ORGANISATION is well underway for the family friendly open day in support of the 2023 Stuarts Point Men’s Shed Motorcycle Show, to be held from 9am to 3pm on 9 September, which promises to be an eventful day boasting an…
MACKSVILLE Uniting Church will hold a Thanksgiving Service at 1.30pm on Saturday 14 October this year. “Since it is over two years until our church (formerly known as the Methodist Church) celebrates its centenary in Macksville, we have planned to…
ON Thursday, 24 August representatives of Voices of South West Rocks (VOSWRC) were invited to NSW Parliament to table a 1200-signature petition calling for a moratorium on ‘Zombie DAs’. VOSWRC represent over 2,000 community members who advocate for the conservation…
BREAST Cancer Network Australia (BCNA) is coming to Coffs Harbour to hold a free Living Well Information Forum for people diagnosed and living with breast cancer and their supporters. Coffs was selected as one of seven regional areas to host…
THE time has finally arrived for the official opening of what has arguably been the Nambucca Valley’s most anticipated piece of infrastructure in a decade. The Watt Creek Cycleway, linking Macksville and Nambucca Heads along the Nambucca River, is almost…
BPW Coffs Coast awarded education scholarships to Jenni Steffen and Lily Neef at Coffs Harbour Golf Club on Friday August 25, aimed at supporting their educational goals and keeping them on track to complete their university degrees. Both have overcome…
GOLD Coast man Matt Hockings is passionate about shining a light on mental health and suicide prevention and to prove it, he is riding a bicycle 1000 km along the East Coast in seven days to raise awareness about mental…
DRIVING is a wonderful freedom, but getting a license isn’t always without its difficulties, such as having constant access to a car, so the good folk at Uniting have developed a driver mentoring program to assist in the progress of…
ARTISTS who worked with disaster-impacted communities traumatised from the 2019/2020 Black Summer bushfires are staging an exhibition in Bowraville. Through their community-engaged arts practise with people from Coffs Harbour to Taree, artists were trained to use a different skill set…
A FAMILY of Scotts Head surfers has learnt how to rescue in emergencies with only one’s surfboard to help. Crystal and Luke Vowels, and their children Avalon and Sandon, joined a Surfers Rescue 24/7 workshop in Sawtell, led by trainer…