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"I don't want people to feel like I'm not their broadcaster. But equally if I'm not my authentic self, I can't do my job well."

JUBILANT and exhausted, Oak Tree Retirement Village Coffs Harbour Manager Michelle Oxley emerged from the group’s first public event with a cheque for $1400 raised for its chosen charity, the Pink Silks Trust. Michelle made the presentation to Pink Silks Trust Chair and co-founder Tanya Johnson OAM on Friday 10 November after the September Spring...

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A GRASSROOTS crowdfunding initiative to protect native forests has taken off, reaching $10,000 in four weeks. Started by Jonathan Cassell, a City of Coffs Harbour Councillor, the fund has received immediate widespread community support. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882....

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THE State Government has announced the creation of a $250 million Drought Ready and Resilient Fund (DRRF). This Fund will allow eligible primary producers to apply for low interest loans of up to $250,000 to fund a broad range of operational products, activities and services to prepare and respond to the impacts of drought. Advertise...

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AS DRY conditions continue, the State Government is providing new frontline drought support for landholders with the creation of drought adoption officer roles to boost services offerings for farmers, including in the North Coast Local Land Services region. Drought adoption officers can help farmers by offering advice about drought resilience and preparedness.The recently recruited drought...

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THE Nursing Unit at the Dorrigo Multipurpose Service has been named Team of the Year at the NSW Health 2023 Excellence in Nursing and Midwifery Awards. Dorrigo Nurse Manager Lynn Forsyth and team members Wendy Allison-Williams, Katharine Churchill and Karen Shirley proudly received the award at the 11th annual awards ceremony at Parliament House in...

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THE Beyond the Badge retraining and support program is running a three-day Career Transition course in Coffs Harbour in early 2024 and is asking for expressions of interest in attending. It is open to current or former military, police, ambulance, fire and rescue and other first responder personnel. Advertise with News of The Area today....

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TWENTY-FIVE years of dedication to local radio was recognised for three members of the 2 AIR FM team at their recent Annual General Meeting (AGM). Michele Smart, Olga Moller and Cliff Hudson were each presented with a 25 Year Continuous Active Service Award by President Garry Costa. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s...

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In the updated Doctor Who docudrama An Adventure in Space and Time, William Hartnell (David Bradley) sees Ncuti Gatwa - not Matt Smith.

Episode 6 in our new Manga series – The Smith Family and their Adventures with Money – is now available. Have a bit of fun with it and circulate it to those who you think will benefit … The Smith Family are a middle-class family living in a city somewhere in the world. The second-generation…

Not yet Kevin Drum has an interesting observation: How is Joe Biden doing these days? Courtesy of CNN, here are his approval ratings from a variety of national polls over the past few months: From August through October Biden’s approval dropped about 1.5% per month. Since the Israel-Gaza war broke out a month ago, his approval has improved by about half a percent. I’d like to generate a chart like this just for young Democrats, but I can’t find the data to do it. My suspicion is that Biden has been hemorrhaging approval from young voters for a long time and the Israel-Gaza war hasn’t really had a big effect. But I don’t know that. In any case, even if it has had an effect, it’s apparently been counterbalanced by increased approval from older voters. Taken as a whole, the war has rather surprisingly had only a very small effect on Biden’s approval, and probably a positive one.

Labor’s support for Israel’s horrific war on Gaza is creating tensions within the party. Solidarity spoke to one member about why she quit the ALP.

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The ones who love him anyway Brian Beutler on this new “relationship” between Trump and Univison. If you haven’t read this already, you’ll want to. It’s left Democrats deeply unsettled. They were surprised as everyone to see Univision offer Donald Trump a fawning, hour-long, primetime interview earlier this month, particularly after the abuse he heaped on the network during his presidency and first campaign; they were stunned when Univision summarily canceled ads the Biden campaign had purchased to run during the interview, citing an undisclosed policy the network, by all appearances, adopted special for Trump; they’re aghast that Univision tried to create the false impression that it approached the Biden campaign with the same offer; and now they’re really worried, because they see Univision prevailing on local affiliates to pull popular programming off the air to carry Trump rallies live.  They’re upset, and understandably so, about the effect that transforming the most watched Spanish-language news network into a pro-Trump propaganda outlet will have on the election.

If you’re an American who celebrates, I hope you’re having a good day, and if you’ve got the weekend off, enjoy the long weekend!

THIS Christmas Sawtell will again hear the sounds of a traditional Christmas as many well-loved carols are sung on Wednesday 20 December 2023. This is the 17th year of the Sawtell Uniting Church Carols by Candlelight, a well supported community event that marks the week leading up to Christmas. Advertise with News of The Area...

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On Monday one shot 4 people in Ohio The mass shooting on Monday garnered hardly a mention in the news because the shooter only managed to wound four people before he killed himself. No biggie in America’s shooting gallery. But it is worth noting that it appears he had an ideological motive: The man suspected of shooting four people at an Ohio Walmart earlier this week was inspired by racially motivated violent extremist ideology, according to authorities. Benjamin Charles Jones, 20, of Dayton, Ohio, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound at a Beavercreek, Ohio, Walmart after he shot two Black females, a white female and a white male Monday, the FBI stated.  One victim remained in critical condition, while three others suffered from non-life-threatening injuries.

The BBC updated the Doctors lineup poster; a Paul McGann-narrated 60th Anniversary trailer includes looks at Ncuti Gatwa and Millie Gibson

Thanksgiving menu at the Plaza Hotel 1899, courtesy of Michael Beschloss: I would have loved to watch that kitchen in action.

Recently married root rat, bored Barnaby Joyce, has taken up a new hobby, investigating conspiracy theories. ”I was sitting at home last Friday night, bored out of my brain, when I decided to look at one of the many millions... Read More ›