THE future of the Jetty Foreshores is of interest to most people in the Coffs Harbour area. A meeting of the Coffs Harbour LGA Residents And Ratepayers Association (CHLGARRA) and the NSW Department of Property Industry and Environment (DPIE),…
DEAR News Of The Area, THANK YOU Keith Bensley (‘If the Nationals are not reflecting community views, have your say’, p27, Coffs Coast NOTA, April 28 Edition) for generously suggesting I join the National Party where, as a member,…
MEALS On Wheels Coffs Harbour is celebrating its 50th birthday with a morning tea on 11 May. “We want to go big with this party,” Bronwyn Webber, a Service Manager who has been with the organisation for 30 years,…
WOOLGOOLGA’S Kailey Pallas stepped onto the big stage to perform in front of 15,000 NRL fans during the halftime interval at the St George Dragons versus Newcastle Knights clash on April 17. Locals may be familiar with the singer-songwriter’s…
THE Coffs Coast community rocked up in force for a hat trick of performances headlined by Caravana Sun to raise $10,025 for Lismore Flood relief. Local artist Esium (Sam Dyball) from Nana Glen opened the night to the delight…
THE members of a NSW Parliamentary Inquiry into the future of the forestry industry visited the Coffs Coast last week and held a public hearing in Coffs Harbour on Friday, 29 April. One of the members, Independent NSW MP…
FOUR people have been charged over the alleged supply of illicit drugs on the state’s Mid North Coast. In September 2021, detectives attached to Coffs/Clarence Police District established Strike Force Coble to investigate the supply of prohibit drugs in…
WHILE many voters see the proliferation of Independent candidates in the upcoming Federal Election as a positive, there are negative stories being circulated about their sources of funding. Independent candidate for Cowper, Caz Heise, is someone affected by rumours…
YOUNG dancers from Woolgoolga Performing Arts Studio (WPAS) are over the moon after hearing the news of their latest performance opportunity, dancing pre-match and at halftime for the Sharks versus Titans game being held at the C. ex Coffs…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Liberal/National Government has now detained refugees and asylum seekers on Nauru, in PNG and in various places of detention in Australia for just on nine years. There have been some fourteen deaths of…