Past Articles
by peterf
News An intense legal battle between the NSW Office of Environment and Heritage (OEH) and Mr Phillip Dong Fang Lee’s LDF Enterprise, the owner of an iconic 409-hectare waterfront site on ...
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by tonyh
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".... 'Ole in the ground, so big and sort o' round it was And there was I, diggin' it deep It was flat at the bottom and the sides were ...
by peterf
Information The dolphin census has been concluded. The article below is now only of historical interest. The Marine Parks Association will be conducting a census of Port Stephens Bottlenose dolphins on ...
by peterf
News North Arm Cove may soon benefit from having its first taste of easy access to overseas flights with work now underway to give Newcastle airport an international capacity. While initially ...
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by peterf
News The rates for the new Fire and Emergency Services Levy that will be added to council rate notices from 2017-18 onwards are now available. As a result, all home owners ...
by Annie44
That's the theme of this year's Biggest Morning Tea where you will be presented with an amazing array of hand crafted coathangers, cushions and doorstops. Last year the Teddy Bear’s ...
by peterf
News The next stage in establishing North Arm Cove’s new village green took place on Saturday 22 April when 18 dedicated residents turned up for the first of three working bees ...
by peterf
Information Extensive tree clearing following the introduction of the controversial 10/50 bushfire mitigation rule in 2014 resulted in a significant loss of canopy on Sydney’s leafy North Shore, according to a ...
by peterf
The hope that MidCoast Council would be prevented from applying for a special rate increase has been dashed. For while the NSW parliament recently passed legislation preventing the state’s merged ...
by dougk
Report Saturday's meeting (April 8) of the Residents Association included useful discussion on a wide range of local issues from boat ramps to village signage and most things in between. Strong ...
by tonyh
Invitation
We are starting the new village green opposite the Hall and we would like your help. Please can you give a couple of hours of your time? The new green ...
by dougk
News Many of the Cove community are familiar with popular pharmacist Wilson Soh from his time at the Karuah then Tea Gardens Pharmacies. So it is great news to find that ...
by dougk
The proposal to merge MidCoast Council with MidCoast Water is on public exhibition until 12 April. Details of the proposal and explanations on how to make a submission can be ...
by dougk
Invitation This is your chance to "have your say" on the branding of the amalgamated MidCoast Council. You can watch the video and then answer the survey by accessing this webpage ...
by dougk
Information Between the past week's all-to-frequent squally showers, David Read and his team have been able to commence work on the Cove's planned Commmunity Precinct. The first task is creating the ...
by leny
The owner of the iconic Fame Cove/North Arm Cove waterfront site in Port Stephens will front the Land and Environment Court again next Friday (24 March) to face continuing charges ...
by dougk
It seems every day of the year and every week has been allocated one or more names. This week has been designated as Coeliac Awareness Week. As a Coeliac diagnosed ...
by mareli121
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So many thanks to all those who fronted up during and between rain showers for the annual picking up of rubbish - in this instance, sodden rubbish, from the environs ...
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Drenched, dripping and bedraggled they may have become but an enthusiastic band of Clean Up Australia volunteers braved some persistent Sunday showers to bag an abundance of bottles, cans and ...
by dougk
Invitation Mid North Coast Wild Dog Association Inc. with support from Hunter Local Land Services and National Landcare Programme funding are holding a Wild Dog Awareness Day in Karuah on March ...
by dougk
Information MidCoast Council have advised that the next community update session to be held at Tea Gardens Baptist Church Hall will be on Tuesday 7 March 6pm. The session will include ...
by Annie44
The Loosely Woven concert at the Community Hall on Saturday 18 February attracted a full house. In fact, some eager concert goers who rang to book in the final days ...
by dougk
You may have noticed that David Read and his team have been hard at work installing a hand-launch dinghy ramp at Casuarina Park Reserve. There is more to do of ...
by tonyh
Rant
North Arm Cove Boating Development Plan A response to a letter from property owners These comments are in response to a letter written by two long-term Cove property owners about ...