PAYPHONES all over Australia are now free for the community to use following a recent announcement from Telstra. Telstra CEO Andrew Penn made the announcement that local and national calls to standard fixed line numbers and calls to standard…
OZHARVEST Coffs is experiencing its busiest ever time right now, founder of the Coffs chapter Julie Ferguson told News Of The Area. “Across all four programs we have never been so much in demand,” she said. “OzHarvest has had…
LONG-SERVICE Marine Rescue volunteers Greg Taylor and Andrew Innes, both skippers from the Coffs Search & Rescue (SAR) Base, are being awarded the National Medal in recognition of their service to others. The National Medal recognises long and diligent…
AFTER 30 years as a TAFE teacher, Carolyn Fletcher started her training business in a small office in Coffs Harbour, nine years ago, with a colleague. Her International Teacher Training Academy (Australia) (ITTA) now employs twelve people and delivers…
FEDERAL Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan says an allocation of $2.3m will help improve access to child care and increase workforce participation across the Cowper electorate. He said 17 services will receive the funding through the Federal Government’s Community…
THE Environmental Defenders Office, on behalf of the North East Forest Alliance (NEFA), is challenging the North East Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) in the Federal Court. The NEFA was signed in 1999 and renewed for another 20 years, without…
THE Australian Indigenous Mentoring Experience (AIME) based at SCU Coffs Harbour has appointed ex-mentee Georgia Elliott to take over the reins to head up the Coffs site. AIME IMAGI-NATION Coffs Harbour’s President Georgia is a proud Wiradjuri woman and…
ABCARE delivered its first National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day Celebration on Sunday 8 August at Coffs’ Park Beach Reserve. Children’s Day 2021 was officially celebrated mid-week, on August 4; but with the kids at school the…
HELLO neighbours, WITH the fire season just around the corner it’s time for all of us to take a look at our homes and get to work, including me (yes, that is my shed in the photo). For many…
A GRANT of $100,000 will enable the Westside Tennis Club to renovate one of it’s nine courts to top condition. Court number six is currently suffering from an uneven surface, making play somewhat difficult due to unpredictable ball movement…