A TREE planting ceremony by Jetty Dunecare volunteers at the site where one of their members discovered human remains has achieved a sense of closure for the group. In the course of tending the weeds in the dunes behind Jetty…
‘FINDING the Magic’, an exhibition featuring the work of junior artists aged six to fifteen, opens this Sunday in Bellingen. The young artists, who attend the Drawn to Art school in Port Macquarie, will have their work displayed at the…
INDIGENOUS writer Mel Brown will discuss her memoir, ‘Shades of Me’, in Coffs Harbour later this month, sharing how the journey to understand her culture gave her the strength to find her place in the world. Growing up white, Mel…
DES Ahoy, a senior health worker with Galambila Aboriginal Health Services in Coffs Harbour, won the top title in the Yandaarra Aunty Grace Roberts Memorial Community Awards presented at Yarrila Place on Monday 8 July. Receiving the Grace Roberts Memorial…
THE Kangaroo Bus is coming to town, bringing ease of access to government services and transactions to Aboriginal communities in regional NSW. The bus is a dedicated Service NSW Mobile Service Centre providing drivers licence and vehicle registration renewals, Seniors…
PATHWAYS from the local high school to the Dorrigo township will be improved through funding from the NSW Government’s Get NSW Active program. “Transport NSW, under the Get NSW Active grants program, has awarded Bellingen Shire Council $358,527.44 to connect…
THIRTEEN community infrastructure projects on the Coffs Coast will go ahead thanks to NSW Government funding of $300,000 through the 2023 Community Building Partnership Program. Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said this funding will deliver much-needed improvements to local…
FUNDING for the design of a proposed shared pathway network which will link West Coffs with the city centre has been granted by the NSW Government. The State Government will provide $750,000 through its Get NSW Active program to the…
CITY of Coffs Harbour’s free bus travel trial will continue until 14 July, with the community encouraged to make the most of the remaining free transport on Fridays and weekends. City of Coffs Harbour is also inviting people to share…
SINCE becoming the Member for Coffs Harbour in 2019, Gurmesh Singh has added Shadow Minister for Emergency Services, Shadow Minister for Tourism and Shadow Minister for the North Coast to his responsibilities. Following a Nationals party meeting last Thursday, he…