A 38-YEAR-OLD man and a 50-year-old woman have been refused bail over a long list of driving, weapons and property offences, including alleged break-ins in Lake Cathie. Around 5am on Thursday, 7 November, police located Benjamin John Black and Nicole…
CAMDEN HAVEN community members are invited to join the Blessing of the Angels Remembrance Service at St Thomas Anglican Church in Port Macquarie on Sunday, 1 December. The service is held annually on the first Sunday in December and is…
AN upcoming exhibition of the social and cultural history of surfing on the Mid North Coast is generating considerable interest. The Yarrila Arts and Museum initiative, “Swell Chasers: Surf Stories from the Mid North Coast”, will run from 23 November…
THE McCarthy family have been supplying timber products nationally and internationally since it was established in 1961. Coffs Harbour Hardwoods has grown over the years from timber merchant and world champion axeman Ray McCarthy and a few sons, to now…
BIG4 Sawtell Beach Holiday Park has won the Customer Service Excellence Award in the BIG4 national awards announced at a gala event on the Gold Coast. City of Coffs Harbour manages all four BIG4 holiday parks on the Coffs Coast.…
NOMINATIONS are now open for the 2025 Australia Day Awards. Run by the City of Coffs Harbour, the awards will see three individuals honoured at a ceremony at C.ex Coffs on Sunday 26 January – plus a special ‘Aussie Spirit’…
BRITISH Pop Art was the subject of the recent ArtsNational Coffs Coast talk by art historian Paul Chapman. A guide at The National Gallery in London, Chapman expertly navigated the audience through this avant-garde era of the late 1950s and…
THE Coffs Coast Wildlife Sanctuary has welcomed the arrival of Little Blue Penguin couple, Biggie and Guinness. The two penguins were transferred from Sea Life Sunshine Coast Aquarium. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
THE coast has been a mixed bag for anglers this week, with some promising signs and others indicating a more challenging period. In the Camden Haven region, the fishing scene has been somewhat unpredictable. Advertise with News of The Area…
POLICE are appealing for public information and dashcam footage as they investigate the death of a man whose body was found near the Stewarts River Bridge on Sunday. Officers were called to the highway 13 kilometres south of Kew around…