EVERYBODY loves an Easter Hat Parade, and when there’s a warm invitation to take your dog along you know you’ll be in for a great time. On Easter Sunday, April 17, Greyhounds As Pets (GAP NSW) will be holding…
COFFS Quilters and Needlecraft Inc. (CH&N) has rallied funds and sent $1,000 to donation organisation GIVIT, with the stipulation it is to be used for the people of Lismore. “This money was an accumulation of funds from our quilt…
WITH increasing numbers of distressed people in Coffs, the Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre (CHNC) is urging people to pop by and ask for help if they need it. “Sometimes life can throw us a few unexpected curveballs and we…
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ARTISTS are invited to take part in a newly founded group, who will meet once a month at The North Coast Regional Botanic Gardens in Coffs Harbour, to share ‘everything arty’; art practices, art books, tips, techniques and talk.…
LIVED experience in the music industry shared by industry professionals is coming to the Mid North Coast in a series of MusicNSW workshops, which are free and for all ages. MusicNSW is running the three professional development events during…
NOBEL Prize winner Professor Peter Doherty is coming to the Bellingen Readers & Writers Festival. An Australian immunologist and pathologist, Peter, with Rolf Zinkernagel of Switzerland, received the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine in 1996 for their discovery…
THE much awaited Coffs Harbour Show Society’s schedule for May 13, 14 and 15 is now available online. Competitions for the exhibition hall include art, cake decorating, cooking, craft, flowers and plants, fresh produce, honey, jams, preserves, knitting, crochet,…
FEDERAL Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan announced on Monday that five councils in the Cowper electorate will benefit from the Australian Government’s $2.1 billion pre-payment on next year’s Financial Assistance Grant to all councils across Australia. Mr Conaghan said…
PRIMARY homeless people sleeping rough in Coffs Harbour who have received accommodation and support through the NSW Government’s Together Home Program (THP) will be helped into longer-term housing thanks to a $5.7+ million partnership with Mission Australia. The THP…