FIVE bands performed at Red-C Events last weekend as live entertainment on the Coffs Coast shows green shoots of optimism following the easing of COVID-19 restrictions. Although there is a long way to go, local bands are seeing an…
GUMBAYNGGIRR elders have set up ‘Camp Nunguu’ in the Newry State Forest, 40 minutes south of Coffs Harbour, in response to Forestry Corporation of NSW plans to log 657 hectares of the native forest. Greens Legislative Council MP, David…
A STATEMENT of Intent signed by all three education sectors on 26 March is the first step in driving cultural change around sexual violence. Government, Catholic and Independent schools have agreed to help drive community and cultural change around…
THE community is invited to join the Championship Cat and Kitten Show at Coffs Harbour’s longest running community event between April 30-2 May by entering your common mixed breed family cat or kitten, as part of the 2021 Coffs…
DID you see Saturday evening’s spectacular, silent lightning storm out to sea against a dark moonless star-filled night sky? Daniel Barty, forecaster at the Bureau of Meteorology (BOM) told The News Of The Area, “The long-lived storm started around…
LONG time Coffs Harbour resident Joan Winifred Walker will celebrate her 100th birthday on April 19. Born in Armidale in 1921, Joan spent her primary school years in Batlow. Her father worked for NSW Railways and Joan arrived in…
AFTER reading an article in News Of The Area Dragons Abreast Coffs Coast took part in the Greater Bank’s March Community Support Programme in which three Mid North Coast community organisations compete in a public ballot to share in…
DEAN Evers has announced that he will nominate for Coffs Harbour City Council at the coming elections, and that he intends to run for Mayor. A resident in Coffs since 1994, Mr Evers has a strong history in Government…
DANCING the night away Latin style is keeping the community spinning on their toes as the Coffs Latin Rhythms Club (CLR) grows across all levels and categories. Workshops, classes and dance parties are all hugely well supported with membership…
BRIAN Navin Reserve has been made an official 24-hour alcohol free zone to deter anti-social behaviour within the reserve and support local police in reducing alcohol related crime in the area. Coffs Harbour City councillors unanimously voted for the…