TWO Coffs Coast students received scholarships at the ‘2023 Proudly Public!’ Awards night at Sydney Town Hall on Monday, May 29. They were among over 700 public school students and educators from across Australia to receive scholarships administered by the…
LOGGING in native forest in Orara East State Forest was halted by protesters on Wednesday morning, June 6. A 55-year-old ‘forest defender’ suspended herself 30 metres high in a tree-sit from ropes strung across the only entrance to the forest,…
THOUGH it was a wet and windy day on Sunday 4 June 2023, the team spirits of the participating Scotts Head Garage Sale Trail households were not dampened, nor the punters seeking thrifty deals on all manner of goods, from…
SALVOS Kids In The Kitchen, a hands-on cooking program run by The Salvation Army, is now up and running at the Bowraville Youth Hub. Twelve kids across years 3 to 6 began the five-week course on Monday 29 May and…
“MOMENTOUS is how Jennie Rosser, Chairperson, Gaagal Wanggaan (South Beach) National Park Board of Management described the first burn of the national park in 20 years. “On Wednesday 31 May, Aboriginal staff from the Coffs Coast area National Parks and…
COWPER MP Pat Conaghan has called on the Albanese Government to immediately reinstate funding for critical programs aimed at veteran wellbeing on the Mid North Coast. In the 2022/23 Federal Budget the Coalition guaranteed $5 million funding for the Mid…
DEAR News Of The Area, A NEW report, Banking Climate Failure, by not-for-profit, Market Forces, reveals Australia’s big four banks have used smoke and mirrors to continue pouring billions of dollars into fossil fuel expansion. Despite claiming to support the…
DEAR News Of The Area, MY friend Helene lives in Vienna, Austria. Now that she is retired, she volunteers weekly at the Vienna Zoo. Her favorite enclosure is filled with Aussie animals – koalas and kangaroos. She has a brother…
AN evening of Tibetan and Indian music is coming to Bellingen Memorial Hall on Friday 16 June with performances by award winning Tibetan folk singer Tenzin Choegyal and world music group Tibet2Timbuk2. It’s been over a decade since these masterful…
TWO TAFE NSW graduates attending the Coffs Harbour campus have been recognised for their exceptional achievements at the TAFE NSW Excellence Awards for the North region last week. Bellingen student Elisabeth Cross took home TAFE Vocational Education and Training (TVET)…