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Don't forget! New Years resolutions have been made and must be honoured. To be more active. To get fitter. To get out and about. To drink much more and better...
The biggest change embodied in the revised constitution proposed at last December’s chaotic community meeting, was to open up membership of NACCA (ex NACRA) to the much larger community of...
Did you know – just three sports have been proven world-wide to be socially inclusive whilst positively enhancing life, welfare and sustainability? One is tennis. (The others are golf and...
This meeting was held to provide feedback on progress to date in addressing the many concerns residents have over recent changes to oyster farming methodology in North Arm Cove. Oyster...
Submissions in the form of a petition and letters have been made to NSW Fisheries and to the Department of Primary Industries expressing the concerns of many residents about the...
Department of Primary Industries Oyster Leases (3).pdfThe attached letter is the response we have received from Scott Hansen, Director General, Department of Primary Industries, to our petition dated June 9...
Many Cove residents are upset because of the sudden change of farming method being employed by two oyster lease owners in the Cove. These leases haven't been used for many...
Last Wednesday, four members of the Fame Cove Action Group met with our local State member, Kate Washington, in the Terrace. They were Doug Kohlhoff, Len Yearsley, Peter Chappelow and...
Held at the Baptist Church Hall in Tea Gardens. Council staff members in attendance: - General Manager – Adrian Panuccio - Director Community Spaces and Services and Acting Director of...
(1 comment)One of the biggest threats to the security of our village comes from the vandalistic burning of cars in the bush around our village. The number of burnt-out car bodies...
An announcement was made recently by the MCC that a decision had been made by Councillors to remove tree and vegetation controls from the Great Lakes Development Control Plan at...
(1 comment)Come to hear about and discuss: Community Council liason meeting last week Ambulance response times Fame Cove - time to celebrate a victory? How to get parcel deliveries to your...
Gary Sylvaney's Report on the MCC and Tea Gardens/Hawkes Nest Chambers Vibrant Spaces Program Held 12:30 PM Thursday 26th. July 2018. Whilst the subject of the meeting did not directly...
Message from Gary Sylvaney, President, Residents' Association Residents Association Annual General Meeting Postponed To 10 am. Saturday 13th. October 2018 The NACRA Annual General Meeting is now being held on...
To All NACRA Members. Please be reminded that renewals for the new financial year 2018 / 2019 are now due. Membership is just $10.00 per person annually and the funds...
Some residents may not be aware that behind the bus shelter in Eastslope Way is a 4000 lt water tank fed from the old bus shelter roof. The water contained...
MidCoast Council has today announced the appointment of its new General Manager. He is Adrian Panuccio who served as Chief Operating Officer and Acting General Manager for North Sydney Council...
The minutes of the tennis general meeting held May 26 are attached. Peter Chappelow 180526 General.doc
Observations by Gary Sylvaney - a NAC boating resident. Having arrived in the Cove just 6 years ago, my first close involvement with moves for a Community Jetty and Community...
They've gone! The ugly encrusted and abandoned posts in oyster lease OL86/140 have at last been removed. The lease boundary posts remain but now the water is largely clear of...
Not so many months ago and in the times of the Great Lakes Council, a considerable sum was spent conducting a survey of storm water drainage in our village. A...
(1 comment)UPDATED ARTICLE From the MidCoast Council website: 28 May to 1 June Place waste out on 26 May - not before!! Collection area - Nerong to North of the bridge...
(1 comment)This email, sent from Donna Hudson, Coordinator Communications & Stakeholder Management at MidCoast Council, is follow up information to the report Tea Gardens Drinking Water Okay on this website dated...
(1 comment)The following topics were on the agenda at Saturday's Residents' general meeting: Illegal Dumping Non-provision of waste skips Indian myna birds Table drains Fire protection plans Tea Gardens wharf Non-urban...
Sunday 6 May 1918 is the accepted date for when the Port Stephens waterfront village of North Arm Cove began life as Port Stephens City. The celebrated Canadian Town Planner...
From Gary Sylvaney, NACRA President Residents should be aware of the generalised nature of the following information in relation to On Site Sewerage Management Systems in the Mid Coast Council...
Email received from MidCoast Council: From: "Community" Date: Wed, Apr 4, 2018 at 7:29 AM +0100 Subject: Community update meetings To: "Community" Hi It’s time again for us...
North Arm Cove Residents Association Inc. General Meeting Saturday 14 th. April 2018 10am at the Community Centre. AGENDA Welcome and Apologies: Minutes from last GM held Saturday 10th February...
We have a number of volunteer positions available for motivated residents of North Arm Cove who care about our Village, its Environment and Lifestyle. Firstly, MCC Reserves and Parks Volunteers...
WHAT IS A COMMON MYNA? The Common Myna was introduced into Melbourne’s markets between 1863 and 1872 to control insects. It is now regarded as major pest - the flying...
I sit here feeling pretty low about the state of the nation and trying to think up something smart to say about the MidCoast Counci debacle. A jet skier flashes...
Our village celebrates 50 years of community support on this day this year. But did you know that this same day is also the 40th anniversary of the launch of...
(1 comment)I've seen it! This is a wonderful booklet and the result of hundreds of hours of painstaking research and writing by its author, our very own Doug Kohlhoff, with contributions...
We understand that there is to be a second directions hearing in the Land and Environment Court on September 1st. This is platform provided for the two parties, the owner...
The time has come for you to have your say about the proposal for a quarry at Fame Cove/Bundabah. This Saturday at 10:00 am in the Hall, a public meeting...
Quarry Threat Casts Shadow Over Local Villages MidCoast Council last week put on exhibition DA269/2017 which is for a rock mining quarry on the iconic Fame Cove property bordering Port...
".... '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...
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...
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...
Whilst our Prime Minister gushed and rushed to assure us after the Trump victory on Wednesday evening that "we have so much in common" with our friends in the United...
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