THE Coffs Harbour Buskers Festival will grace the streets and venues of the Coffs Coast from 3-6 October 2024. The first group of acts was announced earlier this week and includes Clown Loto from Japan, Sheeran Out Loud from Perth,…
DEAR News Of The Area, LAST May, the Mayor proposed that Council should approve an expenditure of $70,000 of ratepayers’ funds to have a question about the Jetty Foreshores development included as part of the September Council Elections. His proposal…
DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN visiting a friend, I picked up a small book about climate change by an Australian world renown climate scientist. It was frightening to hear the current reports on the escalation of the crises. She…
DEAR News Of The Area, ESSENTIAL food crops grown by farmers have advanced civilisation. Many people argue for a right to farm which is understandable particularly when legally producing an essential crop in a farming area. In parallel, science has…
THE COALITION’S renewed shadow cabinet met for the first time in Nowra on Monday, with Member for Oxley Michael Kemp participating as the new Shadow Assistant Minister for Emergency Services, and for Agriculture. Coffs Harbour MP and Nationals Deputy Leader…
ANIMAL rescue facilities across the region are full to capacity with dumped and surrendered pets, with very few adoptions taking place. Animal Rescue Coffs Harbour (ARCH) has seen an unsettling increase in people surrendering pets over the past twelve months.…
SOME locals can still remember the bare ground where the Nambucca Heads Bowling and Recreation Club now sits, and can reminisce about the construction of the initial clubhouse when the new bowling club was built some 43 years ago. The…
LAST weekend, 26 to 28 July, nearly 200 longboard surfers and their families descended on the village of Scotts Head for the running of the 38th Loggerheads Malibu Classic. Although the waves were small, they were plentiful and weather conditions…
RAY Fowke of the Scotts Head Community Group (SHCG) addressed the Nambucca Valley Council meeting last Thursday to present a petition and formally request Council undertake a feasibility study into options for a safe bike and walking connection from Scotts…
THE Hospitality and Racing Regulatory Roadshow visited Coffs Harbour on Tuesday, with the NSW Government’s Vibrancy Reforms a feature item on the agenda. Government representatives met with businesses, industry groups and community and Aboriginal stakeholders to discuss the government’s liquor…