ULONG General Store & Café in the Valley has become the official ‘unofficial’ road reporter and weather watch as the flood conditions unfold around the village. Carol and Steve Cleary, proprietors of the café and store have built their…
“IT’S hard not to feel emotional when you see how badly affected they are up there,” David Gibson, Gibson Pastoral Company, Dorrigo, told News Of The Area, after he’d spent the day delivering silage to flood-devastated farmers on the Northern…
SENIORS who make the Coffs Coast a great place to live can be recognised for their efforts, according to the Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh. Mr Singh is encouraging locals to nominate Coffs Coast seniors who contribute to…
DESPITE a harrowing week of floods and devastation across northern NSW, Southern Cross University has maintained its scheduled commencement of teaching. Students at SCU’s Coffs Harbour campus begin their 2022 studies on March 7 with face-to-face classes. Advertise with…
YOUNG Sawtellian of the Year and Sawtellian of the Year have been presented to inspiring locals, Joe Clarke and Ton Huybregts. “This year would have been the 102nd Sawtell Super Fun Day had it not been called off due…
DEAR News Of The Area, THESE past days, thousands of people in Lismore have lost everything in record breaking floods. Three months ago, households across our own region suffered thousands of dollars’ worth of damage from a freak, supercell…
DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN the Toormina shopping centre was severely damaged by a devastating hail storm last October (it’s still not fully operational) our local Federal MP Pat Conaghan suggested this was not the result of climate…
MEMBER for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said the State Government’s Social Sector Support Fund provides organisations with grants of up to $200,000. “The social services sector has worked tirelessly throughout the pandemic to support people doing it tough,” Mr…
WHILE the local community across the board struggles to cope with the after effects of the dual disasters of record flood devastation and the COVID pandemic the NSW Government has announced further support for events and festivals. Through the…
NIGEL Tweddle’s prize mullet is getting the chop on Saturday 2 April at 1pm in a fundraising barbering session in aid of Motor Neurone Disease (MND). Known through his arborist work around the Coffs Coast as the big guy…