THIS story is part three of a series about the Mitchells, an early Port Stephens fishing family. COLIN Mitchell, aged 87 years, is currently running a trawler out of Mackay in QLD. Colin has a great ability to recall past…
AN exhibition highlighting surf culture and history on the Coffs Coast will open in November. ‘Swell Chasers: Surf Stories from the Mid North Coast’ will open at Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM) on Saturday 23 November, with the boardriding community…
THE 2024 Coffs Harbour Buskers & Comedy Festival wraps up this weekend, however it’s not too late to catch some incredible performance art and top shelf humour. On Friday, 4 September Ed Sheeran impersonator Jo Boshell will make a previously…
TOE tapping tunes and sing-alongs will be the order of the day at Coffs Harbour City Orchestra’s upcoming concerts. Presented at Coffs Harbour Racing Club on Saturday evening, 12 October, with a matinée the following day, the concerts are free…
NINE of the region’s best young touch footballers have taken on the nation’s finest on home turf, competing in the Touch Football National Youth Championships from 25-28 September. It was the first time the national competition had been held in…
ORARA High School’s Under-14 futsal team edged out Coffs Harbour High School in a thrilling penalty shootout to claim the regional grand final at Sportz Central last week, in a match that had hearts racing and nerves jangling until the…
HOCKEY Coffs Coast’s finest senior players are set to represent their country in the coming weeks. The ten players will represent Australia at the 2024 Masters World Cups in South Africa and New Zealand. The Over 35s and Over 40s…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS an older person, like “Jack”, I am alright now – but I worry about the future hospital conditions that will face us all. The standards of nursing we will receive in future years is…
THE RISE Youth Wellbeing Program has helped hundreds in the region by providing breakfasts, transport, uniforms and football coaching skills fostering personal development. However, grant funding from the government has dried up and the not-for-profit charity is now driving its…
UPSTAGE Youth Theatre’s production of Norman Lindsay’s ‘The Magic Pudding’ will light up the 200-year-old Tocal Homestead from 1-4 October. Adapted for the stage by Andrew James, with music by Sarah de Jong, the play centres around Bunyip Bluegum, a…