ARCHIE Roach is something of an icon of Australian music, creating a strong platform to campaign for Indigenous rights from his inspired and moving songwriting and performances. With a slew of awards for his past works, Archie is about…
SUCCESS rarely comes easily, and women often face more than their fair share of challenges. Business and Professional Women (BPW) recognises this, and recently, the Coffs Harbour branch presented two awards at its annual scholarship dinner held at 63…
SEEING your child succeed is something that all of us would like. If they are learning to read, we would like to hear them reading as fluently as possible and understanding what they read. If they are taking on…
WOOLGOOLGA Gallery’s major annual Lillipilli Art and Craft Exhibition – a legend in the NSW’s North Coast art world – announces its entry closing date, inspiring a flurry of painting in preparation. With entries closing on August 13, September…
UKULELE players from the Coffs Coast were able to jam together again at 63 First Avenue for the first time in over a year since COVID restrictions deemed singing a ‘risk’ activity. Last Saturday (June 19) over 30 locals…
LOGGING operations were halted for two days last week when protestors took action in Wild Cattle Creek State Forest. A tree sitter prevented logging on one day and, on the second, a protester locked themselves on to machinery. The…
RED CROSS Volunteer Emergency Service Teams in Bellingen, Coffs Harbour and Woolgoolga have each received an Australian Red Cross Distinguished Team Award. The awards originally presented in Sydney (World Red Cross Day) by Mr John MacLennan, Chairman of NSW…
THE ‘Bellingen: The Promised Land’ film documentary by Mid North Coast veteran talents, Peter Geddes, former journalist and Bellingen resident in the 1970s, and Pete Gailey, life-time film editor, continues its emergence into wider availability with a showing in…
EMERGING from flood damage, New Life Farm market garden in Sapphire Beach has reopened after eight weeks repairing, reworking and future-proofing the farm. “Drought, bushfires, floods in February and December 2020 and then the third flood in March 2021…
A NEW youth certificate program has been launched to reward community-minded students who volunteer within their local area. The Lions Young Leaders In Service award program was recently established by the Lions Club of Woolgoolga and Woolgoolga High School.…