“IT’S really quite simple to make these,” Lee Lawrence said, without even a glance at the intricate woollen mice she was crocheting. An avid supporter of animal rescue groups, Lee makes dog blankets and crochet mice for rescued cats. Her journey started years ago when she came across the RSPCA Sydney Adoption Centre in Yagoona. […]
MIDCOAST Council will soon begin resealing a number of sections of the Bucketts Way, at Gloucester, Krambach, Burrell Creek, Tinonee, and Belbora. The work will involve placing a new bitumen seal over the existing road surface to extend the life of the roadway and improve driving conditions. Work is due to start on Monday 27 […]
The team with some of their hand-made pillows for breast cancer patients. Photo: Ling Gazzard.
A GROUP of sewing enthusiasts gathered at the Gloucester Seventh Day Adventist church on Sunday, 19 October to create specially designed heart shaped pillows for breast cancer patients. Organiser Beryl Landers told News Of The Area, “Being Breast Cancer Awareness Month, we want to make 30 of these special cushions to donate to hospitals for […]
The organising committee at Murrook Culture Centre planning the event. Photo: supplied.
The organising committee at Murrook Culture Centre planning the event. Photo: supplied. THE inaugural Worimi and Birrpai Youth Gathering is being hosted by the Goori-Bugg family later this week at Saltwater, near Old Bar. Activities will include weaving, grass skirt making, emu egg carving, canoe and gunya building, and a Goori song and dance. The […]
The site on the unformed road reserve of Gloucester Street, south of Memorial Avenue and next to Allen Park.
CONSTRUCTION of the new Stroud SES building will begin this week. The contract was awarded to Precise Build and is expected to take 12 months to complete. The existing facility in Booral was seen as insufficient to meet the needs of the volunteers and to store their equipment. The new facility, conveniently located in Stroud, […]
During the May 2025 flood event a number of landslips occurred along Scone Road.
WORK on a significant landslip site on Scone Road is expected to begin this week. During the May 2025 flood event a number of landslips occurred along Scone Road. Council has undertaken emergency works on most slips to restore access as much as practical. A significant landslip occurred 2.5km from Geales Bridge, requiring Scone Road […]
The discussion explores how the Hunter region can benefit from a focus on agriculture.
THE state’s peak farm body says the Hunter region has a golden opportunity to build a strong future around agriculture as it transitions from coal. Last Thursday NSW Farmers Board Director Bronwyn Petrie launched “Beyond Coal: New Growth for Newcastle and the Hunter”, a discussion paper which laid out how the region could create 88,000 […]
LAST week (22/10/2025) NOTA reported pool users’ dismay about the chopping down by MidCoast Council of two mature shade trees at Gloucester Olympic Pool, and their concerns that more trees might be felled, leaving little shade. Since that report the Council has explained why the trees were cut down and its plans for the future […]
The community came together to celebrate the local legacy of Urs and Kathy Leimgruber.
The community came together to celebrate the local legacy of Urs and Kathy Leimgruber. The community came together to celebrate the local legacy of Urs and Kathy Leimgruber. The community came together to celebrate the local legacy of Urs and Kathy Leimgruber. THIRTY-FIVE current and former local residents gathered at the refurbished Waukivory Hall on […]
A fenced off area where a shade tree once stood. Mature pool shade trees not yet removed. WHEN the Gloucester Olympic pool reopened recently, pool patrons, particularly those with children, were upset to find that two mature shade trees near the pool had been cut down. The trees had provided shade to pool users for […]
