A REPRESENTATIVE community panel has convened to help shape the future services provided by Hunter Water to the end of the decade, with indicative prices between 2025 and 2030 shared at last week’s forum to inform the panel’s deliberative process. Hunter Water develops a pricing proposal to submit to the Independent

MEMBERS of the community remain outraged over the permitted removal of koala habitat adjacent to a proposed aged care development on Fleet Street at Salamander Bay, with land clearing resuming at the site on January 15. The Development Application (DA) was approved by Port Stephens Council under the tenure of

RAYMOND Terrace Fire and Rescue NSW is reminding the community to be vigilant for fire risks in our homes. "As we enter the cooler months of the year, it's important for people to remember that the majority of house fires start in the winter months,” Deputy Captain Giacomo Arnott told

DELIVERING on a pre-election promise, the NSW Government has committed $10 million over three years to repair and rehabilitate local roads in Port Stephens. The funding will be allocated to the pavement rehabilitation of ten roads including Tomaree Road at Shoal Bay, Fairlands Road at Medowie and road widening and sealing

WITH the holiday period coming to an end, the Probus Club of Nelson Bay is getting back into full swing. This mixed gender Probus Club meets at the Nelson Bay Bowling Club on the second Thursday of the month at 10.30am. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

TWO local runners are back from Japan after participating in the international Wakashio Marathon in Tateyama, a Port Stephens sister city, on 28 January. It was the first sister cities sporting exchange following a three-year suspension due to COVID-19. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business.