THE Foundation of Rural Regional Renewal (FRRR) has awarded $385,095 in grants for 26 projects that will help to strengthen smaller remote, rural and regional communities throughout New South Wales, including projects in Argents Hill and Bowraville, through its…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council has announced the successful applicants under its “Moving Forward” Community Grants Program, funded by the Bushfire Community Recovery and Resilience Fund (BCRRF). “A wide range of applications were received, and Council is confident these community recovery…
COFFS Eisteddfod venue juggling has brought to a head, once again, the performance community’s question to Coffs Harbour City Council, ‘Where did the proposed Performing Arts Centre, that you consulted us about, go?’ Francesca Montanaro, owner of Harbour Performing…
COFFS Harbour’s outdoor 50 metre public pool at the Coffs Harbour War Memorial Olympic Pool complex will be heated for community members to use next winter. Coffs Harbour City Council has been investigating heating the community pool since 2020…
ON Wednesday 16 June renowned actor and local resident Russell Crowe, along with Pacific Bay owner Peter Montgomery and film producer Keith Rodger, announced plans to build a bespoke film studio complex that will also house a boutique hotel,…
POLICE are investigating a break-in at The Beach House Providore in Valla Beach that took place at 1.45am on Saturday, June 12. CCTV footage shows an intruder wearing a hoodie and gloves kicking the door in, and owner Jessica…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE main purpose as I see it and possibly the original purpose of councils is to provide services to the ratepayers and the community in its basic forms namely water, roads, parks and gardens,…
DEAR News of the Area OH dear, just when I thought I could trust the scientists with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and NASA, W Duesbury tells me I’m mistaken. W Duesbury tells me that “the IPCC…
LOW participation numbers in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program has fired-up Cancer Council NSW, with the local Coffs Harbour team urging everyone throughout the Mid North Coast to do the poo test. “Many people squirm at the idea…
LOCAL community theatre has embraced the return to the stage and lifting of restrictions on audience size by announcing auditions for two new productions in the second half of the year at the Jetty Memorial Theatre (JMT). Coffs Harbour…