News Of The Area will bring you more on Stinkers status and story in due course. What we know… About 6pm (Wednesday 24 June 2026), emergency services were alerted after a fisherman failed to return home. A multi-agency marine search and rescue operation was initiated comprising Marine Rescue NSW, NSWPF Marine Area Command, Port Stephens-Hunter […]
Port Stephens Council road safety officer Anna Brown with motoring journalist Glenn Torrens. Photo: Nico Lombardo.
Port Stephens Council road safety officer Anna Brown with motoring journalist Glenn Torrens. Photo: Nico Lombardo. NSW police officers were available to answer any questions from drivers. Photo: Nico Lombardo. It’s not often that learner drivers get to crawl inside a truck to learn where the blind spots are. Photo: Nico Lombardo. Police demonstrated just […]
MidCoast Council Mayor Claire Pontin. Photo: MidCoast Council.
MIDCOAST Council Mayor Claire Pontin has welcomed the NSW Government’s decision to take back financial ownership of Rural Fire Service (RFS) assets, commonly known as the ‘Red Fleet’. The transfer of ownership will include around 150 RFS vehicles across the MidCoast region and is scheduled to take effect from 1 July 2027. The announcement follows […]
RABBITS, guinea pigs, rats and mice who were formerly used in research are now up for adoption and looking for their forever homes as pets and competitions. The Liberty Adoption Centre, at Wyong, on the Central Coast, is now home to Australia’s first adoption centre for small animals transitioning out of research facilities into the […]
MidCoast Council's Dennis Christensen and Rachel Pleasant accept the award.
RECOGNITION has been awarded to MidCoast Council for its efforts in helping local primary producers diversify their businesses through agritourism. Council’s agritourism product development and mentoring program recently earned the economic development team a highly commended excellence award at the Local Government Professionals awards. The program was designed to help primary producers build the skills, […]
THE deadly H5 bird flu has been detected in Australia, the Australian Government confirmed on 20 June, 2026. A detection of H5 high-pathogenicity avian influenza (bird flu) was confirmed by the CSIRO Australian Centre for Disease Preparedness (ACDP) in a single brown skua (migratory seabird) in an isolated area in southern Western Australia. This is the […]
Some of Wilma’s many crochet animals.
Wilma with her gifts of love. Some of Wilma’s many crochet animals. YOU never know what happens when you hand over a gift to someone. Will it be appreciated, loved, packed away, passed onto someone else or – worse – sent to the Op Shop? Wilma Whysall, a retired bank teller who had relocated from […]
ATWEA College has confirmed it will phase out all accredited training programs by 30 June, 2026, following a strategic review of its operations. While Alesco Secondary College will continue to expand, including exploration of new campus opportunities, the closure of ATWEA’s training arm will affect students undertaking vocational qualifications across NSW. The news shocked students […]
A TEA Gardens man whose commitment to serving others has spanned decades has been recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours, receiving the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM). Robert Smith was honoured for his service to the community through emergency response welfare organisations, adding another achievement to a remarkable record of public service. State […]
OVER 80 members of the Hawks Nest & District Probus Club gathered for a speech by Clare Pearson, CEO of Little Wings, a not-for-profit air transport service for sick children in remote regions, on Friday 5 June. Little Wings was established in 2012, after a retired pilot spoke with an oncology nurse at a major […]
