Coffs Coast News Of The Area 4 February 2022
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Swimming North Coast competes in 2021-22 NSW Senior State Age Championships
SWIMMING North Coast sent a big team of swimmers to Sydney to compete over the six days of the Championships. Ten more swimmers were entered than last season, with more events and clubs involved. The swimmers won five medals…
Macksville Country Club Golf Results
SINCE 1988, Bernard Laverty Funerals have been sponsoring this popular three person Ambrose event. Following the death of Bernard Laverty, who was heavily involved in the Macksville community, David and Melissa Walker, who now own the business, have obviously…
Coffs Harbour Golden Oldies contest Over 65’s State Championship in Macksville, Port Macquarie
THE Coffs Harbour Golden Oldies veteran’s cricket team took part in the Over 65’s NSW Championships being hosted by Hastings Veteran’s Cricket this week. Such has been the interest in veteran’s cricket that titles are now held in four…
$135 rent increase forcing Coffs Harbour pensioner out of her home
“WHEN did people get so greedy?” Brian Cattanach asks as he tells News Of The Area about the precarious situation his elderly neighbour has found herself in, in Coffs Harbour. “Judy is 83-years-old, has lived in her unit for…
Rainforest Rattler dinner train raises almost $14,000 for CanDo Cancer Trust
ALMOST $14,000 has been raised for CanDo Cancer Trust by patrons of the unique Rainforest Rattler experiences held during January 2022. “Sponsored by North Coast Hotel Group (NCHG), the final sum of $13,800.00 is the proceeds of two Coffs-Grafton-Coffs…
CFMMEU and official penalised $90,000 for ‘industrial stalking’ on the Coffs Harbour Hospital Expansion project
THE Federal Circuit and Family Court has penalised the CFMMEU $80,000 and its official Dean Rielly $10,000 for threatening, inciting and encouraging a contractor to enter into an enterprise agreement with the CFMMEU and terminate its contract with a…
OPINION: Supporting refugees, but not high rises
DEAR News Of The Area, BOTH Margaret England’s and Richie Tassicker’s letters to News Of The Area on 28 January 2022 are spot on. Margaret’s letter (‘More refugee representation’, p22): How can we, as an empathetic and caring community,…
OPINION: The Hills Are Alive
DEAR News Of The Area, THE hills have been alive, not with the sound of music, but of the sound of the Vintage Rainforest Rattler train running rail excursions along the beautiful Coffs Coast, including Coramba and Grafton. As…
Debut Coffs Coast Author Uses Diary Entries To Navigate Mental Illness
COFFS Harbour region speaker, artist and advocate ‘Bipolar Barbie’ this month released the first volume in a planned six-volume set of books detailing her personal day-to-day journey through mental illness. Titled ‘Drowning In The Seas Of Mental Illness’, the…