DOCTOR Time, a film by Bellingen creatives Steve Grace and Jason Brown, is among the early entries for the worldwide SmartFone Flick Fest (SF3), which is now in its 10th year. Filmed in Bellingen and Sawtell in collaboration with Raji…
MORE than 300 women and girls from the region and interstate came together in Coffs Harbour last week to celebrate Ronak Trinjana Di, a Punjabi tradition paying homage to the special relationship between mothers, daughters and sisters. Event organiser Rani…
THE Bunker Gallery reopens to the public on Saturday 10 August with its popular National Cartoon Gallery now sharing its space with a major motoring exhibition. The gallery will permanently feature the National Holden Motor Museum, showcasing the icon’s motoring…
VOLUNTEERS at the North Coast Botanic Garden in Coffs Harbour have been warming up for Spring by preparing their schedule of events and activities. It’s busy, which means they are on the look-out for more helping hands. Advertise with News…
EDWARD Orszulak and Seb Boehm chose Coffs Harbour as a rest stop on their walk from Brisbane to Melbourne to raise money for Camp Quality, a support group for children with cancer. Major Oszulak is an officer in the Australian…
SINCE opening its doors on 1 July, the Medicare Mental Health Centre in Coffs Harbour, operated by Open Minds, has had at least 60 people walk-in seeking support. Speaking on 31 July at its official opening, Open Minds CEO Kate…
COFFS COAST business Peloris Global Sourcing has celebrated ten years of continuous fresh milk deliveries to China. Over the past decade, Peloris has delivered more than eight million litres of Australian milk to meet the increasing demand from Chinese consumers.…
INCUMBENT City of Coffs Harbour councillor Tony Judge will run for mayor in the September 14 local government election. Mr Judge, who ran as a Labor candidate in the 2023 State Election, told News Of The Area he wishes to…
NORTH Coast Football’s Under-16s sensation Logan Sambrook has received the call that every young footballer dreams about. On the other end of the line was the coach of the Australian youth team, the Joeys, delivering the news that Sambrook had…
ELEVEN National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS) employees who lost their lives protecting the community, were honoured on World Ranger Day. Among them was Aaron Harber of Dorrigo who was tragically killed in a helicopter accident in December 2009 while…