MARRYING in their eighties on the bride’s birthday, 9 February, Coffs Probus members Patricia Falco and Richard Elver, were making happy headlines. Within days the couple were thrown into a dreadful waiting game after the disappearance of their beloved poodle,…
NERISE Windsor was honoured with Life Membership to the Coffs Harbour Calligraphers at the group’s regular meeting on Saturday 11 March at the Showground Gallery. Kevin Schofield from the Coffs Calligraphers presented the award, sharing a little of Nerise’s calligraphic…
DEPUTY Premier and Minister for Regional NSW Paul Toole says that $180 million promised by the Liberal and National parties, if they win the election, would more than double the previous investment in small capital works projects at regional schools.…
CHILL N Chat café is celebrating 20 years of giving back to the community with a morning tea on Monday 20 March from 9.30am until 11am. Past and present customers, volunteers, participants and employees who have contributed to the Chill…
AFTER becoming NSW’s first certified ECO Destination in 2021 through a commitment to balance sustainable tourism practices, along with authentic First Nations history, language, culture and world-class nature-based experiences, the Coffs Coast has again been recognised. Each year, international sustainable…
CONCERNS about Hearnes Lake have come to the fore with the recent release of a study into pesticide pollution by environmental scientist Maxine Rowley. She presented her findings to City of Coffs Harbour councillors at the meeting on March 9,…
SO – the Jetty Foreshores. Why is it so important? Because this decision is now or never. We all want the area improved, but what is being proposed by the State Government takes it in the wrong direction and it…
DEAR News Of The Area, IT would seem there is not to be a huge retail future for the CBD. Sad to say it is my preferred shopping precinct. The availability for parking spots are diminishing and with the advent…
DEAR News Of The Area, LOGGING has recently begun in sections of Orara East State Forest in Karangi by Forestry Corp NSW. Given the fines and warnings that FC NSW has copped over logging activities in other State Forests, concern…
DEAR News Of The Area, THERE have been wallabies living in the bushland on Macauleys Headland for as long as I have been living here, that is at least 46 years. These marsupials regularly ventured as far south as the…