MIDCOAST Council has been recognised as a Bronze Partner of Sustainability Advantage in acknowledgement of its significant environmental achievements. Sustainability Advantage is a program of the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment that supports organisations who commit to…
THE community of Anna Bay is embracing a new trend designed to make life more fun for kids enduring the long lockdown. During the 2020 lockdown, it was teddy bears hiding in windows all designed to spark some joy…
KEITH and Nicky Perkins arrived in Nambucca Heads from Victoria on 8 July to provide some respite care for Keith’s 97-year-old father Ted Perkins. Their plan was to stay for two weeks to provide Ted with some additional company,…
DELIGHTED teachers greeted the children in the school drop-off zone as they arrived back at Mary Help of Christians Primary School (MHOC) in Sawtell on Monday after a four-week absence. Cheers rang out across the Mid North Coast when…
THE Federal Government has announced it will fund the leasing of a Large Air Tanker to boost aerial firefighting muscle this fire season. Federal Member for Lyne Dr David Gillespie said the extra resourcing was important as the Bushfire…
PORT Stephens SES volunteers are always ready to put their hands up to help not only the local community but the wider community whenever there is need. Last week saw the team join some 400 other emergency service workers…
A NAMBUCCA Valley Landcare project to restore the area’s flora and fauna after fire damage is now underway in the severely burnt forested headwaters of the Nambucca River catchment. Funding has been provided by the Australian Government, Landcare Australia…
NORTHERN Beaches residents will soon have another supermarket shopping option, with an Aldi supermarket approved for Moonee Market shopping centre. A development application submitted to Coffs Harbour City Council by Moonee Market shopping centre owner Primewest on 15 April…
WE are all aware of the impacts of COVID-19 on our contact with other humans, however many haven’t considered just how animals are coping with the lack of visitors and wildlife parks. Oakvale Wildlife Park is usually filled with…
PETER Bishop finds it slightly ironic that he is helping health services in another country, because he ran a successful web and graphic design business in Coffs up to 2012 until his own mental health issues led to its…