HELEN Mears OAM has retired after 35 years as President of the Coffs Harbour Pink Ladies United Hospital Auxiliaries (UHA) of NSW. More than 60 fellow volunteers, community members and staff gathered at Coffs Harbour Health Campus for a thank-you…
TWO new recliner chairs have been donated to Bellinger River District Hospital by the Pink Auxiliary. The design of the state-of-the-art recliners means they are more comfortable for patients and easier for the healthcare team to manage. Advertise with News…
ROSALIND Whyte took her audience from knowing nothing about Cornelia Parker to understanding much about the generally misunderstood artist, during her September address to ArtsNational Coffs Coast. Ms Whyte, a guide and lecturer at Tate Britain, revealed Parker’s work to…
UNCLE James Michael ‘Widdy’ Welsh was taken from his family in Coonamble, in central NSW, when he was eight years old. He was taken hundreds of kilometres away to the Kinchela Aboriginal Boys Home near Kempsey. Advertise with News of…
APPLICATIONS have opened for the 2024-25 Crown Reserves Improvement Fund (CRIF), which supports Crown land managers by providing funding for repairs, maintenance and improvements on Crown reserves. The NSW Government program offers grants of $100,000 to $1 million per project.…
‘BREACHES’, a book profiling the recent history of logging breaches by Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW), was launched in Pine Creek State Forest by its lead author, Dr Miriam Pepper. A gathering organised by the Forest Advocacy Ministry, which is…
DETECTIVES have returned to Bowraville, where three children were murdered more than three decades ago, setting up in a local hall in the hope of uncovering fresh information that could provide closure. Evelyn Greenup, 4, Clinton Speedy-Duroux, 16, and Colleen…
BUSWAYS is expanding support for the internationally recognised Hidden Disabilities Sunflower program on the North Coast. The move coincides with Invisible Disabilities Week (20-26 October). Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us.…
SCORES of unsolved homicides in one state could be in part the work of serial killers and require an overarching special investigation, an MP says. Some 67 women have gone missing never to be found or died in an unsolved…
IT’S Friday night and I’m joining the Coffs Harbour Salvos homelessness outreach team as they visit areas frequented by rough sleepers. Andrew Newman has been leading this team for nearly two years, joined by his wife Dayna and a number…