WOOLGOOLGA Red Cross members and volunteers have received recognition this month as they continue their schedule of volunteering at events. The NSW Red Cross AGM held earlier in October in Sydney is seen by members as an opportunity to hear…
CHARLIE Smith, aviation and motorsports legend of Coffs Harbour, passed away on Saturday afternoon, 15 October, aged 94. Charlie’s son Ian Smith told News Of The Area, “Dad was a lifelong aviator, a car racer, a town councillor at the…
THE boating community of the Coffs Coast will soon benefit from the completion of a major milestone in a $13 million project to transform maritime facilities at Coffs Harbour. Minister for Transport, Veterans and Western Sydney David Elliott said the…
PRINCIPALS and teachers rallied outside the office of Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh on Wednesday, October 12, in protest at the NSW Government’s submission to the NSW Industrial Relations Commission for a new three-year award that the Federation says…
ON 23 December, Coffs Harbour resident Peter Elzer will begin a 2022km journey on foot from Melbourne to Seventeen Seventy (north of Bundaberg) in an attempt to ‘Stamp Out Racism’. In preparation for his mammoth task, Peter Elzer took a…
COFFS Harbour optometrist Jason Kimberly is encouraging local women to get their eyes tested after the company he works for, Specsavers, has released data from its latest research revealing women can tend to skip eye appointments and wait for eye…
TEXTILES designer Ellie Whittaker stopped over at The Big Banana on an East Coast road trip to source inspiration for her collection of iconic Aussie prints and designs. Ellie’s Australian designs show patterns full of colour and whimsy inspired by…
MARTYN ‘Marty’ and Donna Phillips, publicans of the Coffs Hotel, are “hanging up the bar stool for the last time”. For almost 27 years, the couple has pulled beers, cooked up the feeds, supported the sports community, provided accommodation, created…
IN recognition of Mental Health Month, held throughout October, local not-for-profit CHESS Connect hosted an interactive Community Wellbeing and Mental Fitness luncheon held at the Coffs Harbour Surf Club on Wednesday, 12 October. Facilitated by CHESS Connect trainers Nicole Holland…
PROSPER Coffs Harbour Limited is using a $22,086 grant from the Australian Government’s Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants Program to deliver Bushfire Education Workshops in thirteen primary schools in the Coffs Harbour Local Government Area to help children feel less…