“PLEASE don’t drop and run,” urges Coffs Harbour Salvation Army Family Store temporary retail manager, Chris Reading, who is frustrated at the amount of out-of-hours community dumping that goes on outside Op Shops. Arriving at the shop on Monday morning…
THE Deputy Premier and Minister for Regional NSW, Paul Toole, was in town last week to tout the NSW Government’s new $175 million Growing Regional Economies Fund. He said the fund will invest in infrastructure and facilities that will unlock…
RAINBOW Coffs Harbour (RCH) LGBTIQA+ social group is having a picnic “to get the word out there”, one of the group’s founding members, Robyn Dever, told News Of The Area. “Our event will be a sausage sizzle/picnic on Saturday 11…
FORESTRY Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) has announced that it will commence harvesting and replanting of timber plantations this month in Orara East State Forest, near Karangi. FCNSW Harvesting Manager Tom Halliday said the mature timber plantations would be harvested over…
THE KALANG River Classic paddling race is back for 2023. After a successful inaugural event in 2021 which saw over 180 entries, followed by a Covid enforced hiatus in 2022, the Kalang River Dragon Boat Club organisers are pleased to…
A $177,150 PROJECT funded through the NSW Government’s Disaster Risk Reduction Fund will increase flood warning capability in the Coffs Harbour local government area. The Minister for Emergency Services and Resilience and Minister for Flood Recovery, Steph Cooke, joined Member…
COASTAL Claymakers’ annual Empty Bowls fundraiser – an international grassroots movement by artists and crafts people around the world to raise money to feed the hungry in their community – raised $1,100 at its Sawtell event. The recent Empty Bowls…
TWELVE-year-old Toby Mitchell presented a cheque to Dolphin Marine Conservation Park in Coffs Harbour this January during his latest visit to the park, having been captivated by the work of the Dolphin Marine Rescue team from a very young age.…
COFFS Regional Community Gardens was a winning spot to host last weekend’s Get Growing workshops run by Ian Earth’s The Gourmet School, on January 28 and 29. Lara Reading, the Secretary of the Coffs Regional Community Gardens told News Of…
PARA-SURFING champion Sam Bloom will share her powerful story at a Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce luncheon on Thursday 16 February at C.ex Coffs. “Sam’s story is so compelling, Chamber members as well as visitors and members of the public…