THE Coffs Harbour bypass team is urging motorists to take care and allow more time when driving near construction areas. Reports of vehicles speeding through the road work zones to the north and south of Coffs Harbour have prompted an…
UNDER threatening skies, approximately 300 people converged at the Stuarts Point Cenotaph for an ANZAC Day service after the annual march from the Workers Recreation and Bowls Club, which commenced at 10.40am on Thursday 25 April. The impressive marching crew…
FRIDAY May 3 is Wild Koala Day and MidCoast Council is supporting community celebrations with a free tree giveaway at Mondrook. “We’ll be at Mondrook Hall from 9am – 1pm with around 2,000 trees to give away,” said MidCoast Council’s…
OPENING the world of books to those who don’t speak English as their native tongue, Port Stephens Libraries offers resources in an array of languages. Port Stephens Council’s Library Services Manager, Kris Abbott, told News Of The Area, “Port Stephens…
THE dearth in qualified surveyors across Australia is being tackled in local educational establishments. Through a program called Maths in Surveying running across NSW, students are provided with a day of practical, interactive exercises. Advertise with News of The Area…
BIG celebrations followed as students from Nambucca Heads High School were recognised for their achievements in the recently completed ‘Nambucca Valley Bushfire Local Economic Recovery’ project. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message…
THE KARUAH Progress Association (KPA) has received 27 design concept submissions for a new town logo, more than 100 community comments, and discovered a clear town favourite. Local Year 4 student Leiana Manton’s logo (no.11) received 734 votes as the…
THE Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water (DCCEEW) is now consulting on proposed regulations for offshore electricity infrastructure. The proposed regulations support the Offshore Electricity Infrastructure Act 2021 and set out requirements for offshore wind projects once…
A GROUP of community leaders have convened to campaign to protect the Jetty Foreshores from proposed private residential development. The group is composed of Gumbaynggirr Elders and custodians, a number of City of Coffs Harbour councillors and leaders of a…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council unanimously resolved to pursue amendments to the Local Environmental Plan (LEP) limiting intensive horticultural developments in the area at last Thursday’s General Meeting held in Scotts Head. A planning proposal will be forwarded to the Minister for…