WITH so much rain, the golf course was extremely soggy and we were unable to allow golf carts on course most of the week. Some brave and super keen golfers ventured out on all competition days, with significantly reduced…
WITH all the wet weather there were concerns some players would withdraw from Saturday’s Carol and Rod Curtis sponsored four ball best ball event. As a result organisers changed this to a single Stableford. Whilst there was water laying…
MORE than 2500 Red Cross Trauma Teddies have been filled and sewn together by Jane Skinner over a 40-year contribution of stuffing and stitching the little comforters. Jane, described by her friends at Woolgoolga Red Cross as “a wonderful…
O COME Let Us Adore Him! Nativities Exhibit, put on by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Coffs Harbour opens on Friday 17 December at 10am, showing until 9pm on Sunday 19 December – see below…
THE Coffs Harbour Music Society is delighted to announce a concert on December 10 at the Coffs Harbour Education Campus that features two of Australia’s foremost musicians, Umberto Clerici and Daniel de Borah. Mr Clerici started studying the cello…
A COLLECTION of performances by Mix-Tub drama group is the Christmas showcase for friends, family and the community. Mix-Tub is a group of young adults with disabilities proudly showcasing their performing talents. Advertise with News of The Area today.…
THE latest data shows the local COVID-19 vaccination rates are above a whopping 95 percent. Our Local Government Area active case numbers have dropped to five with four of those in Coffs Harbour. Advertise with News of The Area…
JALIIGIRR Biodiversity Alliance is celebrating six years of the NSW Environmental Trust funded Bush Connect program. The ‘Jaliigirr Landscape Connections in the Great Eastern Ranges’ project has restored and protected twelve biodiversity conservation sites within identified priority areas of…
SETTING up an emergency overnight shelter for the homeless in Coffs Harbour is a project being undertaken by locals Doris Cowan and a handful of self-less volunteers. “The places that already exist for assistance are at capacity and do…
COFFS Harbour Regional Gallery supporters came out in force to celebrate the start of the gallery twenty years ago in a tiny office space. Programs Facilitator Toni Southwell was there when it started in 2001 having just returned from…