THE Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan met recently with past and current recipients of the Commonwealth Scholarships Program. Mr Conaghan is encouraging young residents and ex-Australian Defence Force personnel in the Coffs Coast and Grafton region to apply…
IT’S time to don the gardening gloves and get out the garbage bags as Coffs Harbour residents come together to clean up the region this weekend for the annual Clean Up Australia Day. Clean Up Australia commenced 30 years…
UP to eleven wooden bridges in the Coffs Coast area will be replaced at a cost of $5.7million over the next 24 months thanks to $4.5M from the NSW Government’s $500 million Fixing Country Bridges program and another $1.2M…
COVID-19 saw an increase in blood and plasma availability as elective surgeries were postponed but now with elective surgeries back in full swing there is a seven percent increase in demand for more blood and plasma donors. There has…
DEAN Bridgman has watched this once small family owned kitchen business of 39 years turn into a much larger business and also over the five years owning Sawtell Kitchens. Dean’s greatest achievement is honouring their small business values of…
BUSWAYS has commenced it’s very first trial of an electric bus in regional NSW on March 1 here in Coffs Harbour. The trial will run for three weeks with the bus being used on both school and route services…
BELLINGEN Shire Council’s coveted “Most Progressive Council” Bluett Award has arrived and been presented. Bellingen Shire Councillors were delighted to welcome the three A.R. Bluett Trustees, Les McMahon, Trust Chairman, Genia McCaffrey and Paul Braybrooks OAM to the Shire…
THE ‘Insure Our Future’ network is a global coalition of NGO’s and social movements that is pressuring insurance companies to get out of the coal, oil and gas business and support the transition to clean energy. The Coffs Coast…
AUSTRALIA’S first regional Tresillian Residential Unit for new mothers and their babies has opened at Macksville Hospital. Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor and Minister for Water, Property and Housing Melinda Pavey officially opened the unit on Friday 19 February.…
FABULOUS film and screen experiences are, of course, the ‘bread and butter’ of the Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival. This year, SWIFF, presented by Ashton Designs, is adding a new program about savouring new food experiences. The inaugural…