DANCING her way to a $10,000 goal, Stars of Coffs Coast participant Emily McIlwraith raised $4,745 for Cancer Council at a Trivia Night on Friday 24 February at Coffs Harbour Racecourse. “It was such a good turnout,” Emily, a Sales Agent at Nolan Partners Real Estate, told News Of The Area. Advertise with News of...
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IN opening his campaign launch speech to more than 100 people gathered at Coffs Harbour Surf Club on Tuesday 7 March, Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh first acknowledged the lifetime of service to the community that the almost-30-year incumbent before him, Andrew Fraser, had delivered to Coffs Harbour. For the region, as for the...
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COFFS Harbour’s youth community radio station 104.1 CHY FM is taking a particular interest in a mammoth tour by Kingswood. “It is the most extensive tour ever undertaken by an Australian band, coming to Moonee Beach Hotel on Saturday 1 April,” Angie Vaughan, Station Manager, 104.1 CHY FM told News Of The Area. Advertise with...
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OLD Mate’s Burgers in Coffs Harbour had a cracking ‘Pay it Forward to Pete’s Place’ campaign during February, culminating in 190 burgers being pledged to the not-for-profit. “Customers, suppliers and the public jumped on board and far exceeded our expectations,” Old Mates co-owner Louise Wilson told News Of The Area. Advertise with News of The...
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TRAUMA teddies were to the rescue when Biannca M, granddaughter of Coffs Harbour Red Cross member Trish, was unexpectedly whisked off to hospital on Friday 24 February. Biannca was taken by ambulance to hospital after a medical issue, with her Nanna accompanying her. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your...
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FOR the past couple of years Coffs Harbour RSL Sub-Branch has been the pleased recipient of Anzac Day and Remembrance Day commemorative handmade quilts crafted by Wendy Riitano from Bringelly NSW. Wendy provides the quilts to assist the Coffs Harbour RSL Sub-Branch to raise money for veterans’ welfare. Advertise with News of The Area today....
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THE Friends of Orara East are organising themselves into an action group that will stand up for the protection of wildlife and flora in their neighbouring native forests. The group of around 60 residents, mainly living in Upper Orara, Dairyville, Coramba and Nana Glen, in and around the Orara East forest catchment, gathered on Thursday...
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THIS month Woolgoolga Red Cross members join a wave of action across Australia to support the everyday humanitarian work of the Australian Red Cross as part of the Annual Red Cross Calling campaign. Every year the Red Cross members ‘walk the talk’, driven by their belief that no one should face crises alone. Advertise with...
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THE bush tucker Walk About Café at Yarrawarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre at Corindi Beach will be renovated and upgraded thanks to its operator, the Gurehlgam Corporation’s successful application to the Community and Place Funding program which has granted them $250,000. The Centre’s hospitality manager Bob Palmer and Wadjar Regional Indigenous Gallery creative director Alison Williams...
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AN amenity wall, designed to shield the Pacific Bay Resort Precinct from the noise and disturbance of the Coffs Bypass construction happening on its Pacific Highway boundary, has been promised by the NSW Liberal and Nationals Government if re-elected on 25 March 2023. If they are, they will commit up to $10 million for a...
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