COFFS Harbour native and Paralympic silver medallist Maddie McTernan claimed five multiclass gold medals over the weekend at the Coffs Harbour Swim Club Summer Splash Carnival. The Gold Coast-based swimmer was also a guest speaker at the carnival after a…
DEAR News Of The Area, THIS year is the 75th Anniversay of the UN Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention), established by the UN General Assembly on 9 December 1948, ratified by members…
DEAR News Of The Area, In response to Wayne Duesbury’s recent letter on climate change I would suggest that most argument on the topic and man’s contribution to it is largely governed by one’s political affiliation rather than science, but…
DEAR News Of The Area, IF there is anything in this world that is certain, it is change (Cancellation of Australia Day citizenship ceremony is un-Australian, NOTA January 12). Only a few years ago Australia Day was a full-on knees…
DEAR News Of The Area, JUST wondering if anyone else was disappointed or dismayed to find out that Coffs Harbour City Council was on the list of NSW local councils holding their Citizenship and Award ceremonies on a day other…
DEAR News Of The Area, IT is unbelievable that the courts have ruled in favour of the continued destruction and clear felling of our old growth native forests! This is despite Australia’s record extinction of our precious native wildlife due…
CENTENARY celebrations and the hosting of the annual Summer Splash carnival made for a memorable weekend for the Coffs Harbour Swim Club. “The annual Summer Splash was a massive success,” Coffs Harbour Swim Club secretary Sam Bergen told News Of…
IN fishing terms, I’m a dinosaur – everything I do is old. My methods, fishing gear and techniques have been around since Adam was a boy. My boat, “Stinkpot”, which I launch in Kiddies Corner on Fingal Beach, is just…
EMERGING Raymond Terrace swimmer Sebastian Webster has entered 2024 with an extra spring in his step. The fourteen-year-old Para breaststroke find achieved an important milestone last month when he collected a bronze medal at the NSW Senior State Age Swimming…
TOMAREE High School run machine Lucas Vincent has reached another milestone in his burgeoning cricket career. In a glowing endorsement of his raw potential, the sixteen-year-old NSW Combined High Schools representative finished leading run scorer at the recent NSW Country…