SENIORS will be treated to Coffs Harbour City Orchestra’s first event for 2024. It’s live, it’s outdoors in the Botanic Garden and it’s a free community concert to celebrate Seniors Week. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth…
THE family owners of Raleigh Secondhand Barn are on a trajectory of empowerment through education for everyone interested in avoiding landfill. Having faced the potential of closing the business during COVID-19, the Harfield family has rallied in response to the…
TWO local Harbour Performing Art Centre (HPAC) ballerinas recently attended ballet performances in Sydney thanks to Patron Mark Hardy. Dedicated to providing young ballerinas the opportunity to see ballet at its highest level, the tickets are provided to students who…
DEAR News Of The Area, Firstly, I am addressing Ann Deans of North Boambee. Where your passion is to be applauded Ann, you have got it wrong. Our Council is not in favour of residential development on the railway land…
THE official ‘Clean Up Australia Day’ for 2024 was on March 3, and promised to be a success as volunteering crews at Stuarts Point and Scotts Head grabbed water bottles and rolled up their sleeves, donning boots, gloves, hats and…
AFTER the recent success of the inaugural Stuarts Point Garage Sale Trail, held on Saturday 20 January with about a dozen households opening their yards and garage doors to the public, Neil and Jen Fanning, residents of Lower Buckrabendinni Road,…
THE Nambucca River Branch of NSW Farmers has issued a plea to State Ministers for Agriculture and Environment, local councillors and MPs for help in addressing and resolving issues around blueberry farming in the Nambucca Valley. “There is a huge…
ON 10 April this year it will have been 25 years since a boat from southern China, known as the Zhou Gan Tou, came aground on the beach at Scotts Head. The Zhou Gan Tou was carrying 60 people from…
ON Sunday March 10 the football grounds at Forsyth Park, Coffs Harbour witnessed an electrifying showdown as nine teams from Coffs United squared off against nine teams from Iona. With over 300 players taking part in these pre-season trial matches,…
SURFING for a great cause returns to the waves of Sawtell this weekend for the 24th annual Barney Miller Surf Classic. The annual fundraiser gets underway on Friday 15 March, with three big days of surfing at Sawtell Main Beach.…