THE Community Hosting Program (CHP), an initiative of Bellingen Shire’s Housing Matters Action Group, is achieving its aim to offer a more immediate solution to the local housing crisis. Since its launch in February, the CHP has put a number…
MAJOR milestones with the construction of Coffs Harbour Bypass are overshadowing some residents’ concerns and inconveniences in their own backyard, as experienced by Korora homeowner Julie Lane. When the easement at the end of her back yard was fenced across…
THE Knitting Nannas are gathering for peaceful protests outside Forestry Corporation’s (FC) Coffs Harbour office at 30 Park Avenue every Friday. The purpose is to raise awareness of the work of Forestry Corporation across the Coffs Coast’s native state forests,…
BANANAFEST is here. A big family event of live music, big name bands, entertainment for all and great fun events for the kids, BananaFest at The Big Banana on Saturday 6 and Sunday 7 May has come together as a…
MAJOR Allan Crouch OAM RFD (Retd), a long-time Woolgoolga resident, has been honoured with one of only four national 2023 ANZAC of the Year awards. The honour was bestowed by the Returned & Services League of Australia (RSL) in recognition…
POLICE are appealing for public assistance as they investigate reports of large rocks being thrown from a highway overpass at passing heavy vehicles near Coffs Harbour on the weekend. Between 1.05am and 1.45am on Saturday 22 April 2023, police received…
THE Japanese Children’s Day Festival returns to the Coffs Harbour Botanic Gardens on May 7 from 9am to 3pm. The festival has run for many years in Coffs Harbour as an integral part of the ‘sister city’ relationship with the…
THE Bellingen Show program has been printed and posted online, detailing a mass of different things to do for the big weekend event on Saturday 13 and Sunday 14 May. To provide a glimpse into the show’s highlights, Bellingen Show…
BELLINGER Valley VIEW Club closed its doors for the last time on April 17, 2023, at its final luncheon after 38 years of charitable works and companionship. “It is with very great sadness that we advise we are closing,” Megan…
THE Australian Premiere of George Gittoes’s new feature documentary, Ukrainistan Artist War, will screen as a late addition to the 2023 Screenwave International Film Festival line-up, screening on Tuesday 2 May at the Jetty Memorial Theatre, Coffs Harbour. Gittoes’s powerhouse…