ALMOST fifty Bellingen locals gathered at Maam Gaduying Meeting Place Park in Bellingen last week to protest the jailing of a protester in Newcastle. On Tuesday 23 November 2021, 22-year-old climate activist Eric Serge Herbert (Sergio) was sentenced to…
A $10,000 donation has been made to NSW SES Coffs Harbour City Unit by Handybin Waste Services and Biomass Solutions, as a thank you for their supportive additional work after October’s devastating hailstorm. The businesses joined forces to donate…
INCLUSION and access are par for the course as Coffs Harbour Regional Gallery showcases their White Bluff Project exhibition in a variety of ways so audiences don’t miss out. From paintings and ceramics, to poetry and film, the exhibition…
LOCAL surfers joined in the ‘Our Islands Our Home’ climate crisis campaign, in a Paddle Out on Sunday, 7 November. Their action showed support for Torres Strait Islanders and their home which campaigners say is amongst the most vulnerable…
A MAJOR step in a visionary community project was taken at Glenreagh on Saturday, 30 October. As previously reported in News Of The Area, the Glenreagh Men’s Shed opened in September, and Saturday saw the official handing over of…
CONCERNED locals, koalas and the ‘Red Rebels’ blocked the main street of Bellingen on the morning of Monday 25 October. The demonstrators said they wanted to bring attention to the issue of logging in public native forests in the…
A BUDGET blowout at the Coffs Harbour Airport Enterprise Park project has angered local councillors who say they were not kept informed about the project’s rising costs. A Council report stated that a number of issues had arisen and…
AN investigation of the safety of parking and drop off areas around Woolgoolga Public School has been undertaken by Coffs Harbour City Council and recommendations made. These recommendations include adding centre unbroken lines on Scarborough Street and Short Street,…
THE Regional Housing Taskforce has released its findings into factors affecting housing in regional areas. In July 2021, the NSW Government established the Regional Housing Taskforce in response to increasing pressures on the supply and affordability of housing in…
THE Northern Beaches community has rallied in support of a 16-year-old recently attacked with a knife at a teenage beach party at Sawtell on Sunday 19 September, holding a car wash fundraiser to support the boy and his family.…