COFFS Harbour Older Women’s Network (CH OWN) committee members are delighted to have been granted one of the 2022 Women’s Week Grants to enable their intergenerational mentoring and networking program gain traction. With gaining the Women’s Week Grant, which…
KORORA local WAYNE Brown is being honoured with a District Commander’s Certificate of Appreciation following an incident where he entered a burning home. Wayne was nominated for the award by the Coffs/Clarence Police District Awards Committee. Advertise with News…
A GOODS train on fire in Nana Glen at 2am on Monday (7 Feb) saw the local Rural Fire Brigade in action responding to the emergency. “The train on fire had been brought in to loop Morrows Road; I…
THE COFFS Harbour and District Motorcycle Restorers’ Club has donated $500 to the Coffs Harbour Men’s Shed to use as they wish. With a membership of 230 and growing, The Motorcycle Restorers’ Club had “swelled funds” and the members…
ALL local sporting organisations can now apply for grants of up to $150,000 to fund activities that provide mental health, resilience and wellbeing benefits to individuals and groups in the region. The offer is part of a $2.8 million…
HEALTHY Lunchbox workshops are on offer free at Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre (CHNC). Di Woods, Manager at CHNC told News Of The Area, “Children learn their best when they eat healthy food. Advertise with News of The Area today.…
FORGET flowers and chocolates, a Coffs Harbour couple celebrated their Valentine’s Day like no other – winning more than $76,000 in Keno on Monday night. The local players held a Keno Classic 8 Spot winning entry in draw 333,…
THIRD time lucky for Woodstock in the Valley. That is the hope for the organisers of the family, music festival, fun day that has been postponed twice due to Covid-related challenges. Dianne Potter, Project Manager with Nambucca Rotary told…
ON Tuesday 22 February, local oyster farmers will descend onto the foreshore of the Nambucca River in Gumbaynggirr Country, for the mass industry led clean-up event ‘Tide to Tip’. This is the third year of the event, which is…
DEAR News Of The Area, IN reply to the comments made by W Duesdbury (‘Simplistic Thinking on Koala Protection’, p29, NOTA, 11 February Edition), the koala has been just listed as Endangered. Two steps away from extinction. Fact. Conservation…