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Mon, 27/03/2023 - 23:39

SIXTEEN-YEAR-OLD Ryan Hill-Smith has his sights set on competing on this year’s IBC Bodyboarding World Tour. A Coffs Coast Bodyboarding Association member, the first event Ryan hopes to enter is the Maldives Pro, taking place from 3 to 12 August 2023. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message...

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Mon, 27/03/2023 - 23:27

OLYMPIC Gold and Silver medallist Brooke Hanson will be speaking at Coffs Harbour’s Orara High School and Toormina High School on Monday 27 March as part of her North Coast regional tour with the Olympics Unleashed program. Brooke will visit Orara High School on Monday morning and Toormina High School in the afternoon to present...

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Mon, 27/03/2023 - 23:24

WISHING to spread a message on world peace and uniting religions, Moonee Beach artist and songwriter Melanie Ramsey Hale is entering the prestigious Art Gallery of NSW’s Sulman Prize with her painting ‘Velvet Rose’. The Sulman Prize is awarded for the best subject painting, genre painting or mural project by an Australian artist. Advertise with...

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Mon, 27/03/2023 - 23:00

Change the name from TikTok to “Student Loan Debt”

Become a series of collapsing bridges

Turn into the Section 8 housing waitlist

Enroll in a Title 1 school

Get into the predatory lending business

Become an ectopic pregnancy in Texas

Buy up houses and then let them sit vacant in order to drive up housing costs by creating false scarcity

Transform into a high medical bill

Become the federal minimum wage

Walk into an elementary school with an assault rifle

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Mon, 27/03/2023 - 22:35

PROJECTS for seven local sports group projects have benefitted from NSW Government’s Local Sport Grants Program. Grants of between $2,000 and $10,000 per project were on offer with up to $50,000 available in each electorate. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981...

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Mon, 27/03/2023 - 22:32

LOCAL food producers are uniting in a culinary collaboration organised by local food tour operator Awia Markey. Dedicated to shining the light on local food producers, Awia hopes the event will drive interest in the Coffs Coast as a destination of delectable freshly grown and made fare. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s...

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Mon, 27/03/2023 - 22:20

COFFS Coast Jump Club’s (CCJC) successful application in the Sport Infrastructure Recovery Fund grant means the club can upgrade the amenities block in the Showground. The $273,088.00 funding comes from the Sport Infrastructure Recovery Fund, which supports the rebuild, repair and betterment of essential community assets targeted for arts and culture, sports and Aboriginal communities....

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Mon, 27/03/2023 - 22:02

THE one-of-a-kind Chill n Chat café in Coffs Harbour’s Community Village celebrated its 20th birthday in style on Monday morning, 20 March. A huge cake was shared amongst the community, customers, participants and volunteers who turned up to the garden deck of the café to raise a cuppa to the café’s success. Advertise with News...

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Mon, 27/03/2023 - 21:31
Starmer’s motion is an attack on democracy Keir Starmer has personally submitted a motion to Labour’s national executive (NEC), which meets tomorrow, to formally bar Jeremy Corbyn from standing as a Labour candidate at the next general election. The motion is for show, as Starmer’s cronies hold a majority on the NEC and the outcome […]
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Mon, 27/03/2023 - 21:30

By Alex Binder / Unicorn Riot Atlanta, GA — Fifteen of the twenty-three people arrested and charged with domestic terrorism on March 5 are now out of jail. The nearly two dozen people were arrested during the South River Music Festival for their alleged involvement in the ongoing effort to stop ‘Cop City’ and to defend the Weelaunee […]

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Mon, 27/03/2023 - 21:03

By Anthony DiMaggio / CounterPunch Marking the twentieth anniversary of the U.S. invasion of Iraq, The New York Times ran a feature-length article titled, “20 Years On, a Question Lingers About Iraq: Why Did the U.S. Invade?” The piece acknowledges some harsh realities about the war, while dodging questions about its legality and the imperial motivations that […]

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Mon, 27/03/2023 - 21:01

By Ralph Nader Once again, government socialism – ultimately backed by taxpayers – is saving reckless midsized banks and their depositors. Silicon Valley Bank (S.V.B) and Signature Bank in New York greedily mismanaged their risk levels and had to be closed down. The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), in return, to avoid a bank panic […]

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