THE familiar cries of howzat will make a welcome return to the region’s sporting fields this weekend as a new cricket season begins. After a seventh month break, cricket returns to the region with the most exciting form of…
NRL Premiership winner Matt Parsons is this year’s guest speaker at the North Coast Men of League annual fundraising luncheon on Saturday 30 October. Matt Parsons grew up in the country town of Werris Creek near Tamworth before embarking…
COFFS Harbour Triathlon Club welcomed back community sport with their first event of the season last Saturday, the annual Triple Sprint Race. As the sun rose over Muttonbird Island, 35 triathletes dove into the water to start the 300m…
AN exciting game was witnessed by spectators and bowlers alike on Wednesday for the final of our Club Triples Championship. The teams of Ann Worboys, Robyn De Meio, Joan Woodford and Ruth Jupp, Roslyn Crestani, Amanda Monck took to…
THE ladies at Urunga have been busy this week, not letting the weather stop them getting games completed for Club Championships before presentation day. Sue Davis and Helen Hoffman played Izzy Pettit and Ava Power, Beryl Titmas and Lynne…
PICK up free food trees, plant them and wait for the koalas to come! That’s the word from the Myall Koala Environment Group (MKEG), who have 200 koala food trees to give away to lucky locals. Advertise with News…
ATTEMPTING to lead NSW out of a COVID-affected economy, the state’s new Premier is splashing the cash for families. Families, individuals and businesses across NSW will benefit from a targeted $2.8 billion package developed to accelerate recovery following the…
ALMOST 90% of Australians have received at least one nuisance or unwanted call every week and a further 10% receiving more than ten nuisance or unwanted calls each week, according to a recent consumer survey undertaken by Crime Stoppers…
LAST week was National Water Week, an annual initiative that seeks to raise awareness among all Australians about the value of water. Running from 18-24 October, this year’s theme was ‘Caring for water and Country’, which aims to deepen…
AS households complete their bushfire Get Ready plan this week, MidCoast Council is urging everyone to register their plan via a 30 second survey. “We want every home on the MidCoast to have a bushfire survival plan this year,…