AFTER 28 years as the heart and soul of Park Avenue Florist in Coffs Harbour, Robyn Baldwin is turning in her cutters, wires and cellophane and handing the business over to new owner Kristal Camardi, a gifted florist and trusted…
THE recent extreme and unprecedented rains have caused havoc in more ways than one for residents on the east coast, from Sydney all the way up to the Sunshine Coast. The massive impact on people’s properties has been obvious,…
WHEN the Member for Coffs Harbour, Gurmesh Singh, announced the beginning of works for the $14 million upgrade of the Coffs Harbour boat ramp last August, he did not envisage the controversy it has attracted six months later. As…
RSL sub-Branches across the Coffs Coast and Bellingen Shire have commenced preparations for ANZAC Day on Monday 25 April. Subject to any COVID-19 restrictions, the Coffs Harbour RSL sub-Branch plan to hold the traditional Dawn Service followed by an…
THE youth-led, arts-based ‘All One Under the Sun’ (AOUTS) project launches its campaign at the Jetty Theatre in Coffs Harbour on Monday, 11 April 2022 at 6pm. Currently running in the Coffs Harbour LGA on Gumbaynggirr Country, the AOUTS…
A PARENT struggling to cope with her adult child’s drinking was an issue shared last week at a meeting of Coffs Harbour Al-Anon. “When our son or daughter has a drinking problem, the hardest question to answer honestly can…
THE topic of conversation on everyone’s lips this past week has been the weather. Our thoughts and sympathies were with our northern neighbours and we echoed their sentiments of “oh no, not again” as news came through of even…
FIRST class local dishes and a whole lot of fun were had at the Cornerstone Conveyancing Celebrity Chef Degustation Dinner with Manu Feildel on Wednesday 30 March raising over $15,000 for the Can Do Cancer Trust. After the event…
TELLING the incredible stories of the Nambucca Valley is what News Of The Area (NOTA) is all about. The NOTA launched in the Valley in May 2021, and is proud to keep locals up to date with the happenings…
POTATOES will not cope with the flooding rains and waterlogged soils that we are having. They will rot. But that’s ok because we can grow a number of other starchy plants who love these sodden conditions. All of them…