BUS STOP Films’ Accessible Film Studies Program has completed its first short film, a comedy called Go Your Own Way. Bus Stop Films, the award-winning social enterprise film school and production company, in partnership with TAFE NSW, has been working…
FED up nurses and midwives at Baringa Private Hospital are “anxiously awaiting” news of an interim pay rise, after their union agreed to negotiate with the NSW Government. The Nurses and Midwives Association has accepted an offer of a three…
AUSTRALIA must abandon its tough approach to managing youth crime and start looking to evidence-based solutions to end the disadvantage afflicting young people, the national children’s commissioner says. In an address to the National Press Club in Canberra, Anne Hollonds…
AS the weather calms for the school holidays and upcoming long weekend, local and visitor anglers will have plenty of opportunities to cast a line. In the Camden Haven River region, a few drummer are still around, with some impressive…
MEET Pammie Condon, this week’s Heart of the Haven. Pammie grew up in Sydney and studied to be an interior designer, becoming a highly regarded stylist along the way. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for…
GUULABAA has passed a construction milestone and is almost ready to welcome visitors. Meaning “Place of Koala” in the Gathang language of the Biripi people, the tourism precinct in the Cowarra State Forest hosted the official opening of “The Hub”…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council has revised a number of its library management policies. Key changes include the removal of wording regarding overdue fines which were abolished in July 2023, clarification of age restrictions on virtual reality and gaming systems, and a…
AS locals prepare to enjoy another sun-soaked summer, Surf Life Saving Mid North Coast (SLSMNC) has welcomed the season with its annual Raising of the Flags ceremony. The flag raising took place on Saturday, 28 September at Tacking Point Surf…
COUNTING has concluded on the Jetty Foreshores poll which ran alongside the 14 September council election. The question asked was as follows: “The Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore will be redeveloped. Do you agree that some of the foreshore land should…
DEAR News Of The Area, OUR family has had over a 150-year association with life on and around the Coffs Harbour coastline and the beauty that is the Jetty Foreshores. My grandparents raised sixteen children on the banks of Coffs…