FEDERAL Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan says local manufacturers with shovel-ready projects to increase their productivity and grow jobs are being reminded to apply for a Manufacturing Modernisation Fund (MMF) grant. Businesses will be able to apply for between…
ASK the Coffs Harbour Community Corrections team to describe their work with offenders on parole and they’ll say it’s like juggling eggs while walking on a tightrope. If you can keep them all up in the air at once…
GET on down this weekend to catch the Bellingen Shire Arts Week and all it has to offer. Arts, music, performance and workshops are all on offer as Dorrigo, Bellingen and Urunga’s finest artists share what they do best.…
HOPEFULLY with the worst year of our lifetime behind us we can now look forward to many get togethers, with dancing and dance festivals back on our social calendars for 2021. To this end, you can be ready to…
HAVE you thought about a dance class for your budding ballerina or dynamic dancer? Make an informed choice, the principal at the Harbour Performing Arts Centre will help you choose the perfect class for your child. The centre, now…
THE Coffs Harbour Creative Arts Group, CHCAG, is for everyone. They offer many and varied art classes and workshops for beginners to the more experienced. Twice weekly after school Art for kids, social painting, drawing, calligraphy and printmaking, or…
FEDERAL Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan says a newly-appointed Employment Facilitator for the electorate will help job seekers find work as part of the Australian Government’s $62.8 million Local Jobs Program. The Employment Facilitator will work on-the-ground in Cowper…
I’D have to sum up the past year as ‘transformative’. I’ve always loved to travel, to open doors into new worlds and communities, immersing myself in others’ passions and achievements no matter how briefly, enriching my own worlds. This…
IT’S a journey unlike any other – Melbourne to Cairns on a skateboard – and a mission Tom Drury, aka Gordy Fruito wants to be the first to complete. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it…
THE 101st Sawtell New Year’s Day Fun Day began with the traditional fun runs, before moving to all-day festivities at the “village green” at the caravan park. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your…