PORT STEPHENS Council has endorsed the exhibition of a new Draft Local Housing Strategy designed to ‘set the vision for future housing growth across Port Stephens’. The draft Local Housing Strategy will be on public exhibition from Tuesday 2 April 2024 to Monday 29 April. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

A FIXTURE of the Anna Bay community for more than 20 years, the members of Jan’s Patchwork are on a mission to turn their hobby into key funds for vital local services. The group has been meeting weekly to pour their creative energy into the creation of quilts, clothes and

WITH eyes on attending the 26th Australian Jamboree in Queensland in 2025, local Scouts have been ramping up their preparations. Thousands of Scouts, Venturers, Rovers and group leaders from right across the country and the world will come together in Maryborough, Queensland in January next year for the event. Advertise

AMIDST a national cost-of-living crisis and housing shortage, residents in Port Stephens have been stumping up extra funds to Council through a rate increase, otherwise known as a Special Rate Variation (SRV). Adding to the financial pinch for property owners is the SRV coinciding with updated land values which were

AFTER 45 years the Probus Club of Nelson Bay is closing. The announcement comes after ‘falling numbers’ according to publicity officer Ken Shadler. 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 “The club was the

PORT Stephens high school students are set to receive a significant boost as both Hunter River High School and Irrawang High School have Development Applications approved for major school upgrades. The upgrade at Hunter River High School will deliver a new learning hub with eight new support classrooms, a new double-height