POPULAR Publicans Martyn ‘Marty’ and Donna Phillips are celebrating 25 years at beloved family-owned local pub, The Coffs Hotel. It was their proud children Samuel, Max and Peta who were the first to congratulate their parents on the landmark…
THIS year’s Barney Miller Charity Surf Classic will be held on 25-28 March and this year’s beneficiary will be local treasure Matt ‘Chooky’ Clerke, who suffered a tragic accident two years ago where he broke his C3/4 vertebrae, paralysing…
IF you were taking a morning stroll at Coffs Creek on Saturday morning and saw hordes of runners in 1980’s fancy dress, no you weren’t dreaming, that was parkrun! 110 runners lined up at 7am dressed in loud colours,…
DEAR News Of The Area, LAST Sunday we conducted our annual Clean Up Oz as part of the Korora Basin Landcare group. This was our fourth year and though we are collecting more waste (200kg) vs 120kg last year…
YOGURTLAND Australia has announced it will permanently close all of its Australian stores, following the recent closure of its Coffs Harbour store. The popular self-serve frozen yoghurt franchise cited the COVID-19 pandemic as the main reason behind the store…
THE Minister for Veteran Affairs was put through his paces by former Special Operations Medics when he attended local veteran owned and operated business TacMed Australia this week. The Honourable Darren Chester, Minister for Veterans Affairs, was exposed to…
Two people remain in hospital following a serious crash near Coffs Harbour overnight. About 7.40pm yesterday (Thursday 11 March 2021), emergency services were called to the intersection of Opal Boulevard and the Pacific Highway at Sapphire Beach, following reports…
LAST Monday, the Minister for the Environment, Sussan Ley, travelled to the Bellinger River near Coffs Harbour on the mid north coast of New South Wales, to participate in health checks of the turtles in the wild and met…
BASSAM Tariq’s gritty new UK hip hop drama ‘Mogul Mowgli’, starring Riz Ahmed (Nightcrawler, Sound of Metal) will be this year’s SWIFF Closing Night Gala film. In ‘Mogul Mowgli’, British rapper Zed (played by Ahmed), a Pakistani immigrant, is…