‘WINTER riveryouthfest’ hits the banks of the Bellinger River next Saturday, with tree planting a key element of the youth-focused festival. The festival, held during National Science Week, forms part of a broader three-year tree planting program orchestrated by OzGREEN,…
COFFS Harbour has become well-known as one of the epicentres of whale watching on the NSW coast. People from all over the world realise their dreams of a close encounter with these ocean mammals on local whale watching experiences. Advertise…
COUNCILLOR Jonathan Cassell will contest the upcoming Mayoral election for the Greens, stating his desire to “future proof” Coffs Harbour against social and environmental challenges. “I’m standing for Mayor to champion a clean and green future-proofed Coffs Harbour,” Mr Cassell…
THE Big Banana will glow red on August 19 to highlight Equal Pay Day. The date for Equal Pay Day varies each year, because it marks how many days into the new financial year Australian women must work to earn…
CITY of Coffs Harbour Council has approved five projects to share in $150,000 from the 2024/25 Community Infrastructure Renewal Grants Program. The program is open to not-for-profit organisations proposing improvement works on City-owned or managed land. Advertise with News of…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE NSW Premier, Chris Minns, stated last week that he has no plans to decriminalise cannabis, despite legal organisations, researchers and peak industry groups telling a parliamentary inquiry doing so for personal use would save…
MOTIVATED to make change, 24 young local people from Bowraville participated in an action-oriented leadership workshop run by OzGREEN’S Youth Leading the World team. They were inspired after being involved in water testing of the Nambucca River with OzGREEN and…
IN April this year News Of The Area reported that vandals and thieves had desecrated the Nambucca Heads War Memorial Cenotaph by tearing a large bronze rising sun badge off the wall. The rising sun is the symbol of the…
OVER the past year, community angst regarding blueberry farming developments in the Nambucca Valley has seen large crowds assembling at council and other meetings, with the focus on several recently established intensive farms. In November 2023, Nambucca Valley Council first…
WHEN 89-year-old Dorothy Bunyan awakens each morning she takes a moment to remember where she is. She looks out the small window of her Faringdon Village home to where two large fire-fighting tanks were installed just weeks ago, altering the…