A NINETEEN-YEAR-OLD refugee from Syria studying nursing and business in Coff Harbour has taken out the International Women’s Day (IWD) Coffs Coast Woman of the Year award. This award and others were handed out at the annual IWD Breakfast held at the Coffs Harbour Race Club on March 8. Advertise with News of The Area...
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THE Made With Love Markets became the first major event to be held in the freshly renovated Exhibition Hall at Coffs Harbour Showground, with local stallholders filling the venue with their home made and hand made goods on a sunny Sunday 3 March. Alison, who launched the market in 2011, summed up the atmosphere as...
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REPLANTING and environmental restoration work on the NSW North Coast has a bright future thanks to work being done at the native seed bank facility at the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden in Coffs Harbour. The Regional Native Seed Bank project was officially launched on Wednesday 28 February by cutting a wattle seed cake during...
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BOOKFEST is back. The annual bookie bonanza run by the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour opens on Saturday 9 March, running daily until Saturday 16 March 2024 at the Norm Jordan Pavilion at Coffs Harbour Showground. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02)...
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MINISTER for the North Coast Rose Jackson visited Coffs Harbour on Tuesday 5 March to attend meetings with key community and stakeholder representatives. Ms Jackson holds a diverse portfolio of ministerial responsibilities, also serving as the Minister for Water, Housing, Homelessness, Mental Health and Youth. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it...
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ONE hundred basketballs have been donated to eight local schools through the Rotary Club of Sawtell’s Youth Program. The bag-fulls of basketballs have been distributed between Boambee Primary, Sawtell Primary, Bonville Primary, Bayldon Primary, Toormina Primary, Toormina High, Coffs Harbour Christian Community School as well as the Coffs Harbour PCYC. Advertise with News of The...
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BPW COFFS COAST hosted their International Dinner and Candle Lighting Ceremony at the CWA Meeting Rooms in Coffs Harbour last Wednesday. Members and supporters of BPW were joined by women representing many nations that make up the varied multicultural community on the Coffs Coast. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for...
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WITH Coffs Coast students to undergo NAPLAN assessments this month, a local school principal has backed the tests as one key provider of data on a child’s academic development. The National Assessment Program – Literacy and Numeracy (NAPLAN) is an annual, nationwide assessment for students in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9. Advertise with News...
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THE Member for Coffs Harbour, Gurmesh Singh, has called on the NSW Government to provide more support to NSW Fire and Rescue (FRNSW) after revelations some of the organisation’s fleet is in disrepair. His call followed a NSW Budget Estimates hearing, which he said showed the Government had cut $9 million from the FRNSW budget,...
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THE famous Coffs Coast Pipe and Drums band is holding a monster garage sale on Sunday 3 March. Band members will set up the sale at the Band Hub at Coffs Harbour Showground, ready for business and banter from 9am until 1pm. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business....
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