DURING the busiest boating week of the year, Mid North Coast Marine Rescue NSW volunteers are asking boaters and paddlers to play it safe and ensure they are well prepared before heading out on the water. Regional Operations Manager…
OVER the last three months, OzGREEN has been meeting with local food stakeholders and communities to investigate their biggest concerns about Food Resilience, what they would like to see happen (vision), how they see this vision can be achieved…
THE LAKES Retirement Village at North Boambee Valley hosted a Christmas Fair on Friday 10 December. “The proceeds from a gold coin entry fee were donated to Pete’s Place to support the good works of helping the needy in…
TOURISM is certainly booming in the Bay with plenty of people holidaying here this year and summer is set to sizzle with locals and visitors alike stripping down to swimwear and making a splash. For locals it’s a staycation,…
MYALL Community Art and Craft Centre have achieved another great success in their annual Salvation Army appeal which they run in the lead up to Christmas. All donations of new toys or gifts made by the members and the…
A MAN in his early forties has sadly drowned on Park Beach in Coffs Harbour last Saturday, 11 December. “Three men came down to the beach, two of them entering the water some 300m north of the patrol flags…
THE NSW Government has announced that the mice bait rebates for farmers, small businesses and households have been extended into 2022, while primary producers will now be able to make multiple claims for zinc phosphide purchases, up to the…
THE NSW Police Force are rolling up their sleeves for 2021’s ‘Bleed4Blue’ blood drive. ‘Bleed4Blue’ is an annual, three-month law enforcement-focused blood drive that was launched in 2018 following the stabbing of Detective Sergeant John Breda at Maroubra on…
MEMBERS of the Hearnes Lake Catchment Management Group, under the auspices of the Sandy Beach Action Group (SANDBAG), have found evidence of toxic chemicals at unsafe levels in waterways leading into Hearnes Lake, Woolgoolga. The Group used a $9,000…
HAS your local ATM or bank disappeared, shut down or simply left town without saying goodbye? On the Coffs Coast, with our rural reach, many of us rely on our local ‘hole-in-the-wall’ for getting our cash out conveniently. Advertise…