COFFS Harbour based music and art festival STORYLAND continues to announce new and exciting facets of the day which is shaping up to be so much more than what you would expect from your usual festival. Much of this excitement…
MEL Rullis from Victor Rullis Funerals is hosting her first Biggest Morning Tea for the Cancer Council, holding the flashy and fun affair at Jetty Beach House on Sunday 28 May from 10.30am to 1pm. “Join us for an epic…
LOCAL Government NSW (LGNSW), the peak body for NSW councils, says the newly elected NSW Government has kicked off its first term in the worst possible way by sending NSW council budgets into meltdown, forcing them to shed jobs, close…
THE C.ex Coffs Camera Club is hosting the annual Northern Zone Interclub Photography Competition on the weekend of 19 – 21 May. Clubs from Tamworth in the west to Forster, Port Macquarie and Kempsey in the south and Grafton to…
THE BreastScreen NSW mobile van is winding its way up the mountain, making Dorrigo its temporary home between 15 and 22 May. It will reside alongside the Dorrigo Memorial RSL Club, providing free mammograms to eligible women aged between 50…
MYLESTOM Seniors Group is celebrating 42 years of service to the local community. Formed in 1981 under the banner of the Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association, it kicked off when a local man decided the village would benefit from such…
DEAR News Of The Area, FROM before May 10 2018 the residents of Woolgoolga have been waiting for a new foot bridge. In the overall scheme of things, we know that it is one of many small capital items that…
DEAR News Of The Area, BOB Kennedy asks ‘who do politicians really represent?’ (NOTA 5/5/23) and attacks both Messrs Dutton and Littleproud for opposing ‘the Voice’, suggesting they are doing so only for political purposes. May I suggest that it…
DEAR News Of the Area, TO Peter Paunovic (‘How much do protestors know about native forestry?’, NOTA, 5 May 2023) I say it’s a bit hairy-chested for a youngish fellow like you to take on the Knitting Nannas about how…
DEAR Jasminda, A friend visited recently and said how much she loved our bathroom mirror because it made her look much thinner. Does this mean that I’ve been under a false illusion about my own weight? Gillian W. Dear Gillian,…