WITH the hair and beauty industries starting to reopen as COVID-19 restrictions progressively ease across the state, the Diploma in Salon Management is being offered for the first time virtually. The beauty industry has been one of the hardest…
THE last event in the Festival of New Thinking, run by 6 Degrees, an initiative of the Coffs Harbor City Council, will be a whole-day affair on Wednesday, 27 October. The event will consist of three sessions, and participants…
A 45-YEAR-OLD man has passed away in the Sawtell park adjacent to the Surf Life Saving Club on Fourth Avenue. Police report that on Thursday morning, around 11am, locals noticed the man appearing to be unwell and called an…
NOMINATIONS are now open for the two categories of 2022 Sawtellian of the Year. Sawtellian of the Year has been running for many years being awarded each New Year’s Day at the Sawtell Super Fund Day at the Village…
CLOUDS couldn’t keep away Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan and Coffs Harbour Mayor Denise Knight as they attended Sawtell Pool to make the official announcement of a much needed upgrade. The funds are part of the Building Better…
IT’S National Carers Week and Mission Australia is thanking and celebrating all carers paid and unpaid, including those who access support through Mission Australia’s Family and Carers Mental Health program on the Mid North Coast. This year the theme…
KELLIE Potts, the Sandy Beach based farmer-founder of Potts of Berries, has blueberry juice running through her veins. The earth she treads every day, tending to her fourteen-acre blueberry plantation, is fourth generation land, originally bought by her great-grandmother…
INCREASING vaccination rates mean North Coast residents are better prepared as visitors arrive to the region in coming weeks. Across all the North Coast LGAs the rate is now at 88% of those aged 16 and over now having…
‘MENTAL Health in an Unequal World’ is the official theme for this year’s Mental Health Day on Sunday 10 October, as set by the World Federation for Mental Health. Feeling frustrated by minimal access to mental health resources, a…
A SERENDIPITOUS outcome has emerged from a tech service where our seniors can play a vital role in the resilience of our community. Tony Rothacker, the Emerald Beach founder of Youngster.co, has created an innovative program to help seniors…