DEAR News Of The Area, I come from the land of independents (not independence). Having an independent as your Federal representative is like spraying mist into a gale. That is as close as I can get to the vernacular. Back…
THE Karenni communities of Coffs Harbour and Brisbane came together on 12 April to jointly celebrate the Kay Htoe Boe Festival. The Karenni people are an ethnic minority group who were forcibly removed from their land in Myanmar and came…
PREPARATION for winter is the focus of activities at Fire and Rescue NSW’s (FRNSW) annual Open Day at Coffs Harbour, Sawtell and Woolgoolga. Throwing the doors open to the community on Saturday 10 May, between 10am – 2pm, FRNSW invites…
TWO of the Coffs Coast’s best junior cricketers have spent their school holidays representing NSW. Jacka Britton and Quinn Ledger represented NSW in an Under 16 Invitational T20 cricket tournament in Brisbane last week. Britton from Diggers Cricket Club and…
NAMBUCCA’S Ken Klem went beast mode firing four birdies on his way to a stellar two-over par 71 at The Island Golf Course – and cruelly came up short. The 7-marker carded 41 points in the Cubana Resort medley stableford…
MARCH and April have seen many events for women bowlers at Club Nambucca. Thursday March 20th saw our first Versatility 5s event for women at our club and it was an awesome day. Teams from Grafton in the north along…
NAMBUCCA’S club champion, Troy Herbert (3) dug deep in the annual Kempsey Toyota Easter Bowl, scoring 70 points over 36 holes to win the men’s bowl by one over Colin Habgood (10). Henny Oldenhove claimed the women’s bowl with a…
SATURDAY saw over 70 players in the Nambucca Valley Property sponsored 4 person Ambrose played in great Autumn weather. Winners were Peter Smith , ( TJ ) Tyler Fortescue , Jordan Welsh and John Fortescue . Straight shooters with nearest…
DEAR News Of The Area, IS it any wonder voters are turning increasingly towards Independent candidates? The pathetic, desperate bribes being offered last week by both sides of government presented an embarrassing spectacle. I fail to understand why taxation is…
DEAR News Of The Area, ONLY a few weeks to go readers, and we’ll be back to the evening news being dominated by crime and car accidents in the suburbs, rather than politicians in fluoro vests kissing babies. The other…