A VALLA Beach conservationist has renewed concerns that logging in Little Newry State Forest is disturbing arsenic deposits left over from old mines, leading to the contamination of waterways. Last September, after the concerns were first raised, the Environment Protection…
A LACK of access to early childhood education and care (ECEC) on the Mid North Coast is compounding staff shortages at the region’s hospitals. Nurse and midwife Amanda Bailey-Derrett, who serves as President of the Coffs Harbour branch…
COLES and Woolworths are two of the most powerful and profitable supermarkets in the world but should not be split up, the competition watchdog has found in a major review of the sector. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission released…
SHOCKING allegations of children being sexually abused, restrained for hours and served low-quality meals have prompted a government-backed parliamentary inquiry into the childcare sector. The NSW probe is the first called since an ABC investigation revealed widespread failings in the…
THE growing town of Urunga is benefitting from almost three kilometres of new shared pathways infrastructure thanks to Bellingen Shire Council securing funding of $3.36 million through the Australian Government’s Active Transport Fund. The investment will support the design and…
IN CELEBRATION of the NSW Seniors Festival (3-16 March), the Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation (SPaDCO) hosted a “sensational” seniors luncheon at the village’s Community Hall on Tuesday, March 11. By 1pm, approximately 70 local and visiting seniors were…
AROUND 40 people have attended a classical concert put on by five talented students from the Coffs Harbour-based Regional Youth Orchestra. The students, Mercedes (cello), Koby (viola), Connor, Henrietta and Mia (violin and piano) are all studying at the Coffs…
BELLINGEN’S AkaBella community choir and Coffs Harbour’s Nota Bene ensemble will come together for a fundraising concert in support of asylum seekers and refugees. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone…
BOWRAVILLE identity Tony Fuller has been named the Oxley electorate’s Senior of the Year (Male). Although recently retired from most of his volunteer work, the 78-year-old has been well-known for donating his time to worthy causes for more than 15…
THE vast majority of recent applications to join the Nambucca Senior Citizens Club have been denied, despite waning membership being cited as a reason for the impending sale of the group’s clubhouse. As previously reported in NOTA, Nambucca Seniors has…