NOVICE snare drummer Kayleigh Ellington, aged fifteen, won the ‘scholarship’ prize in the solo drumming competition at the Maclean Highland Gathering over the Easter weekend. A band member of Coffs Coast Pipes and Drums and student at St John Paul…
IMPORTANT training and equipment has been donated to the Coffs Harbour Women’s Health Centre (CHWHC) by the Pink Silks Trust. The Centre is run by women, for women, monitoring and responding to changing needs and demands in the community throughout…
COMBINE Street Community Garden (CSCG) ran the fourth of its free sustainability workshops on Sunday 7 April despite the 150 mm of rain that fell the day before. Presenter Pete Green discussed the theory of seed and plant propagation and…
THE burgeoning careers of past Coffs Harbour & District Eisteddfod performers provide ongoing inspiration to the current crop of young students. With all applications in for this year’s local Eisteddfod, participants are busy practicing for their performances, which begin in…
STAGE one upgrade works are in full swing at Coffs Harbour’s Brelsford Park. Federal Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan joined Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh on site recently to check in on the works currently underway. Advertise with News…
SIX Coffs Coast artists will present a handmade arts and crafts show from Sunday 14 April to Sunday 21 April at the Botanic Gardens. Every school holiday for many years, the Combined Art & Craft Group has put on a…
ACCORDING to the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA), testing has revealed that water quality in the Nambucca Valley is ‘not being impacted by excessive amounts of pesticides’, however improvements at some local farms are required. The testing results come after…
THE Lions Youth of the Year District Final was held on Saturday 6 April in Armidale, with Nambucca Heads High School’s Lily Kelsey proudly representing the region. The competition so far has seen 60 students from sixteen Lions Clubs compete…
NOT-FOR-PROFIT organisations can now apply for funding under the first round of Transgrid’s Community Partnerships Program this year. Community groups in eligible areas of the Hunter region can now apply for grants of up to $5,000 to deliver services, facilities,…
THE Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has determined that the Port of Newcastle would need to make a one-off compensation payment to the NSW Government of $13 million if it intends to become a competitive container terminal. If the…