DYING to Know is an information event by Bellingen’s Barefoot Funerals with the purpose of providing answers to all the questions you could possibly have related to dying. Leonie Watson, co-founder of Barefoot Funerals, with husband Chuck, wanted to…
LOCAL campaigners, who are attempting to prevent koala habitat at Lot 2, Sawtell Rd, Toormina, being developed, were contacted last week by solicitors representing the Coffs Harbour City Council. The solicitors informed the campaigners that Regional Architects, representing REDCC,…
COVID-19 restrictions in regional NSW have been extended until Friday 30 July, with residents to continue wearing face masks and signing in with a NSW Government QR code at all indoor businesses. To support local businesses and their employees…
COUNCIL candidate for the Greens, Jonathan Cassell, has announced an initiative to support the farming community. Called ‘Grow the Growers’, it aims to introduce a thriving local small-scale produce market to support existing growers and provide a training pathway…
FEW Australians know that nearly one in five (15%) fatalities on a farm are children who are under the age of 15. More staggering is that more than half (56%) had no active supervision by an adult at the…
NOT-FOR-PROFIT organisation Sawtell Catholic Care’s Marian Grove is more than a retirement village, it’s a local identity. For over twenty-seven years this vibrant community has grown and flourished, evolving as the needs of their resident population change. Ask those…
FIVE members of Coffs Harbour Myanmar refugee community have achieved the first step to becoming business owners with their successful registration as a not-for-profit organisation under NSW Fair Trading. The five farmers are now officially the Myanmar Community Agricultural…
FOSTER care agency Uniting is calling out for carers to support young persons and children as short term respite carers. Currently in NSW there are over sixteen thousand children in the foster care system and not enough carers to…
THE Made in Dorrigo Market brought a bustle to the mountain town on Saturday July 10 with stalls of locally homemade delicacies, plants and knits along with delicious hot food and live music. “We’ve had a few false starts…
LITTER and dumping champion, Johno Jones has received a response after a consultation with Gurmesh Singh, Member for Coffs Harbour. Mr Singh wrote to the General Manager of Coffs Harbour City Council (CHCC) representing Johno’s questions about what the…