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…
COVID-19 restrictions in schools eased on Monday, with parents allowed back on school grounds and dancing activities to recommence. NSW Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell announced the easing of school restrictions from Monday 8 March. Under the new regulations,…
COFFS Harbour women are coming together to March4Justice next Monday 15 March. The idea for the March came to Canberra 57 year old academic, educator and feminist, Janine Hendry, as she watched what she described as the Federal Government’s…
THE very first Kalang River Classic rowing race event is a collaboration by the Urunga Mylestom Chamber of Commerce, the Urunga Titivators Dragon Boat Club and The Urunga Lions Club, assisted by a NSW Bushfire Recovery grant. Created as…
‘CHOOSE to Challenge’ was the theme of the International Women’s Day (IWD) breakfast in Coffs Harbour which, this year, was held on International Women’s Day. The breakfast is organised each year by the three major women’s organisations in Coffs…
PLAYING sport in the Coffs Harbour region has just been made a little safer, with more than $6,000 allocated to Coffs Harbour City Council and three local sporting clubs to purchase defibrillators. The successful recipients of the defibrillators are…
AFTER another three hours of debating the progression of the controversial Cultural and Civic Space project to construction stage at Coffs Harbour City Council’s recent Extraordinary Meeting on Thursday 4 March, Council once again remained divided over the project.…
CONSTRUCTION of the Cultural and Civic Space building will commence next month, following Coffs Harbour City Council’s approval of progressing the controversial project to the Design and Construction contract stage. Council recently approved the tender for the construction phase…
LAST week two opposing groups of demonstrators converged on the Coffs Harbour City Council chambers. Up to 20 Council supporters, wearing green, congregated with more than 40 black-clad, anti-Council demonstrators. The Coffs Harbour City Council were about to meet…
FOUR members of the Coffs Harbour Toastmasters Club excelled at the recent Oxley Division public speaking competition. Members from over 20 clubs competed in Humorous and International contests with Coffs Harbour scoring two first places and three other podium…