DORRIGO’s Town Clock got blown off its pedestal in mightily gusty winds on Saturday July 17. “Store holders heard a crash at around 12.30pm, but no-one actually saw it fall,” Sara Hankin, President of Rotary Dorrigo told News Of…
LOCAL campaigners, who are attempting to prevent koala habitat at Lot 2, Sawtell Rd, Toormina, being developed, were contacted last week by solicitors representing the Coffs Harbour City Council. The solicitors informed the campaigners that Regional Architects, representing REDCC,…
COVID-19 restrictions in regional NSW have been extended until Friday 30 July, with residents to continue wearing face masks and signing in with a NSW Government QR code at all indoor businesses. To support local businesses and their employees…
COUNCIL candidate for the Greens, Jonathan Cassell, has announced an initiative to support the farming community. Called ‘Grow the Growers’, it aims to introduce a thriving local small-scale produce market to support existing growers and provide a training pathway…
COVID-19 has reached the Coffs Coast with the whole venue of the Hoey Moey, 84 Ocean Parade, identified by NSW Health as an exposure site on July 15 from 15:55 to 16:20 pm. Those in attendance at the Hoey…
FEW Australians know that nearly one in five (15%) fatalities on a farm are children who are under the age of 15. More staggering is that more than half (56%) had no active supervision by an adult at the…
NOT-FOR-PROFIT organisation Sawtell Catholic Care’s Marian Grove is more than a retirement village, it’s a local identity. For over twenty-seven years this vibrant community has grown and flourished, evolving as the needs of their resident population change. Ask those…
CAREXCELL Community Care is delighted to announce that we are now able to provide Out of Hospital Care to our local community. There are three new programs: COMPACKS providing 6 weeks of care after discharge from hospital, Safe and…
FIVE members of Coffs Harbour Myanmar refugee community have achieved the first step to becoming business owners with their successful registration as a not-for-profit organisation under NSW Fair Trading. The five farmers are now officially the Myanmar Community Agricultural…
FOSTER care agency Uniting is calling out for carers to support young persons and children as short term respite carers. Currently in NSW there are over sixteen thousand children in the foster care system and not enough carers to…