URGING City of Coffs Harbour (CoCH) to reinstate Harmony Day was the first initiative taken by members of the Coffs Coast Multicultural Society (CCMS) at their inaugural meeting on Wednesday 31 January 2024. The newly formed group consists of 28…
ON Sunday 18 February at 2pm at an outdoor service on the grounds of Gleniffer Church, the Uniting Church Mid North Coast Presbytery will induct Reverend Dr Jason John into the unique role of ‘Forest Chaplain’. Although Jason has performed…
FIVE generations aged from one month to 96 years held a family get-together in Coffs Harbour recently. Baby Rohan Dwyer met his great-great-grandmother Doreen Goundry for the first time, accompanied by his mother Kahala Dwyer, 23, grandmother Samantha Dury, 43,…
“WHERE are our pathways?” This is the question on the lips of residents who live in and around Beryl Street, Mackays Road and Frances Street in Coffs Harbour. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…
PERHAPS the brightest star of the festive season in Coffs Harbour is the Leske family residence on Coriedale Drive. Bedecked with Christmas lights and twinkling decorations, the annual festive spectacle is the Leske’s creative way of fundraising for the Uniting…
‘BLACK White and Red’, the Coffs Harbour Creative Arts Group’s (CHCAG) first exhibition for 2024, is now on display at the Coffs Harbour Showground Gallery. A convivial gathering at the gallery on Sunday 4 February officially opened the exhibition. Advertise…
A GROUP of logging protesters have gathered to symbolically close Tuckers Nob State Forest to forestry operations. Local residents along Roses Road, Gleniffer with the support of the ‘Friends of Tuckers Nob’ group, have posted ‘notice of closure’ signs at…
FORESTRY Australia has defended the use of hazard reduction or prescribed burning as an established and long-used method of preparing for and reducing the severity of bushfires. A recently published report by the Australian National University and Curtin University found…
LONG-TIME News Of The Area readers will be familiar with the ongoing protests to protect Newry State Forest. A new documentary film, ‘Nguura Muruy’ (Forest Camp), tells the story of local community members and Gumbaynggirr custodians attempting to save Newry…
THE NSW Government will implement a review of the financial model for local government to address rising cost pressures facing councils across the state. The Government has asked the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) to examine the financial model…