as the “hardest physical thing” he’s ever attempted,
