CASPA Fostering Services in Coffs has spun into action to help its northern CASPA community which has been significantly affected by the Lismore floods. “Young people and families have lost everything, and our administration services have been severely impacted,”…
SINGER-SONGWRITER and Gumbaynggirr man Angus Field’s dreams came true when he supported his music idols The Rubens at the Hoey Moey in Coffs Harbour. Angus started playing guitar and singing from the age of six and continued his musical…
TEENAGERS living in a home where someone is drinking a lot of alcohol, and making the home unhappy or dangerous, have a group they can seek help from. Alateen is the teenagers wing of Al-Anon, a support group for…
TAKE a walk through the children’s and young adults section of the Nambucca Valley libraries and what jumps out at you is the huge array of books that contain the NSW Premier’s Reading Challenge (PRC) stickers. If one of…
LOSING everything in the Black Summer Bushfires in 2019/20, when she lived in South Arm, homeless with her children and left with just the clothes on their backs, Sian Whitewolf could identify recently with the flood-devastated people of the…
IN May this year, Burrapine Community Hall, situated approximately fifteen kilometres inland from the famous ‘Pub with No Beer’ at Taylors Arm, will be celebrating its Centenary. Originally thriving dairy country, Burrapine now boasts a population of around 80…
DEAR News Of The Area, MY wife and I visited our daughter and grandson in Brisbane at the beginning of March. We filled our car in Coffs for 183.9 cents per litre, which was five cents cheaper than here…
NIK & SHE boutique in Coffs Harbour has raised over $15,000 for Northern Rivers flood victims in an online raffle. Pam Williams, proprietor of the fashion shop, told News Of The Area, “100 percent of money raised will be…
THE Need for Feed farmers and producers came trucking through the Coffs Coast again last weekend, 12 and 13 March, on their way with animal fodder to help their fellow farmers in Lismore. As a Lions Club of Victoria…
THE first Lifetime membership of Marine Rescue Coffs Harbour has been presented to Lindy Powells. A special presentation event was held on Wednesday 2 March at Marine Rescue Coffs Harbour base. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…