Coffs Coast News

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Sun, 05/11/2023 - 15:56

ROTARY Club of Sawtell presented its annual Pride Of Workmanship Awards at Sawtell RSL with around 40 guests attending on Monday 23 October. The two local resident recipients are Kate Drum and Roland Sciortino. 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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Sun, 05/11/2023 - 16:01

WIIGULGA Sports Complex has gained another accolade, this time for its excellent architecture. The popular City of Coffs Harbour facility, on Solitary Islands Way, Woolgoolga, has received a commendation in the Public Architecture category of the NSW Country Division Architecture Awards run by the Australia Institute of Architects (AIA). Advertise with News of The Area...

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Sun, 05/11/2023 - 16:03

AN initiative to have the voices of young people inform the strategic direction of the services funded to provide support to them commenced in Bellingen Shire in October 2022. Ellie Tree, the Project Manager for The YOUth Speak Project said it was driven largely by the youth services and community sector in the Bellingen Shire...

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Tue, 31/10/2023 - 06:03

WITH the yellow and red flags up, and the surfing season in full swing, Disabled Surfing Association Mid North Coast (DSA) is back on the boards with the announcement of 2023/2024 supervised surfing dates. On Saturday 28 October the DSA season kicks off at Coffs Jetty. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth...

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Tue, 31/10/2023 - 06:17

ON Friday 13 October 2023, the eve of the first game of the Coffs Coast Cricket Senior Men’s season, the Northern Districts Rebels Cricket Club issued a call-out for public assistance following the theft of irrigation and watering equipment from the main sporting oval at Wiigulga Sports Complex, worth several hundreds of dollars. “The equipment...

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Tue, 31/10/2023 - 06:19

AN antique typewriter is amongst the trove of treasures on sale at the Trash & Treasure Market on Saturday 28 October at the Coffs Harbour Leagues Club on Stadium Drive. Doors open at 9.00am. 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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Tue, 31/10/2023 - 06:32

VOICEUP Australia, a group working to provide support, education, prevention and advocacy to survivors with unresolved trauma, celebrated a decade of speaking up, speaking out and breaking the tyranny of silence. A project of Coffs Harbour Neighbourhood Centre (CHNC), VoiceUp ‘members’ marked the ten-year milestone with a day of connection through yoga, art, celebration lunch...

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Tue, 31/10/2023 - 06:39

AN important book of legacy for the Indian population of Australia was launched to Woolgoolga’s Indian community at the town’s Sikh Museum opposite The Guru Nanak Sikh temple on Sunday 22 October. The book tells the story of Moti Husna’s arrival from the Punjab to Northern Queensland in 1899 and the following migration of many...

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Tue, 31/10/2023 - 06:43

SAPPHIRE Stewart, a project officer with the Coffs Harbour Bypass team, has been announced as the 2023 Zonta International Women in STEM scholarship winner. The STEM scholarship encourages women to pursue education, career opportunities and leadership roles in STEM fields. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

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Fri, 03/11/2023 - 14:21

EPHEMERAL art and concrete poetry are the focus of Artists in the Garden’s November gathering. True to its original purpose, the diversity of art and the talent of local artists continues to be celebrated at the final Artists in the Garden (AITG) event of 2023 on Sunday 5 November at Coffs’ Botanic Garden from 12-noon...

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