CEO of Regional Australia Bank, David Heine. Photo: Supplied.
REGIONAL Australians place great value on their local face to face bank branches as employers and providers of community infrastructure, according to a new survey. The Regional Banking Investment Alliance (RBIA) survey: Regional Banking Insights, found 97 per cent of respondents rated local bank employment as essential or important, and 95 per cent said the […]
NEW regulations aimed at reducing the harms associated with misuse of the substance often used as a recreational party drug referred to as “nangs”, or nitrous oxide, are now in effect. A NSW Government public awareness campaign has also commenced to increase community awareness of the harms of nitrous oxide misuse, and ensure retailers and […]
FOR Rod Zemanek, sealing the remaining gravel section of The Branch Lane could do more than make the weekly drive easier. The long-time resident believes it could give drivers another option for reaching the Pacific Highway, easing pressure on the Twelve Mile intersection at The Bucketts Way. Mr Zemanek, 84, has lived in the area […]
BUCKETTS Radio, Gloucester’s local community radio station, has been looking for ways to engage its membership. Lorna Tomkinson, Bucketts Radio newsletter editor, decided a crossword competition might be the answer. “I wanted to engage the membership and the community,” Tomkinson told News Of The Area. Avon Valley Meats sponsors the quarterly newsletter, and Sally Whatmore […]
FEW calendar events are as controversial as Halloween, which takes place on 31 October each year. It provides retail outlets with another themed merchandising opportunity, while for children and others who enjoy a party, it’s a chance to dress up and have some goulishly sweet fun. Here, opponents often ridicule Halloween as another commercialised American […]
The new SES headquarters is located on Gloucester Street in Stroud, near Allen Park, and brings volunteers, vehicles and equipment together in one central location. Photo: Supplied by MidCoast Council.
STROUD SES volunteers have a new home following the official opening of their $2.1 million headquarters on Saturday, 17 October. The new headquarters is located on Gloucester Street, near Allen Park, bringing volunteers, vehicles and equipment together in one central location. The new facility is around three times the size of the former building in […]
First place in 2025: Sleeping on Cloud 9, by Kiana Waters. Photo: NFF. 2nd place in 2025: First Load at First Light, by Connor Smith. Photo: NFF. Runners-up, 2025: Harvest 25, by Jack Mckibbin. Photo: NFF. Runners-up: Threads of Gold, by Kellie Craft. Photo: NFF. Runners-up: We Grow Together, by Arlie Becker. Photo: NFF. THE […]
Leah Veksins is calling for a safer intersection where the Pacific Highway meets the Bucketts Way and Medowie Road. Photo: Althea Guinsberg. The intersection of Medowie Road and the Bucketts Way, where residents are calling for improved safety measures. Photo: Althea Guinsberg. CLOSE to 7,000 signatures have been collected in a renewed push to improve […]
Flying foxes are vital pollinators in Australia. Photo: WIRES.
A MASS starvation event is killing flying foxes across large tracts of NSW. Residents across the state are taking to social media to report uncharacteristic daytime behaviour and close suburban encounters with the flying mammals as they desperately search for food and water. The Wildlife Information Rescue and Education Service (WIRES) recently shared news of […]
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 […]
