THE 35th year of the Rotary Cartoon Awards were celebrated on Thursday 24 November at the National Cartoon Gallery, with cartoonist Peter Player taking out the Cartoon of the Year award from 201 entries. Mr Player’s winning entry, ‘Warm-Up’, features…
THE Giving Tree is back at Big W Park Beach in the Plaza. From now until Christmas Eve, customers can place an unwrapped gift under the Giving Tree, each of which will go to families in the community who need…
CUPS of tea and scones have done it again, with sales of food and beverage delights from Mary’s Tea House going straight towards buying medical equipment at Bellinger River Hospital. Just last week, the Bellingen Hospital Pink Auxiliary presented a…
SERVICE NSW’s Aboriginal Artwork Initiative has launched at the Coffs Harbour branch, the fourth out of ten Service Centres to participate. Established following staff and customer feedback, the initiative aims to strengthen engagement with and acknowledgement of Aboriginal and Torres…
SINGING Christmas carols by the sea accompanied by accomplished vocalists and a full-blown orchestra – what could be more appealing than this to get you in a festive mood? This concert-cum-singalong comes to fruition as the final performance for the…
YOUNG Coffs Coast residents can register for free acting and theatre making workshops for youth at the Jetty Theatre in December. Full-On Theatre, based in the Northern Rivers near Mullumbimby, is back in Coffs Harbour with a cutting-edge new program…
COFFS COAST fishers rallied in response to a call from OzFish Unlimited to join in a clean-up around Boambee Creek on Saturday 18 November. OzFish Unlimited is a recreational fishing conservation charity, working through its Keep it Clean partnership with…
THE 184th anniversary of her great great grandfather’s birth, on 19 October, had North Bank Road resident Jenni McLennan (nee Tyson) poring over her Tyson family history. “We have four generations of Tyson males, all born and still living in…
THE newly upgraded Exhibition Hall at the Coffs Harbour showground, almost completed and due to officially open in February 2024, will provide a new home for the Made with Love Markets on Sunday 3 December. Deb Farquhar, Chairman of the…
ON Saturday January 27 2024 the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden will host an iconic event six months in the making. Local event promoters John Logan Entertainment (JLE) have managed to secure three Australian music icons – Glenn Shorrock, Russell…