PLANS for a $4.9m redevelopment of Coffs Harbour International Marina have been lodged with Coffs Harbour City Council. Coffs Harbour International Marina Pty Ltd is proposing to redevelop the marina at Marina Drive, Coffs Harbour. The proposed redevelopment is…
AFTER eighteen months of planning, Bellingen based event Camp Creative has been postponed for a second year. Camp Creative is a summer school event that has run every January for thirty-five years. Its art, music, craft, dance, and singing…
MANY people have heard of Equal Pay Day, but few realise that the date changes each year, because it is held on the day that marks how many days it takes from the end of the financial year for…
NEW data released to mark the start of national Homelessness Week shows that Covid essential workers in the care and services sector on the North Coast are struggling with rental payments. New figures show rent on an apartment or…
WORK is underway to install 300 metres of elevated walking track at the top of Muttonbird Island to improve the habitat of the resident Wedge-Tailed Shearwaters and improve visitor safety. Shearwaters (commonly known as Mutton Birds) fly halfway around…
THE marble with Pat Magann’s birthday came out of the conscription barrel in 1970. Mr Magann, and every other young Australian man who shared his birthday, and the birthdays on the other marbles that came out, were required to…
A NEW employment program is kicking off in NSW to help ex-serving personnel across Air Force, Navy and Army transition to civilian life. The employment program, led by RSL LifeCare in NSW, aims to address the unique challenges veterans…
“TAKE action and call your GP,” urges Coffs Harbour’s Dr Tanya Stewart, a Cardiologist at Mid North Coast Cardiac Services, as the Baker Heart and Diabetes Institute launches a white paper on rising rates of undiagnosed heart valve disease.…
BEING prepared in the face of a disaster is the driver for OzGREEN’s new Resilient Communities Program in Bellingen Shire, starting 7 September. The eight sessions will be delivered online and aim to bring together the region’s residents to…
THE Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival (SWIFF) is looking for the next wave of young filmmakers. Entries are now open for the 7th annual Nextwave Youth Film Competition, Australia’s largest regional youth short film competition, for those aged…