THE Glenreagh Timber Festival, the annual festival that celebrates Glenreagh’s rich woody history dating back to 1858, is on in July. There are opportunities for local businesses to sponsor events and book stalls. Advertise with News of The Area today.…
COFFS Harbour City Council’s City Centre Development Incentive Policy is to be extended for twelve months. In 2019, Council ring-fenced $2.5m of the charges developers are obliged to pay when building new accommodation developments in the City Centre. Advertise with…
RAIN postponed The Distinguished Gentleman’s Ride due to take place at the end of May, which will now ride out on Sunday 5 June, 2022. The 50-plus riders are taking part to raise funds and awareness of prostate cancer and…
THE National Cartoon Gallery in Coffs Harbour opens two new exhibitions on Friday 3 June. Cartoonists for Change, 3 June – 31 July 2022, focuses on the fact that many cartoonists are political and social journalists who communicate their message…
LAST Wednesday evening, Business Professional Women (BPW) Coffs Coast members joined together with guests, who included a broad cross section of women from the local refugee community, for the annual Candle Lighting ceremony. BPW International is a global organisation, with…
DEAR News Of The Area, FOR all the Caz voters in the Sawtell/Toormina area, I have a great suggestion for recycling your corflutes. Please turn them around and print in very large letters ‘NO MCDONALD’S IN TOORMINA GARDENS CAR PARK’,…
DEAR News of the Area, FOR most of the last 30 years, anyone using Jetty Beach couldn’t buy a drink or an ice cream and couldn’t find a toilet, and this was in a major tourist town! When the development…
CANCER Council’s successful application to The Community Building Partnership 2021 grant program has seen the delivery of a new patient transport vehicle to the Coffs Harbour Cancer Council offices. The application for funding specified the purchase of a cancer support…
LAST week, Bonza got one-step closer to going on sale with the launch of their search to find a local legend in Coffs Harbour. The low-cost airline is planning to crown one passionate Coff’s resident as the ‘Bonza Local Legend’…
BELLINGEN Readers & Writers Festival will present a conversation between author Delia Falconer and Carolyn ‘Caz’ Heise who will navigate the discussion around Delia’s latest book, ‘Signs & Wonders: Dispatches from a Time of Beauty and Loss’. “My new book…