TWO of Australia’s most gifted and compelling crime fiction writers are coming to Coffs Harbour for bare-all author talks. Michael Robotham and Chris Hammer have forged fame worldwide for their best-selling and critically acclaimed works. Robotham and Hammer were born…
INCUMBENT mayor Claire Pontin will look to secure re-election to MidCoast council later this month, leading a team of six into the 14 September election. Elected to council in 2017, Ms Pontin served as deputy mayor from 2019-21 before taking…
WORIMI GRINGAI Elder Dr Elizabeth McEntyre will contest the 14 September MidCoast local government elections as an ungrouped Independent. Dr McEntyre, who lives in Tea Gardens, says she has been connected to the area from birth. Advertise with News of…
BORN and raised in the Manning, MidCoast councillor Peter Howard is running for another term on 14 September. Mr Howard, who resides in Forster, leads a group of six independent candidates (Group A) into the local government election. Advertise with…
SPRING has sprung in Tea Gardens, with a charity double-header held outside Coles on Saturday 31 August. There was no sign of winter’s discontent out the front of Tea Gardens Coles on the last day of the cold season, as…
MIDCOAST Council has now formally transitioned the disability services delivered by MidCoast Assist to Ability Options. In February the decision was made for MidCoast Assist to cease delivering ageing and disability services. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
A BULAHDELAH resident of 38 years, John Sahyoun will contest MidCoast Council elections on 14 September. The long-serving President of the Bulahdelah Chamber of Commerce and Tourism, Mr Sahyoun is a member of the NSW National Party and a presenter…
HAVE your say on the strategy for managing public toilets in Myall Coast parks. The draft MidCoast Public Toilets in Parks Strategy 2024 – 2035 is on public exhibition from Wednesday 28 August to Wednesday 2 October 2024. Advertise with…
SHUTTLING vulnerable children through motels, hotels and caravan parks at huge cost to the taxpayer will finally end under a new ban. The use of unaccredited emergency accommodation in NSW’s state care system has been slammed in multiple reports including…
THE Woolgoolga Wildcats, who finished a distant fifteen points behind the Coffs City United Lionesses in the regular season, have proved that anything can happen in knockout football. In a match that will be remembered for years, the Wildcats clawed…