RSL sub-Branch veterans led the march down Marine Drive for the 11am service. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Vietnam veteran Peter Gurney spoke at the dawn service. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. A large crowd graced Anzac Park in Tea Gardens at dawn. Photo: Thomas O’Keefe. Tea Gardens Red Cross members handed out free Anzac biscuits at the dawn […]
Volunteers will upgrade gardens and pedestrian areas. Photos: supplied.
Volunteers will upgrade gardens and pedestrian areas. Photos: supplied. Volunteers will upgrade gardens and pedestrian areas. Photos: supplied. What the HNTGPA hopes the area will look like after the work. Photos: supplied. What the HNTGPA hopes the area will look like after the work. Photos: supplied. THE Hawks Nest Tea Gardens Progress Association (HNTGPA) has […]
Steve Rees, Dave Olsen and Leon Bobako. Photo: Chris Dunning.
Steve Rees, Dave Olsen and Leon Bobako. Photo: Chris Dunning. The Masters filled out Tillermans restaurant for their Presentation Night. Photo: Chris Dunning. A SUCCESSFUL 21st summer of swimming for the Myall Masters concluded with their annual Presentation Night, held at Tillermans restaurant on Monday 20 April. Forty-eight members and guests gathered to celebrate several […]
FIVE animal rehoming organisations across the Hunter are sharing in more than $150,000 in funding, delivered as part of the first round of the NSW Government’s $6 million Companion Animal Welfare and Rehoming Grants program. This funding will support projects like the construction of a new cattery, and subsidising desexing, microchipping and vaccination. Successful grant […]
The Police & Community Charity Golf Day was a huge success.
Local musician Ewald is back, playing live at the club for Mother’s Day. The Police & Community Charity Golf Day was a huge success. AS the days get a little cooler, things at the Hawks Nest Golf Club are only heating up. After a huge Easter period filled with kids discos, family music bingo, the […]
Raymond Terrace rugby league product Olivia Higgins will play for NSW against Queensland in the 2026 Women's State Of Origin opener at McDonald Jones Stadium. Photo: NSW Sky Blues.
WOMEN’S State of Origin fever has gripped the Port Stephens region with Raymond Terrace golden girl Olivia Higgins a key figure in the 2026 NSW Sky Blues rugby league squad. The Newcastle Knights international hooker gets another opportunity to impress in the Origin arena after missing the 2025 series that was claimed by the Blues. […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I DROVE past the Anzac memorial recently. I noticed the local MidCoast Council outdoor staff working hard to ensure the grounds around the memorial and the memorial itself were looking their absolute best for Anzac Day, as they do every year. Often the community can be critical of local council […]
Mullet gather in huge schools and are netted by commercial fishermen for an eager market.
IT is that time of year for the mature mullet to leave the peacefulness of the NSW estuary systems and swim out into the open ocean with all its dangers – including fishermen. Anytime now, unless it has already happened, huge schools of sea mullet will pour out of the Swansea Channel and the Hunter […]
The Northern Hawks first grade rugby league team will be chasing a third victory in the Denton Engineering Cup when they clash with Cessnock Goannas this Saturday at Cessnock Sports Ground.
MAITLAND Pickers first grade rugby league team are proving a force to be reckoned with again in the Newcastle Rugby League Denton Engineering Cup premiership. The four time champions showed why they are the side to beat for the 2026 title after a resounding 48-12 triumph over the resurgent Northern Hawks last Sunday at the […]
