AFTER many failed attempts, the Gloucester Business Chamber has at last been successful in forming a management committee. In March this year, News Of The Area reported that, after 99 years, the Chamber faced several significant problems and was facing closure. A public meeting on 28 March allowed members of the community to express their […]
Indigenous art- inspired Bucketts Way Community of Schools mural. Recipients of Outstanding Program Award GPS Rock Band sings Beds are Burning. Alison Penfold, Member for Lyne, presenting an award. School Captains Blake Walker and Brodie Taylor. BUCKETTS Way Community of Schools held a Recognition Assembly on Wednesday 5 August in Gloucester High School Hall as […]
REGIONAL Australians are calling for the Federal Government to act now on domestic mobile phone roaming and take their connectivity concerns seriously. The National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) has welcomed an Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) inquiry into domestic mobile roaming but says regional communities should not have to wait for better connectivity. Domestic roaming […]
MORE than 90 per cent of Myall Coast residents who responded to a recent survey on gambling advertising supported stronger restrictions and tougher reform. Almost one in three respondents said they, or a member of their family, had been negatively affected by gambling. The survey, conducted by Federal Member for Lyne Alison Penfold MP, was […]
CAROLE Rinkin didn’t imagine that learning to wire and shape complex sugar flower decorations for her wedding cakes would take her down a different path. She became intrigued with the art of wiring flowers, studying the way petals and leaves formed in nature. When NSW Floral Art Association life member Margaret Higgins of Nowendoc formed […]
Some of the glitz, glamour, dance and song on stage at the 2026 NSW Premier’s Gala Concert. Photo: NSW Seniors via Facebook.
THE 2027 NSW Seniors Festival Premier’s Gala Concerts group ticket register launched on Monday, 10 August. Community groups, residential aged care facilities, social groups, Aboriginal organisations, culturally and linguistically diverse organisations and disability organisations with 10 or more attendees are all eligible to secure a spot on the register until 5pm on Friday 11 September. […]
BRIGADIER Vincent (Vince) Williams CSC retired, President of RSL NSW accepted an invitation from John Salter, Secretary of Gloucester RSL sub-Branch to visit Gloucester on 8 August on his way to Port Macquarie. In his capacity as the recently appointed RSL President, Vince was scheduled to attend the Lower North Coast District Council of RSL […]
WITH the ban on under-16s using social media, the Government has recognised a need to fill the void and help youth connect in real life (IRL) and invested more than $2million in grassroots programs across NSW to help children and youth build healthy relationships offline. The Connect IRL program is the direct result of feedback […]
TEMPERATURE extremes at either end of the thermometer carry inherent risk for vulnerable people, such as the elderly or young children, yet more than one in four admit they’ve gone without in times of need due to the cost. A recent survey revealed that 27 per cent of Australians, which is 5.7 million people, fell […]
Hunter Local Land Services are running practical livestock and pasture insight workshops to help prepare herds and flocks for spring joining. Photo: NSW Local Land Services.
FOR livestock producers across the Stroud and Wootton districts, spring is one of the busiest and most important times of the farming calendar, making preparation now the key to success over the months ahead. To help local graziers get ready, NSW Local Land Services (LLS) is hosting two Livestock Roadshow: Spring Joining Preparations workshops, bringing […]
