DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS alarmed at the report in NOTA (21 April 2023) about ‘Malicious damage’ to rainforest at Coffs Jetty beach, but perplexed by the story on page 7 about ‘Memorial plaques to remain at Bonville…
PERCEPTION is everything, so, in its 50th year, the Coffs Harbour Veteran and Vintage Car Club is changing its name to better reflect the growing enthusiasm for older cars. The club was formed with five members in July 1974 and…
PAUL Parkinson and Dee Wanis are two very unhappy landowners. After purchasing their property at Sherwood Creek, near Glenreagh, they went through an exhaustive process for almost 60 hectares (80 percent) of their land to be protected in perpetuity by…
THE Community Hosting Program (CHP), an initiative of Bellingen Shire’s Housing Matters Action Group, is achieving its aim to offer a more immediate solution to the local housing crisis. Since its launch in February, the CHP has put a number…
MAJOR milestones with the construction of Coffs Harbour Bypass are overshadowing some residents’ concerns and inconveniences in their own backyard, as experienced by Korora homeowner Julie Lane. When the easement at the end of her back yard was fenced across…
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NV COLLEGE is teaming up with local businesses in the Nambucca Valley to provide valuable learning opportunities for their students. The Nambucca Heads Island Golf Club and the Nambucca Heads Bowling and Recreation Club will be involved in their next…
LAST Sunday at the Music Station Macksville a very fortunate capacity audience of 60 music lovers witnessed a musician bring his dream to life. In 1995 musician Rob Torelli began pondering on the idea of performing the music of Paul…
THE Stringer Gallery’s Feature Artist for the months of May and June is Marlene Griffin, a long-standing member of the Nambucca Valley Arts Council. Marlene paints in a range of media including watercolours, acrylics and oils, and more recently has…
THE Knitting Nannas are gathering for peaceful protests outside Forestry Corporation’s (FC) Coffs Harbour office at 30 Park Avenue every Friday. The purpose is to raise awareness of the work of Forestry Corporation across the Coffs Coast’s native state forests,…