SOME of the Bellingen Shire’s $16 million of Fixing Country Bridges Funds are being put to work this month as geotechnical investigations commence to replace five key bridges within our Shire to ensure essential access for our community and…
CONCERNS that the Bellinger River Hospital is closing or downgrading havebeen denied by the Mid North Coast Local Health District (MNCLHD) but one Bellingen GP is not convinced. Dr Andrew Heslop is a General Practitioner in Bellingen and also…
THE NSW Food Authority has named and shamed three local eateries who have breached food safety standards over the past year. Eateries on the list in the Coffs Harbour local government area include Papa H’s Bar & Grill at…
DORRIGO Urunga Bellingen Bicycle Users Group (DUBBUG) recently celebrated another active cyclist member joining the 80s Chapter. “This significant chapter is exclusively for cyclists, aged over 80, who remain active with the club, and are recognised as participating in…
DORRIGO Rainforest Centre Exhibition Space is hosting the Natural Diversity exhibition – a collaboration between five local artists. Carole Helman told News Of The Area, “Our work celebrates the joy nature’s beauty inspires in us. “Fascination with the natural…
THE New South Wales region of Cowper is number nine in Australia’s top ten hot spots for high blood pressure, the single largest risk factor for stroke. 255 people in the Cowper region had a stroke for the first…
THE NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) has reported that the Corindi River has been cleared of flood debris by an EPA contractor. The clean up of the storm and flood debris occurred as a part of the state’s biggest…
COFFS Harbour relatives of Mindat residents in Chin State, Myanmar, were distressed to learn the Burmese Military had taken over the township state this week. Like residents in some other towns, Mindat locals had risen up against the military…
THE final week of May is an action packed one at the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden. From Saturday 22 to Sunday 30 May, a series of events will be held at the Garden, celebrating the Botanic Heritage of…
BELLINGEN Market on Saturday May 15 was going batty. With education at the centre of the ‘batty-ness’, the appearance of live Grey-headed flying-foxes was part of a two-week program visiting schools and meeting the public in the Coffs region.…