A NEW consent package is being developed for NSW schools, focusing on support for teachers and engagement with parents. NSW Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell announced the new suite of initiatives on Sunday 30 May as the first major…
DETECTIVES are appealing for assistance as they continue to investigate a stabbing in Coffs Harbour last week. Just before 9.30pm on Saturday 29 May 2021, a 32-year-old man was walking south on Grafton Street when he was approached by…
A RECENT social impact report by Swinburne University of Technology found that Be Connected, a government initiative to improve digital literacy, has created significant value for people in its target age group. Be Connected is an Australian Government initiative…
THE LAW Society of New South Wales is encouraging local farmers and small business owners in the Coffs Harbour, Bellingen, Nambucca and Clarence Valley Local Government Areas (LGAs), who still haven’t resolved legal matters arising from the 2019-20 bushfires,…
PAUL Edwards, of the Coffs Harbour Masters Swimming Club (CHMS), shone at the recent Masters Games at Cairns, from May 20-23, winning six medals. “His swimming was awesome,” Hilary Young, CHMS President told News Of The Area. Paul’s medals…
DRAGONS Abreast, Mylestom’s paddling club invited community locals, paddlers and visitors to join them at Mylestom Community Hall on Saturday May 29 to enjoy yet another Australia’s Biggest Morning Tea. Over 70 people attended and $1,626 was raised. The…
INSPIRATIONAL and globally renowned maths teacher, author and TV host Eddie Woo of ‘WooTube’ fame treated students and teachers at Woolgoolga High School last week to his unique way of making maths learning “fun and playful”. Eddie has been…
SINGING enthusiasts in the region are encouraged to join Coffs City Choir which has recently restarted rehearsals after a year-long COVID induced break and is seeking new members. Coffs City Choir is a local community choir which has been…
SELF-ACCLAIMED 80’s tragic Dr Kirsten Krauth will be taking to the stage at the Bellingen Readers Writers Festival with iconic comedian Paul McDermott and musician Michael Simic exploring and dissecting her new book, ‘Almost a Mirror’. The book explores…
ONE HUNDRED-year-old Florence Evelyn Cummings celebrated reaching her century on May 27 at a family birthday lunch in the café at her residential home, Mater Christi in Toormina. And what a century it’s been. Born in 1921 and married…