COFFS Harbour Older Women’s Network (CH OWN) committee has developed a busy calendar of diverse events for its members for 2025. The increase in organised group activities for the group is in line with OWN NSW’s belief in a society…
A DIRE shortage of childcare places is causing children on the Mid North Coast to be excluded from early learning. Sector experts say the shortage is spilling into other sectors as nurses, aged care workers, teachers and other essential workers…
COFFS Harbour’s best junior cricketers have represented their region during the third round of North Coast Cricket Council’s Inter-District competition. Sixers Cricket League-Coffs Harbour District Cricket Association’s Under 16s, Under 14s, and Under 12s representative teams took on Clarence River…
DEAR News Of The Area, TODAY I was on a stall at the Sunday Harbourside Markets as a member of the community group, Foreshore For All, spreading the message that the Jetty Foreshore land is destined for rezoning. I am…
A NEWLY-WED couple and a local woman who has returned to her hometown to take up an internship are among the cohort of new junior doctors joining Coffs Harbour Health Campus. Doctors Isra Karem and Mostafa Abasseri recently tied the…
A NEW sailing season starts this weekend at the Urunga Sail Training Club, with beginners learning the ropes on the beautiful waters of the Bellinger and Kalang Rivers. Australian Sailing National Small Boat Start 1 and 2 courses are offered…
THE Clarence Valley branch of the Past Presidents Association covers a large area from the Clarence right down to Woolgoolga and Coffs Harbour. The Past Presidents Association meets every three months and is made up of fun loving people, of…
MORE than a thousand Touch Footy players descended on the Coffs Coast for the Northern Eagles Championships, as sixteen regions and 84 teams battled across two days of high-intensity competition. Coffs Harbour Mayor Nikki Williams was on hand to celebrate…
THE newly formed Nelson Bay Rugby League Football Club “Bandits” will participate in the 2025 Newcastle & Hunter Rugby League women’s competitions. The fledgling sporting club caters for females who are interested in rugby league and is striving to field…
MEET the Nelson Bay Neptunes Under 12 junior representative touch football whiz kids that created history at the recent Peter Wilson Memorial Cup Championships at Tomaree Sports Complex. This outstanding crop of local juniors are the first ever boys team…