SUCCESS rarely comes easily, and women often face more than their fair share of challenges. Business and Professional Women (BPW) recognises this, and recently, the Coffs Harbour branch presented two awards at its annual scholarship dinner held at 63…
GORDON Rutty isn’t your average man, making the choice some years ago to donate his kidney and become a living donor. “It was an amazing experience,” Gordon said. In order to have this procedure done he needed to go…
NAIDOC Week is held from Sunday 4 July until Sunday 11 July 2021, with the theme this year being ‘Heal Country!’. Heal Country calls for greater protections for lands, waters, sacred sites and cultural heritage from exploitation, desecration, and…
THE members of the Anna Bay Fishing Club have always supported their local community. Today the Fishing Club donated $9,000 to local community groups. Organisations funded included Port Stephens Koalas and Hunter Horse Haven. Advertise with News of The…
CANCELLED is the call-out from Coffs Harbour Garden Club referring to their annual Spring Garden Competition. Coffs Harbour Garden Club announced recently that the Spring Garden Competition will take a break this year after 31 continuous years of giving…
IT is an exciting time for the Nambucca River Jockey Club with the approved funding for new running rails to be installed at the race course in Bowraville. An agreement proposed by the Country Racecourse Development Fund was signed…
THERE is a rare and beautiful coral which calls Port Stephens home, however researchers predict that the purple cauliflower coral may be extinct within the next 10 years. For many when it comes to what sits below the water…
THE failed Anna Bay Resort is a blight on the visual amenity of the region. Unfortunately for Port Stephens it sits at the entry to the Stockton sand dunes and is sometimes the first thing that visitors to Anna…
THE Bunker Cartoon Gallery is set to receive $300,000 in Council funding over the next two years to assist with its operation and the installation of a world class permanent cartoon exhibition at the tourist facility. Bunker Cartoon Gallery…
THE Little Chicks from Bluebird Support Service attended the Macksville fire brigade on June 10 to learn about fire safety. The Little Chicks program is a branch of Bluebird Support Service and is available to all children with disabilities…