THE town of Dorrigo is buzzing after hosting the 21st Folk and Bluegrass Festival. The three-day event featured concerts, workshops, dances, children’s events and jamming, with musicians travelling from as far as New Zealand, Canada and the US. Advertise with…
EPHEMERAL art and concrete poetry are the focus of Artists in the Garden’s November gathering. True to its original purpose, the diversity of art and the talent of local artists continues to be celebrated at the final Artists in the…
KEMPSEY Shire Mayor Leo Hauville and Council representatives joined a 40-strong crowd in Stuarts Point last week to discuss three key areas of local concern – sewage, drainage and the Special Rate Variation (SRV). Residents in attendance at the Stuarts…
THE Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation (SPaDCO) welcomed Lorraine Gordon from Southern Cross University at their 25 October meeting in her role as Director of the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance and the Institute of Ecological Agriculture. Her address shared her…
FIRST there’s the ‘trompe l’oeil’ medieval entrance with its imposing ‘stone walls’, and then comes the studio proper, filled with light and printing presses, canvases, sculptures, drawings, and all manner of artworks in progress. This is an artist never short…
THE Mid North Coast’s own community transport service, The Community Transport Company, has won the Community Transport Service of the Year Award for 2023 at the recent annual industry conference held in Port Macquarie. The Community Transport Company was recognised…
THE Macksville Medical Centre is now partnering in a program to encourage nursing students to take clinical placements in regional areas. The Nurse Student Rural Placement (NSRP) program is a collaboration between the Australian Practice Nurse Association and the Rural…
RECEIVING funding is a great boost for any sporting club. That is why Coffs Coast sporting clubs and associations are being encouraged to apply for funding under the NSW Government’s Local Sport Grant Program. Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh…
WILL Cunningham has been selected to officiate at one of the most prestigious junior basketball tournaments in Australia. The sixteen-year-old was selected by Basketball NSW to referee at the Australian Country Junior Basketball Cup in Albury. This national tournament features…
COFFS Harbour Triathlon Club is settling into a new location at the community building by the Jetty, kicking off the 2023-24 season with two successful Club races. “The Jetty Foreshore is one of the best locations in NSW to swim,…