NEIGHBOURHOOD Centre Week, happening across Australia from 9 to 15 May 2022, is a nationwide initiative to celebrate the role of over one thousand neighbourhood and community centres. A common thread that runs through every one of the community…
COFFS Harbour City Council voted to apply for an additional special variation to rates in the ordinary general meeting held last Thursday. If approved by the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART), the rate increase will see the current rate…
LOCAL band Unison have released a new song named ‘Sunshine and Rain’, inspired by their life on the Coffs Coast. The pandemic hit local musicians hard as cancelled gigs became the new norm, but as one door closed another…
SICK of what is happening in Ukraine, and before that in Haiti and Sudan, locally in Coffs Harbour and any number of places in the world where people are suffering through wars and poverty, Drew Bogema is taking action…
COFFS Harbour Pink Ladies shone at the recent NSW North Eastern Region forum, winning both The Frances Gavel OAM Trophy for the most money raised net by a country auxiliary in 2020 and in 2021 and the prestigious Honor…
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THE future of the Jetty Foreshores is of interest to most people in the Coffs Harbour area. A meeting of the Coffs Harbour LGA Residents And Ratepayers Association (CHLGARRA) and the NSW Department of Property Industry and Environment (DPIE),…
MEALS On Wheels Coffs Harbour is celebrating its 50th birthday with a morning tea on 11 May. “We want to go big with this party,” Bronwyn Webber, a Service Manager who has been with the organisation for 30 years,…
WOOLGOOLGA’S Kailey Pallas stepped onto the big stage to perform in front of 15,000 NRL fans during the halftime interval at the St George Dragons versus Newcastle Knights clash on April 17. Locals may be familiar with the singer-songwriter’s…
THE Coffs Coast community rocked up in force for a hat trick of performances headlined by Caravana Sun to raise $10,025 for Lismore Flood relief. Local artist Esium (Sam Dyball) from Nana Glen opened the night to the delight…