SAPPHIRE Beach artist Jane Wilson has won first prize in the oil section of Grafton’s annual Jacaranda Art Exhibition for the third time. The exhibition is usually held in conjunction with the Jacaranda Festival in October but COVID restrictions…
A BIG, bright, playful artwork by local artist Joe Neathway Brown has been donated by the Coffs Harbour Pink Ladies to Coffs Harbour Health Campus – a donation that will entertain youngsters attending the Emergency Department. Joe has created…
THE popular Englands Park, at the end of Edgar Street behind the Dolphin Marine Conservation Park, will benefit from the construction of engineered coastal protection works including a new boardwalk and rock wall erosion protection. A grant of $988,000…
AS COVID-19 cases reach record numbers across NSW, the State Government has brought forward eligibility to receive the third Covid booster vaccination from six months to five months. This means anyone 18 years and older who received their second…
BONVILLE Public School has succeeded in gaining $34,642 from the State Governments 2021 Community Building Partnership Program and will use the money to enhance their Kids in Kitchen initiative by providing improved seating in the beautiful school grounds. Bonville…
AS restrictions ease and masks and QR code check-ins are no longer mandatory in many settings, Dr Kerry Chant, NSW Government’s Chief Health Officer, is urging the community to continue masking up. In Newcastle and the Hunter, COVID-19 cases…
DETECTIVES from State Crime Command’s Child Abuse and Sex Crimes Squad have arrested eight men and seized mobile phones, electronic items and illicit drugs, as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged transmission of child abuse material through…
NSW Farmers is urging people heading into country areas for Christmas to keep an eye out for harvest machinery. Flooding and heavy rain delayed harvest efforts across much of the state, leading to more activity on and around farms…
A MEETING of four local blueberry growers 20 years ago led to a decision to pack and market their product together from a small shed in Woolgoolga. Within three years there were 18 growers on board, which quickly led…
A HUGE swell of love and camaraderie permeated the local skateboarding community at Coffs’ annual KOBBAS Classic – The Koby Mitchell Classic Skatefest. Chalkies Skateshop in Coffs did a lot of the organising with brothers-in-business Bevin ‘Bevo’ and Jesse…