THE Big Banana lights up red on Saturday 9 September as part of International FASD Awareness Month and the Red Shoes Rock campaign. Building awareness and educational programs around Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) is a key role of the…
DO you know how to value your worth in business or employment through fee setting, product costing or pay negotiation? Blyde Neser, a human capital consultant, is speaking on how to ‘Know Your Worth’ as part of the BPW Coffs…
AN endangered native mouse species that nests in forests around the New South Wales Tablelands is showing strong signs of recovery post the Black Summer bushfires. The Hastings River Mouse, Pseudomys oralis, a small rodent with brownish-grey fur and white…
GERIATRICIAN and dementia expert Dr Vaibhav Tyagi is holding dementia education seminars this month in Coffs Harbour. Dr Tyagi believes a lot can be done to prevent dementia; in particular, adjusting one’s eating habits. Advertise with News of The Area…
PRESIDENT of the Coffs Harbour Show Society for the past four years, Christopher Pearson, having reached the end of his constitutional tenure, has stepped down. Christopher has been a member of Coffs Harbour Show Society for over two decades. Advertise…
INCREASED numbers of hard working volunteers in the Pink Ladies Auxiliary at Bellinger River District Hospital has resulted in the group donating more than $18,000 worth of medical equipment. At the Pink Ladies’ recent AGM, outgoing president Deb Anderson revealed…
2 AIR FM celebrated its 25th Birthday Party at the station’s studio in Glenreagh Street. With the stirring sounds of bagpipes, the Coffs Harbour Pipe and Drum band marched up the driveway, announcing the arrival of Coffs Harbour MP Gurmesh…
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM not sure why the penny has not dropped for Councillor Tony Judge and his concern over the Labor Party’s supposed broken promise, over residential at the Jetty. If indeed he did campaign on…
JOHN was born in 2000. When John was four months old, he was admitted to hospital in a critical condition with severe head injuries. John was placed on life support for several weeks. The doctors believed that John’s injuries were…
IN the quieter winter months, I could not help but notice how important events and conferences are to the overall economic well being and vitality of our city. You can certainly tell when the Touch Footy and OzTag are in…