PETER Allison has proven to be one of the world’s best surf lifesavers in his age category. The Fernmount resident won six medals including one gold and five silver at the Lifesaving World Championships on the Gold Coast. Advertise with…
A MAN has been extradited from Queensland and charged with murder nearly a week after a woman was found seriously injured at a Coffs Harbour home. Police were called to a property at Ocean Parade in Coffs Harbour last Wednesday…
AN intriguing slate of films are being released this week to Aussie cinemas, though you may need to hunt around for the chance to view the best of them. The Apprentice Testing the limits of Australia’s tolerance for US political…
SENIOR swimmers have been shocked by the increase in the price of admission to Coffs Harbour’s War Memorial Olympic Pool. One couple, aged 87 and 85, returned home after a few weeks away to find the price of their daily…
BUS STOP Films’ Accessible Film Studies Program has completed its first short film, a comedy called Go Your Own Way. Bus Stop Films, the award-winning social enterprise film school and production company, in partnership with TAFE NSW, has been working…
FED up nurses and midwives at Baringa Private Hospital are “anxiously awaiting” news of an interim pay rise, after their union agreed to negotiate with the NSW Government. The Nurses and Midwives Association has accepted an offer of a three…
COUNTING has concluded on the Jetty Foreshores poll which ran alongside the 14 September council election. The question asked was as follows: “The Coffs Harbour Jetty Foreshore will be redeveloped. Do you agree that some of the foreshore land should…
AN update on the assessment process for the Great Koala National Park (GKNP) from Environment Minister Penny Sharpe has been met with scepticism by conservation groups. The Community Advisory Panel for the GKNP, which includes representatives from local government, conservation…
JANICE Mercer has been presented with her Order of Australia Medal by NSW Governor Margaret Beazley during a presentation ceremony at Government House, Sydney. Janice and her late husband Merv were recognised in the King’s Birthday 2024 Honours and Awards…
A COFFS COAST koala recently had a lucky midnight escape after navigating a busy intersection on Mastracolas Rd, just off the Pacific Highway near Park Beach Plaza. Nicknamed Caramello by those on the ground, the adult male had to be…