August 30, 2025
Letter to the Editor: The issue of abandoned cars
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Letter to the Editor: The issue of abandoned cars

DEAR News Of The Area, HOW many times have we all driven past stolen or abandoned cars left sitting on the roadside for weeks – sometimes even months? These vehicles, often still displaying number plates and marked with police tape or hazard stickers, are left to deteriorate. In many cases, they are stripped for parts […]

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Sawtell Bowls Results Mixed Pairs Final L/R (J Ritchie, B Blight DEF R Booth, B Bracken ).
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Sawtell Bowls Results

Ladies Minor Singles Final L/R (Day Winner DEF A Water R/UP). Mixed Pairs Final L/R (J Ritchie, B Blight DEF R Booth, B Bracken ). MONDAY Twilight Bowls 9/6/25 A Waters, J Cherne, H Slater DEF C Jennings, B Tremayne, G Hampson R Avery, L Read, C Christian DEF E Korchma, T Wright, P Nikitin […]

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Letter to the Editor: Buses to Sydney unacceptable
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Letter to the Editor: Buses to Sydney unacceptable

DEAR News Of The Area, REFERRING to John Murton’s letter regarding north coast trains, our neighbours went to Sydney for the home show. They were told they would have to return by bus. She actually went to the Coffs Coast station the day before, because if she had to take the bus down to Sydney […]

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Farmers welcome plans to attract more vets to regional NSW Under the program, vets are now eligible to receive assistance with sourcing housing, childcare and other services when moving to rural NSW. Photos: supplied.
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Farmers welcome plans to attract more vets to regional NSW

THE state’s peak farm body has welcomed a new government initiative to address acute shortages of vets across rural NSW. Under the NSW Government’s Welcome Experience program, vets, vet nurses, vet technicians and their families are now eligible to receive assistance with sourcing housing, childcare and other services when moving to rural NSW. NSW Farmers’ […]

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PM energised as Nats use nuclear to hunt coal-rich seat Campaigning by Opposition Leader Peter Dutton and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is heating up. Photo: Diego Fedele, Dominic Giannini/AAP PHOTOS.
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PM energised as Nats use nuclear to hunt coal-rich seat

EARLY campaigning ahead of a federal election is giving insight into what voters will be pitched, with energy and leadership quality dominating the discussion. The political tussle last week largely focused on respective energy policies with Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton each painting themselves as the best chance to take Australia forward and address the […]

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Royal Hotel reigns as most popular NSW pub name The Royal Hotel, Dungog.
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Royal Hotel reigns as most popular NSW pub name

  THE most popular names for NSW pubs have been revealed, with Royal Hotel taking the top spot as the most common watering hole in 2025. The latest data from Liquor & Gaming NSW shows that 73 out of the state’s 2,112 licensed hotels share this prestigious name, reflecting its iconic status in Aussie pub […]

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A decade past its due date, the NBN promises to deliver The NBN is finally expected to realise its original mission. Photo: James Ross/AAP PHOTOS.
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A decade past its due date, the NBN promises to deliver

  TEN years after the National Broadband Network was declared “fully operational,” industry experts expect the project to finally realise its original mission: high-speed internet connections for almost everyone. The accomplishment is expected in 2030 after the announcement of a $3.8 billion investment to strip more ageing copper connections from the network, replacing them with […]

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Barrington Tops cops 525mm of rain in stormy week Residents reported being flooded in at Waukivory. Photo: Sasha Fenton, FB.
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Barrington Tops cops 525mm of rain in stormy week

A LOW-PRESSURE system off the northern NSW coast caused widespread rainfall and strong winds across the Hunter and Mid North Coast regions last week. Flood warnings for the Gloucester area began on Wednesday, 15 January, with predictions of dangerous flooding on the Manning and Gloucester rivers. By 5:30am Saturday, 18 January the Gloucester River at […]

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