BELLINGEN Shire Council election candidate Luke Barbagallo and his Labor team have released a plan to address the Shire’s current housing crisis. According to the Labor team, housing is one of the hottest issues in the Shire and the…
“I’M concerned,” Azalea Avenue resident John Widerberg told News Of The Area. John’s worries stem from the mishaps and last-minute driver corrections taking place near his home as vehicles come across the newly opened roundabout at a former Black…
WOOLGOOLGA Red Cross Branch this year achieved thirty continuous years of service to the local community. “Unfortunately, due to COVID restrictions there have been no celebrations but Branch members have faithfully and enthusiastically continued to assist with supporting the…
MOTORCYCLISTS are being urged to slow down on our roads this Motorcycle Awareness Month, after NSW recorded a 50 per cent increase in rider fatalities in 2021. Minister for Transport and Roads Andrew Constance said motorcyclists are some of…
Two cases are in the Kempsey Local Government Area and the source of their infection is being investigated. The third case is from Port Macquarie-Hastings LGA and is linked to a known case diagnosed in Port Macquarie last week.…
UPGRADING and beautification works at Woolgoolga Lakeside Reserve are planned following the long awaited announcement of $108,900 in State Government funding for the area. State Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh met with Woolgoolga Lake Working Group members on…
SCU Coffs Campus scholarship student Dylan Berger is encouraging Indigenous young people to apply to study at university. A Bachelor of Indigenous Knowledge with Honours student, Dylan’s family has Gumbaynggirr, Dhanggati, Yuin and Biripai heritage. Advertise with News of…
THE Rural Fire Service (RFS) Solitary Brigade has moved into its new and improved home, marking a major milestone in the delivery of the Coffs Harbour bypass project. As part of early works, the RFS shed has been relocated…
TWO large established Pandanus Palms have been dug out and stolen from beside the walkway to the beach near the Jetty Dunecare Shed on Jordan Esplanade, Coffs Harbour. Jetty Dunecare volunteers have worked for almost 40 years to care…
WOOLGOOLGA’s Naidu Theatre Company and the Coffs Harbour Regional Conservatorium are producing Disney’s Moana Jnr on the Coffs Coast, and auditions are now open. Jade Naidu, Artistic Director told News Of The Area, “We are producing Disney’s Moana on…