THREE local sports clubs have been successful in the NSW Government’s Local Sport Defibrillator Grant Program. Minister for Sport Steve Kamper announced that 194 organisations have shared in $500,000 with each organisation receiving up to $3,000 towards the purchase, installation,…
THE Bellingen Environment Centre (BEC) acknowledged World Environment Day on Wednesday June 5 with approximately 60 people rallying outside Forestry Corporation of NSW’s (FCNSW) Coffs Harbour office. Catherine Jones, the BEC secretary and organiser of countless actions outside FCNSW offices,…
THE VIP opening night for the Coffs Antique and Collectors Fair will be held on Friday 28 June from 5:00pm to 7:30pm at the Exhibition Hall at Coffs Harbour Showground. “This is a night for the real enthusiasts to get…
SHAREN Hackfath and Donna Harper are on a mission to get Coffs Coast residents talking about bowel cancer. Both recent bowel cancer survivors, the pair have set up a local support group, Coffs Colon Cancer (CCC), a platform they will…
BUILDING up to the Holiday Coast Bootscooters’ 30th anniversary in July, the local line dance group is bursting to burst out two days of dancing at the big birthday bash. The weekend celebrations on Friday 19 and Saturday 20 July…
RAISING $2,467 through its Biggest Morning Tea, the bingo group players at Darlington Park Resort at Arrawarra are justly delighted with the outcome. While the bingo raised $1,467, an anonymous donor gave $1,000 towards the annual initiative benefitting the Cancer…
DEAR News Of The Area, JUST when you thought Australia’s climate wars were over, here go the Nationals into another round. The Coalition that couldn’t land an energy policy in nine years has a half-baked idea to build a nuclear…
COMMUNITIES across the Camden Haven are set to be among the winners when the NSW Budget is handed down next Tuesday. In the biggest funding boost for Port Macquarie Base Hospital since its construction, $265 million has been earmarked for…
CRACKING weather for the King’s Birthday lured scores of families to Lake Cathie, where fishers have been catching everything from bream and flathead, to a monster pike eel. It has been a month since Cathie Lagoon was opened to the…
OFFICIALS from Lake Cathie Netball Club (LCNC) are seeking a permanent solution to lighting issues at the town’s netball court. Port Macquarie-Hastings councillor Josh Slade attended the Rainbow Beach Sporting Complex recently to discuss concerns with Club President Tami Ray…