DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent desperate measures taken by members of the public in our nearby state forests, highlighting the destruction which is occurring right on our doorstep, is an understandable response given Forestry Corporation’s dismal failure at…
DEAR News of the Area, RECENT letters about the colours and materials of Yarrila Place are ridiculous. These are matters of taste, let’s focus instead on the essential services within the building. The standard of Coffs’ cultural facilities badly needed…
FOR THE WEEK ENDING SUNDAY 9th July 2023. Easily our busiest week of the year, when we welcome the NSW Veteran Golfers for their Annual Week of Golf on the Island – they come from all over the State, with…
SOCIAL women’s bowls has been beautiful in the winter sunshine, and though it’s chilly when the ladies start at 9am, by 9.30 it’s jackets off, sunnies on and enjoy bowling in the terrific conditions. Recent Thursday results are: J. Cedelland,…
THE Coffs Harbour Comets came south last weekend to meet the Nambucca Roosters for the round 10 clash at Coronation Park, Nambucca Heads. For the Roosters this was their Indigenous Round and all teams played in jerseys especially designed for…
MATTHEW is concerned his grandmother, Mable, may be the victim of elder financial abuse. He describes his grandmother as “old and frail, depressed and vulnerable”. Matthew is aware that Mable has a large amount of money in her bank account…
NEWCASTLE Doubles Carnival Nelson Bay had a strong presence at the Golf Croquet Doubles Carnival run by Newcastle National Park Croquet Club on Saturday 1st and Sunday 2nd July 2023 – 14 of the 48 players came from Nelson Bay.…
TWO of Coffs Harbour’s finest young basketballers have proudly represented their state in Western Australia. Joshua Boyle and Kira Juffermans played for NSW Country at the recent Under 16 National Championships in Warwick, WA. Boyle was a member of the…
NORTH Coast juniors won four from five matches against Lake Macquarie FC in the Premier Youth League at the Coffs Coast synthetics on Sunday. In the two opening fixtures North Coast under 15s won 3-1 but the under 13s went…
THE North Coast Force Under 17 Boys have gone undefeated during the Northern NSW AFL Championships in Coffs Harbour. The Under 17s Boys and the other North Coast Force junior representative teams took on teams from the Central Coast, Illawarra,…