Ellie-Marie WattsSept. 29, 2015, 5:44 p.m. DOMESTIC violence-related assault rates are at a 17-year high in Port Stephens. In the year to June, 343 incidents of domestic violence-related assault was recorded by the NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research,…
The children, parents and carers had a wonderful day last Wednesday at the HIPPY end of term FUN DAY! Our families filled an entire coach as well as 6 fully loaded cars! Needless to say, everyone enjoyed a fun day…
PSFaNS are excited to announce the launch of our new kids after school group “Tilly Legends”. Are you in year 5 or 6 at school? Are you from the Tilligerry Peninsula? Then Tilly Legends is for you! The group meets…
ELLIE-MARIE WATTSAug. 4, 2015, 5:51 p.m. THE Port's leading provider for homelessness services is calling on the community to judge less and learn more about the issue during Homelessness Prevention Week. Colleen Whittle, manager of Port Stephens Family and Neighbourhood…
Ellie-Marie Watts TURNING the Port's population of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander residents into homeowners is the aim behind a Raymond Terrace information session to be held on Thursday, June 25. Port Stephens Family and Neighbourhood Services will host Indigenous…
ELLIE-MARIE WATTSMay 6, 2015, 7 a.m. PORT Stephens Family and Neighbourhood Service (PSFNS) has been pushed to its limits after helping hundreds of the Port's most vulnerable residents after the April 20 storm. MINDFUL: Port Stephens Family and Neighbourhood Service…
Ellie-Marie WattsApril 15, 2015, 2:30 p.m. FOOD, games, competitions and a slip ‘n’ slide will all be available to teenagers at The Deck in Raymond Terrace on Friday. Port Stephens Family and Neighbourhood Services (PSFNS), who run the youth drop-in…
ELLIE-MARIE WATTSFeb. 25, 2015, 8 a.m. THE Port Stephens Family and Neighbourhood Service is reaching out to residents who are at risk of homelessness. Ann Fletcher, team leader for the service's homelessness prevention section, and manager Colleen Whittle said in…
ELLIE-MARIE WATTS ABOUT 70 people turned out to the Port Stephens Domestic Violence Committee's inaugural White Ribbon march on Monday. Residents, police, members of the committee and people from services that deal with domestic violence in Port Stephens gathered at…
ELLIE-MARIE WATTSNov. 27, 2014, 8 a.m. PORT residents can take up the fight against domestic violence next month by walking in a White Ribbon march in Nelson Bay. The Port Stephens Domestic Violence Committee organised the Monday, December 8 march…
