DEAR News of The Area, IN an article in this newspaper three weeks ago, I questioned the validity of both the 2018 GHD survey and the 2021 Ethos Urban survey with regards to the Jetty Foreshores Revitalisation, given an analysis…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to the many NOTA correspondents who cannot fathom why Coffs Harbour City Council has hastily pushed through the recent name change to City of Coffs Harbour – you don’t have to be Hercule…
THE first War Widows Day in NSW will be celebrated on Wednesday 19 October 2022 with online fundraising campaigns run by Australian War Widows NSW (AWWNSW), locally supporting the 268 war widows currently living in the Coffs Harbour LGA. The…
EDEN Hookway-Jones, founder of Om Yeah Yoga in Coffs Harbour, is walking 100kms this month as part of the Paws For Sick Kids fundraiser for Ronald McDonald House Charities (RMHC) Sydney. The fundraiser sees people and pet pooches hit the…
PROJECTS supporting Coffs Coast local veterans or boosting awareness of their role in Australia’s military history may be eligible for funding through the Community Grants Program. Coffs Coast community groups can now apply for $3,000 grants in a new round…
THE Business and Hospitality Industry Taster Program is a free TAFE NSW course kicking off on Thursday 17 November, two days a week for three weeks at Coffs Harbour Education Campus (CHEC). Students will learn barista skills, digital literacy skills,…
CITY Square is looking bright and colourful in the centre of Coffs Harbour. The Spring-time installation comprises nine new planter boxes which were commissioned from and hand-made by the volunteers at the Coffs Harbour Men’s Shed from recycled materials. The…
THE recent release of the National Skills Commission’s Skills Priority List showed a “significant tightening in the Australian labour market”, with the lowest unemployment rate in decades, and shortages facing most parts of the agriculture industry. NSW Farmers workplace relations…
MID NORTH COAST beachgoers are being reminded of important visitors on our shores this spring as several threatened shorebird species lay their eggs on local beaches. NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) Ranger Britt Anderson said every single chick…
COFFS Harbour Quota, the not-for-profit service club, is presenting a ‘Cavalcade of Fashion and History’, with the theme, The Art of Fashion: 1920s Evening Gowns, on Saturday 15 October 2022. This is a social fundraiser making a donation to Pete’s…