COMMUNITY Garden champions Peter Lewis and Linda Woodrow educated and entertained an enthusiastic group of budding gardeners at Northside Community Garden (NCG) in Bellingen on Sunday 14 July. The two-hour interactive workshop on resilient gardening demonstrated and discussed how to…
PLANS to build Sawtell Chilifest into a Coffs Coast tourism draw were boosted by the news the signature festival has received support from the NSW Regional Event Fund. “This funding is a significant milestone for Sawtell Chillifest, and we are…
A TREE planting ceremony by Jetty Dunecare volunteers at the site where one of their members discovered human remains has achieved a sense of closure for the group. In the course of tending the weeds in the dunes behind Jetty…
BARINGA Private Hospital nurses and midwives employed by Ramsay Health Care made history on Friday 12 July as they began industrial action for the first time in New South Wales. The members of the NSW Nurses and Midwives’ Association (NSWNMA)…
FROM Friday 26 to Sunday 28 July almost 200 longboard surfers will converge on Scotts Head to compete in the 38th Logger Heads Malibu Classic. The event, now a staple on the Australian competitive longboarding calendar, attracts surfers as young…
THE Macksville Sea Eagles hosted Woolgoolga Seahorses on Sunday at Alan Gillett Oval, coming away victorious in all four grades. The First Grade side needed a win to keep themselves in finals contention and started at a roaring pace. The…
DESPITE conditions early in the week The Auto Salon Sponsored Stableford was played on the course with very little run in it. Big hitters Paul Donges with 43 points won with Jake Clarke runner up on 39 points. With the…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in support of Louise Cranny, letter writer to NOTA on 12 July 2024 (The Australian Monopoly Game). She wrote about our society’s system of winners and losers and the inbuilt unfairness of housing…
THE Nambucca Roosters took on the visiting Grafton Ghosts in their Indigenous Round clash at Coronation Park last Saturday. The Roosters, unbeaten so far this season, were not a certainty to defeat Ghosts, who sat in third place on the…
CAMDEN Haven has a decent shot of being Mid North Coast Men’s Hockey League minor premiers after beating Chatham twice in Taree at the weekend. The side has moved to the top of the ladder after Saturday’s 2-0 win in…