OPINION: Shortcut dredging
DEAR News Of The Area, I SPEND a lot of my time in, on and around the lower Myall River so I have been interested to read the recent speculation in the News Of The Area about dredging in the…
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Membership moves Coffs Harbour Yacht Club into the future
EMERGING into the calm sunny weather of winter, the Board of the Coffs Harbour Yacht Club feel confident that postponements due to the pandemic and perpetual rain are behind them. Cancellations caused havoc with the Club’s calendar of events and…
Woopi Connect On Demand bus service to operate permanently
THE Woopi Connect On Demand bus service, piloted since 2019, will be made permanent from 1 July 2022, providing local communities with more transport options. Being an On Demand service, customers can book using the Woopi Connect app or via…
Second man charged in relation to serious assault in Coffs Harbour
A SECOND man has been charged over an alleged assault of another man on the state’s north coast. About 2.30am on Sunday 3 July 2022, emergency services were called to a licensed premise on the Pacific Highway, Coffs Harbour, following…
Neighbourhood Centre selected to deliver free ‘Your Health in Your Hands’ program
HEALTH websites and apps abound today and more than ever, people are relying on the internet to look after their health and wellbeing with varying degrees of online technical skills. Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre has been selected as a community…
Gypsy Art Exhibition At The Botanic Gardens
THE Gypsy Art Group will showcase a wide range of artworks that include altered books and journals, book binding, printmaking, collage, watercolour and acrylic painting, eco prints, indigo wearables and Chinese contemporary brushwork. Their exhibition will be held at the…
Sawtell’s Father Michael and Zippy reach Dubbo on fundraising cycling journey
ONE third of the way to Adelaide on their fundraising bike ride, ‘Adelaide or Bust’, Sawtell’s Father Michael and whippet Zippy have arrived in Dubbo, with 36 hours of cycling under their belts. “We arrived in Dubbo this afternoon and…
Conservation conversations with Coral the Mermaid at Coffs Marine Park
DOLPHIN Marine Conservation Park has found a unique way to inspire children about marine conservation these school holidays. ‘Coral the Conservation Mermaid’ has made Dolphin Lagoon her home for the July school holidays to engage with children and inspire them…
Coffs Seniors Computer Club funding for new equipment
INVITED by Coffs Seniors Computer Club to attend morning tea as guest of honour on Monday 27 June, Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh was presented with a picture of himself caricatured as Top Gun in thanks for his support…
Coffs Coast real estate agents give a shot in the arm for winter blood stocks
REAL estate agents in Coffs Harbour are responding to a falloff in local blood donors by laying down their arms to boost blood stocks, after the triple threat of escalating colds, flu, and continued Covid has left donor centre chairs…