Coffs Coast News

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Fri, 05/05/2023 - 07:00

COFFS Harbour employment, training and business services agency, Enterprise and Training Company (ETC), has launched a First Nations Scholarships Program. Applications opened on Monday 24 April and will close on Friday 16 June. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email...

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Fri, 05/05/2023 - 07:02

THE Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival has announced the recipient of the 2023 Ferguson Film Prize as Australian-Macedonian director Goran Stolevski for his Melbourne-set coming of age romance, Of an Age. The Ferguson Film Prize, which includes a trophy, a $3000 personal cash prize, and an official award accreditation, is bequeathed by Australian film...

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Fri, 05/05/2023 - 07:06

A NEW experience for local food lovers was launched in Sapphire Beach on Saturday 29 April. The Coffs Coast Food Lovers Long Lunch was held at Wylde Oak Café at the family-owned Coffs Harbour Nursery on Wakelands Road, Sapphire Beach. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

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Thu, 04/05/2023 - 10:20

COFFS Harbour’s Dr Liz May has been honoured as one of 24 recipients of the 2023 NSW Rural Scholarship Program. Dr May works at Coffs Harbour Health Campus where she is training to become a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us....

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Thu, 04/05/2023 - 10:23

THE Coffs Coast’s Screenwave International Film Festival has set a new all-time ticket sales record, meaning that by the end of SWIFF’23 tonight, the festival will also break the overall attendance record. Festival organisers attribute a voracious audience appetite for cinema, strong support from its local community, an diverse and expansive 2023 program line-up, and...

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Sun, 30/04/2023 - 16:44

FOOTY talk now has another home with a partnership between Triple M Coffs Coast, Group 2 Rugby League and AFL North Coast hosted by the radio station’s ‘Moffee in the Morning’, Michael Moffatt. The Coffs Coast Rugby League and AFL collaboration will help keep locals up to date with games and scores through the new...

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Sun, 30/04/2023 - 17:25

ALICE Campion will guest speak at writers talks at Bellingen and Dorrigo libraries next week. ‘Alice’ is a bit of a crowd in herself, being five authors who write collaboratively under the one name in a manner they believe is an Australian first. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your...

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Sun, 30/04/2023 - 17:29

MADELINE McTernan, 22, Coffs Harbour swimmer and Tokyo Paralympic swimmer COFFS Harbour Paralympian Madeleine McTernan has dedicated a recent gold medal win to Linda Mol, a family friend and war veteran who tragically lost her fight against ovarian cancer earlier this month. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business....

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Mon, 01/05/2023 - 03:47

THE combined Rotary Clubs of Coffs City and Daybreak have run their annual Charity Golf Day at the Coffs Harbour Golf Club. “The well supported afternoon was a huge success for both clubs with Mike Blewitt Ford as naming right sponsor helping so much with our cause, and presenting the prizes,” Coffs City Rotary Club...

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Mon, 01/05/2023 - 03:57

CHRYSALIS Steiner School Class 10 students Abbi and Lara, ably supported by Lara’s mother Andi, hosted a successful fundraiser with a market stall at the monthly Bellingen Markets on Saturday 15 April. Class 10 students from Thora Valley’s Chrysalis Steiner School rallied to help the girls put on another fundraiser for their Arnhem Land educational...

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