SHOSHIN, a Zen word referring to having an attitude of openness, eagerness, and lack of preconceptions, just as a beginner would, is the inspiration for Sawtell ceramics group’s next exhibition. The ceramics ‘club’ was named MAGIC back in 2014…
THE Bellingen Shire Council have been busy this spring with works on roads, bridges and community infrastructure as part of their Capital Works Program. If you have had the pleasure of taking a drive on the Promised Land Loop…
A LOCAL band of film lovers and humanitarians are hosting an encore of their successful fundraiser to help Afghan filmmakers and actors to get to safety following the Taliban takeover in Afghanistan. The original ‘lockdown movie night’, organised by…
BANDS and music lovers let their hair down last Sunday in an epic last hurrah as the popular music venue Red-C Events closed its doors permanently. Musicians rocked the outside deck as the enthusiastic crowd lapped up the broad…
COFFS Coast conservationists are concerned that a new land-clearing code introduced by the NSW Government on Saturday could result in thousands of hectares of previously protected bushland being cleared for bushfire risk reduction. The Chief Executive of the Nature…
WHEN Darrell Groth’s friend recently passed away, he was left with more than the grief of missing his friend; he had lost his walking chum. As one of life’s “get on with it” guys, Darrell knew that if he…
BONGIL Bongil and Bindarri National Parks are amongst the more than two hundred sites that have been named as Assets of Intergenerational Significance (AIS) to help protect koalas and other endangered animals. The NSW Environment Minister Matt Kean used…
THIS week a team of 20 Love Bites facilitators from across the North Coast will complete the Run Against Violence, which they started on August 30, and will see the team complete 1300km of running. The group includes representatives…
TWO of Australia’s foremost child safety advocates, Australian of the Year Grace Tame and Minister for Home Affairs Karen Andrews have launched a new campaign to help spark a national conversation about child sexual abuse. The Australian Federal Police…
DELIGHTED teachers greeted the children in the school drop-off zone as they arrived back at Mary Help of Christians Primary School (MHOC) in Sawtell on Monday after a four-week absence. Cheers rang out across the Mid North Coast when…