THE City of Coffs Harbour’s Environment Levy is funding four environmental projects by Coffs Harbour Regional Landcare (CHRL). “The projects will help to reduce the impact of weeds not only on our Landcare sites but also allow for more sensitive…
A HUMPBACK whale has been safely disentangled from commercial fishing gear, just off Coffs Harbour. The team effort on 7 August involved the community, NSW National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), the NSW Water Police Marine Area Command, Jetty Dive…
TELEVISION personality and co-host of The Block Shelley Craft, joined Dr Lisa Beecham in Coffs Harbour as part of an initiative to bring health education to regional communities. The Healthy Ageing Roadshow is a partnership between GSK Australia and the…
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AT 68, Dailan Pugh isn’t sure which extinction event will come first – his own or that of an ancient frog named after him. When news broke in recent days that Pugh’s Frog had been listed as endangered under federal…
EMERALD Beach Fair Committee has received $29,632 in funding to build a pavilion at Emerald Beach Reserve. The NSW Community Building Partnership grant will pay for a purpose-built community pavilion in which to gather, meet and play. Advertise with News…
COFFS Harbour Creative Arts Group’s most popular annual exhibition, All Creatures Great and Small, is on at the Coffs Harbour Showground Gallery until Wednesday, 18 September. The subject matter of Creatures is enjoyed by contributing artists and gallery visitors alike.…
COFFS couple Rob and Margaret Chapman have donated two new pieces of equipment to Coffs Harbour Health Campus (CHHC). Longstanding benefactors of CHHC, the Chapmans donated a vital signs monitor valued at $4551.53 to the Renal Unit and $11,440 for…
HISTORIAN Dr John Stevens was guest speaker at Arts National Coffs Harbour’s July event. A research associate at the School of Oriental and African Studies at the University of London, his presentation covered The Architecture of Mughal India: Palaces, Mosques,…
WOOLGOOLGA’S long-awaited Whale Trail officially opened last Wednesday, with an 80-strong crowd of residents, council representatives and politicians in attendance at the town’s headland for the event. The 570-metre Whale Trail connects Woolgoolga Beach Reserve with the Solitary Islands Coastal…