THE opening of The Happy Hub in Coffs Harbour earlier in April gives The Happy Boxes Project, a not-for-profit organisation proudly founded on Gumbaynggirr land, a head office and home. The Happy Boxes Project, which provides beautiful boxes of…
A PIECE of Coffs Coast history may soon have a new home after plans were announced by Big Banana management for the sale of the two remaining iconic monorail trains. The monorails, which have been garaged within the Big…
THE Bellingen Readers & Writers Festival (BRWF) 2022 program has gone live online. It has been a wild ride according to the organisers. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone…
THE ‘All One Under the Sun’ anti-racism project for 2022 was launched at the Jetty Memorial Theatre on 11 April to a full house. The project is a program led by the Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of…
FREE workshops for survivors of childhood abuse are being offered over the coming months by support group VoiceUp Australia in Coffs Harbour, and are open to those aged over eighteen years. VoiceUp Australia is an active group of adult…
RAISING over $1,000 and counting, Thomas Englefield’s ‘Mindvision’ art exhibition on Monday 11 April, continues to inspire donations to the Epilepsy Foundation. Seeking to spread the up-side of life with epilepsy – life threatening in Tom’s case – the…
CHILDREN hopped into the Botanic Gardens to participate in some Easter-inspired arts and crafts in a guided fun workshop on April 9. The event was a fundraiser for the Environmental Education Garden project – a collaboration between the Botanic…
SAWTELL Rotary and Bonville Boambee View Club have combined to answer a call from the Lismore Library to help restock after the floods have destroyed a large part of their collection. Many residents of Lismore and the surrounding flood…
JOHN and Marge Mills’ memorial paddle out at Coffs Harbour Jetty was a day of highs and lows, of happiness and heartfelt moments. The day of the paddle, Thursday 14 April, brought with it many obstacles. Advertise with News…
COFFS Harbour City Council is working with Orara Valley businesses to further develop the Orara Valley Tourist Trail and help visitors discover and explore the hinterland as part of ongoing bushfire recovery efforts. Following on from 2020’s successful ‘Shop…