IN recognition of her consistent and excellent performance, Corindi-Woolgoolga State Emergency Services (SES) volunteer Britt Hargreaves has been awarded the Unit’s Volunteer of the Year award. “While all our volunteers are highly valued and bring a diverse range of skills…
APPLICATIONS are now open for young women wishing to become the next Ambassador of the Coffs Harbour Show. The aim of the ‘Coffs Harbour Young Women Experience’ is to find young women to be rural ambassadors for the Coffs Coast…
CITY of Coffs Harbour has accepted handover of the regional boat ramp landside facilities, including the boat rinse, after a number of issues were addressed by Transport for NSW. Council had raised concerns, mostly regarding the eight boat rinse bays…
A POSITIVE shift in mindset among builders and those in the construction industry has been revealed in the latest State of Residential Construction Industry report from the Australian of Professional Builders (APB). The data states that the mental health of…
ACCORDING to the Forestry Corporation of NSW, almost 2.5-million hardwood and softwood seedlings are being dispatched from the organisation’s Grafton Nursery to be replanted in state forests across Northern New South Wales. The Grafton Nursery grows a mix of eucalyptus…
TWO of the nine TAFE NSW students competing in the WorldSkills International Championships in France later this year are from Coffs Harbour. Ross Colquhorn, an Automotive Technology student, and Lestatt Hammond-Hurst, a Retail Baking student from Glenreagh, will represent Australian…
THAI communities from Port Macquarie to Grafton will gather together for the Songkran, or Water Festival, to celebrate Thai New Year on Sunday 21 April at Harbourside Markets alongside Coffs Harbour’s Jetty Beach. “A parade through the markets, celebrating the…
SAWTELL’s faded street furniture along First Avenue has had a facelift courtesy of the Coffs Harbour Men’s Shed. Men’s Shed Assistant Treasurer Ken Ryan told News Of The Area the group was approached by City of Coffs Harbour to assist…
A GROUP of community leaders have convened to campaign to protect the Jetty Foreshores from proposed private residential development. The group is composed of Gumbaynggirr Elders and custodians, a number of City of Coffs Harbour councillors and leaders of a…
DUE to the high standard of entry, judging the local Fine Arts Open Exhibition was a hard task, but judge Terri Butterworth eventually selected winners across five sections. The prizes were presented at a large gathering of Coffs Harbour Creative…