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…
THE Made in Dorrigo Market brought a bustle to the mountain town on Saturday July 10 with stalls of locally homemade delicacies, plants and knits along with delicious hot food and live music. “We’ve had a few false starts…
LITTER and dumping champion, Johno Jones has received a response after a consultation with Gurmesh Singh, Member for Coffs Harbour. Mr Singh wrote to the General Manager of Coffs Harbour City Council (CHCC) representing Johno’s questions about what the…
THE community can now comment on a draft Council policy on the placement of telecommunications towers in the Coffs Harbour region. The draft policy outlines Coffs Harbour City Council’s expectations for appropriately sited and designed telecommunications facilities and provides…
THE end of the financial year usually means a lot of paperwork, but for mountain resident Rory Birt from Dorrigo it included a final tot-up of rainfall in the region. “Our rainfall numbers here are quite remarkable and the…
ACCORDING to Kim Towner, sustainable businesses have a feeling for their community and a feeling for their team. Kim is well known in Coffs Harbour as the owner of The Happy Frog and the impetus behind the Harbourside Markets.…
DESTINATION North Coast (DNC) is hosting an information and networking event in Coffs Harbour on 27 July, educating attendees on its new Business Accelerator and Mentoring Program for tourism businesses. “The Business Accelerator and Mentoring Program received grant funding…
DAVID Jones, a prominent Sawtellian, passed away on 9 June 2021, aged 70. “It is hard to go anywhere in Sawtell without seeing the contributions and life of his life, from the school to the Surf Club, the RSL…
COFFS Coast wedding services, from hairdressers to venues, men’s formalwear to photobooths, have excelled in the Mid North Coast Brides Choice Awards 2021. Victoria Harper, Wedding & Events Manager at Cedar Bar & Kitchen in Bellingen, which won the…