AT its February 2023 Ordinary Council Meeting, Council endorsed a recommendation for Bellingen Shire to proceed with an application to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) for a Special Rate Variation (SRV). An application to IPART by Council will…
KALANG River Dragon Boat Club members are joining the Clean Up Australia campaign and doing their bit on Saturday 4 March by picking up rubbish in and around the waterways and the foreshores where they enjoy paddling each week. “We…
TEN years ago, Coffs Harbour played host to Wintersun, a retro music festival. The event ran twice in Coffs but was later deemed not viable by the organisers, who quietly disbanded it before moving on. Advertise with News of The…
THE blue ribbon was cut and The Shoreline, Coffs Harbour’s new, world class retirement village, was officially opened on Wednesday 22 February. Around 100 residents already call the village home which will eventually accommodate close to 500 retirees. Advertise with…
SOUTHERN Cross University graduate Sophie Cameron is spearheading a new occupational therapy service in Coffs Harbour, Health Works NSW, where demand for the service is at all-time high. With an office in the Innovation Hub at the Coffs Harbour Education…
USERS of Coffs Harbour’s War Memorial Olympic Pool will be delighted that the pool will be heated all year round thanks to NSW Government funding of $797,308 from Round Five of the Stronger Country Communities Fund. Member for Coffs Harbour…
STARS of Coffs Coast participant Melissa Rullis-Duncan from Lavender Rose Funerals has teamed up with Zoe from Dusty Road Blooms to host two fundraisers for Cancer Council on Saturday 18 March at the Terrace Bar, Pier Hotel in Coffs Harbour.…
AN alliance of surfers, divers, recreational fishers and conservationists are calling for an end to land clearing in NSW, saying it too heavily impacts our coast and marine environment. They say land clearing has increased thirteen-fold in NSW since 2016,…
THREE years after floods first forced the closure of a section of Keevers Drive linking Repton and Raleigh, the barricades are gone, traffic is moving freely in both directions, and local motorists couldn’t be happier. “The reopening of the second…
IT IS not the news that Bellingen Shire Council wanted to deliver, but the planned celebrations around the town’s Memorial Hall Grand Opening have been pushed back to May to allow for the finishing touches to be completed. Committed to…