THE first stage of road reconstruction works on King Street, Gloucester is complete and the newly sealed section is now open to traffic. Motorists can now access a portion of King Street at the Railway Street end. This also reestablishes parking outside MidCoast Council’s Customer Service Point on King Street. Road reconstruction works are continuing […]
Penny Charles speaking with Donna Kemp, President of Gloucester CWA Evening Branch and Anne Williamson, President of Gloucester CWA.
Penny Charles speaking with Donna Kemp, President of Gloucester CWA Evening Branch and Anne Williamson, President of Gloucester CWA. Plants and produce were on sale at the CWA garden party. GLOUCESTER CWA Branch and Evening Branch combined their efforts to raise funds for the upkeep of the CWA Hall in Church Street by holding a […]
Max enjoys playing his guitar and singing. Max’s octagonal house, which he built. WHO remembers the hippie age of the early 1960s? The days when young people were attracted to flower power (symbols of peace, love and non violence); free love, communal living, organic food, natural remedies and the music from The Beatles, Bob Dylan, […]
Women should not have to choose between public office and personal safety. Photo: Magnific.
GENDERED abuse and intimidation is discouraging strong female candidates from standing for office or applying for executive roles, a NSW survey has revealed. The Women for Election survey found 89 per cent of respondents, or almost nine out of 10, had experienced online abuse. Three-quarters said it had worsened over the past two years, and […]
Gloucester Bushwalkers at the start of Corker Trail. Photo: Supplied.
Gloucester Bushwalkers at the start of Corker Trail. Photo: Supplied. Lunch Break at Selby Alley Hut at the top of the Corker Trail. Photo: Supplied. Heading up the Corker Trail, Barrington Tops. Photo: Supplied. FEW walking tracks in NSW have a reputation quite like The Corker. Rising steeply from Lagoon Pinch to the Barrington Tops […]
Ray Vale, from Gloucester U3A, with Laurene Mulcahy, President U3A Network NSW, and Jennie Wright, Mid North Coast Regional U3A representative. Photo: Pauline Cain
REPRESENTATIVES of mid north coast branches of the University of the Third Age (U3A) gathered in Port Macquarie recently to share procedures and practice with each other. U3A is an international organisation founded on the belief that people in their third age of life still have much to learn and contribute. Each U3A offers a […]
Seven suspected cases of bird flu have been detected in greater crested terns, a common coastal species in Australia. Photo: AAP Image/Andrew Stafford.
THE poultry industry is on alert after seven suspected bird flu cases were found in native species, potentially marking a new phase for the outbreak. The poultry industry is on alert after seven sick greater crested terns were found in South Australia’s southeast, sparking fears of a local transmission. Five were collected from Southend in […]
Eve with a few of her favourite things - eight different mastheads of News Of The Area. Photo: Angus Cheetham.
Eve with a few of her favourite things – eight different mastheads of News Of The Area. Photo: Angus Cheetham. Freckle, the sick little bird who grew up and identified as a homing pigeon, with his rescuer. Photo: Angus Cheetham. EVE Nesmith has been named Editor of News Of The Area, the family-owned independent local […]
ONE Stroud resident who regularly drives south on the Bucketts Way has decided that enough is enough when it comes to the state of both the Bucketts Way and Medowie intersections with the Pacific Highway, and is calling for the community to show its support for urgent government action. NOTA reported in March on the […]
Primary Drama photo by Charlie Lethbridge. PIX FROM THE STIX 2025 Junior Entry. Photo: Isabella Warters. BUDDING and experienced photographers and performers of all ages can showcase or develop their talents through three creative programs run by Arts Gloucester in July and August. PIX from the STIX, Arts Gloucester’s annual photography competition, is currently open […]
