“HELEN, you are a legend.” Those were the words of incoming Coffs Harbour Pink Ladies president Leigh Galbraith as Helen Mears OAM retires after 35 years in the presidential role. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it…
COFFS Harbour’s Dean Kearney is one of four NSW Forestry Corporation fire specialists deployed to Canada to help the country tackle its wildfires. A contingent of 31 incident management, aviation and heavy machinery specialists have headed to Canada after AFAC,…
STATE MP Gurmesh Singh and City of Coffs Harbour councillor Tony Judge presented vastly different viewpoints on the future of the Jetty Foreshores at a packed Boambee East Community Centre last Tuesday night. Hosted by the Coffs Coast Residents and…
ALMOST 60 NSW Marine Rescue Marine Rescue volunteers took part in a simulated on-water search and rescue exercise in Coffs Harbour last Saturday. This multi-agency on-water training exercise involved NSW Water Police, PolAir and NSW Air Ambulance. Advertise with News…
NATIONAL Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day will be celebrated at Urunga this weekend. The free event takes place at Urunga Neighbourhood Centre on Sunday 4 August from 10:00am-2:00pm, hosted by Connecting Neighbourhood Centres Of Bellingen Shire (NCOBS), in…
GUTTED coach John Manenti hopes he saw the path for future success as his beaten Australians sat on the sideline for an Antoine Dupont Olympic rugby sevens masterclass in France. A Dupont-inspired France took gold over Fiji after Australia, into…
CITY of Coffs Harbour’s Jetty Memorial Theatre presents a hilarious lineup of familiar Aussie comics this August. Come see Dave O’Neil, Luke Heggie and Andrew Hamilton live on stage, and sharpen your wit at a comedy masterclass run by Brad…
THE night sky can fire up the imagination of children in a way few other subjects can. Kids of all ages find it hard to resist the temptation to explore these jewels that glitter overhead in our beautiful NSW skies…
MICHELLE Heyman has proved the never-say-die Matildas’ late, late hero, scoring their 90th-minute winner as they scrapped to a 6-5 victory over Zambia in one of the most extraordinary Olympic soccer matches ever played. Trailing 5-2 after 56 minutes in…
GUMBAYNGGIRR musician Travers Ross, otherwise known as Yt DiNGO, is preparing to jet off to the UK for a string of shows. Before he departs however, Trav will swing into Bellingen and his hometown of Coffs Harbour for shows this…