SIMON “Simmo” Braun will be at the Big Banana on Thursday, 8 August, on his nationwide tour promoting blood and plasma donations. Simmo, a Central Coast father, will visit every donor centre across the country over the next year as…
THE annual Push-up Challenge, which raises thousands of dollars for local mental health organisations such as Lifeline, has come to a close. Each participant aimed to complete 3,249 push ups in 24 days from 5-28 June, representing the number of…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to comment on statements in Mr Greg Osborne’s letter to the editor, 21 July, about the Camden Head Pilot Station management. Firstly the letter infers that the community hasn’t been involved in…
DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE uncovered a dastardly move by Kempsey Council to be clandestine greenies. I researched Kempsey Council’s case for a 42.7 percent rate rise. I was shocked to see, buried deep inside one of their…
NAMBUCCA writer John Merkel has taken top honours in The Hope Prize with a story titled ‘Shadows Cast by the Moon’. Billed as a “global short story prize like no other”, The Hope Prize calls for submissions on the themes…
THE twelfth annual C.ex Group Coffs Harbour Running Festival is set to be held on Sunday 8 September 2024. With running events booming around Australia this year, the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour expect this year’s Festival to be the…
ARCHIVE Mid North Coast presented a winter edition of ‘Live at The Farm’ on Sunday afternoon, with outdoor live music delivered at the Eungai Creek Buffalo Farm. Featuring Joey Leigh Wagtail and his band, with special guest Manduway, a Gumbaynggirr…
THE Australian Koala Foundation (AKF) says new research is highly critical of Regional Forest Agreements (RFAs). The AKF says it shows that these agreements, struck between the federal and state governments, override the Environment Protection and Biodiversity Conservation Act, 1999.…
CAMDEN HAVEN News Of The Area (NOTA) is seeking more enthusiastic locals with a background in writing to join the team. “If you have a background in writing, and a passion for your local community, I would love to hear…
DEAR News Of The Area, IS it simply my imagination or is the standard of driving getting increasingly worse? Why do some drivers indicate right when going straight across a roundabout? Or worse, indicate right to exit a roundabout! Barely…