IMAGINE standing on the Moon in July 1969. There is no wind, no sound, no atmosphere and no familiar landscape – just an ...

DEAR Jasminda, MY dad is becoming increasingly hard of hearing, but he won’t get hearing aids because he reckons they will ...

FOR Rod Zemanek, sealing the remaining gravel section of The Branch Lane could do more than make the weekly drive easier. The ...

FEDERAL Member for Lyne Alison Penfold has called on the Federal Government to ensure small businesses are not unfairly ...

I HAVE been reading with great interest the views and experiences of noted British economist Charles Goodhart, who turns 90 ...

AHEAD of the higher-risk weather season, nbn has worked with Dungog Shire Council to run checks on designated sites installed ...

Stroud House was built in 1832 to accommodate AACo Commissioners. Photo: Supplied by Dr Jonathan King. Glen Burcher, Dr ...

WHEN asked at what point she decided to become a novelist, Susannah Glenn replied: “That’s easy. “I was sacked, and they paid me a lot of money to go away”. Glenn was Gloucester Library’s featured ...

THE last Saturday of October marked the final day of the 2026 Clarence Town Swim In. The annual get-together has been a ...

IN January, a local cast and crew will gather in Gloucester to film Critical Juncture, a short drama produced by Anne’s local production company, Treechange Films. It follows 18-year-old Sara who, ...

Current national junior race walking champion Audrey Russell is one of the best young prospects produced by Raymond Terrace Athletics Centre. Photo: Raymond Terrace Athletics. RAYMOND Terrace ...

DEAR News Of The Area, YOUR regular correspondent, John Blackbourn, wrote at length (The Write Direction, ‘Dreadful decisions’, Page 12, 22/10/2026) about his abhorrence of recent judicial executions ...