THEATRES across the region are preparing for a massive influx of film lovers from April 20 to May 5, with the Coffs Coast’s premier film and screen celebration, the Screenwave International Film Festival, breaking its previous ticket presales record last week, ahead of the full SWIFF’23 festival line-up becoming publicly available at SWIFF.com.au on Saturday...
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THE All One Under the Sun project in Coffs Harbour has teamed up with students from Orara High School to present ‘Stand Up, Stand By’, an original theatre show that explores the impact of racism on individuals and emphasises the role of bystander intervention in supporting victims of racism. All One Under the Sun is...
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COFFS Harbour Golf Club is celebrating a funding boost of $208,540 for one of its priority projects, under the NSW Government’s Infrastructure Grants program. Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh said this significant funding will enable the club to replace its roof and also install new rooftop solar, a project which the club has been...
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MEMBERS of the Community Use Permaculture Space (CUPS), located on Brian Navin Park at Park Beach Plaza shopping centre in Coffs, are having a planning meeting on Saturday 1 April to share initial garden designs and hear community suggestions. The group is asking for interested people to come along, share their thoughts and hear what’s...
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MOVING with the times, the Dorrigo Country Women’s Association (CWA) Hall is one of five premises being upgraded into a co-working space providing affordable, equipped and shared community spaces for women in regional and rural parts of the state, through a NSW Government grant of 400,000 to the CWA of NSW. “Dorrigo CWA branch has...
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THE F U Cancer weekend is a two-day event of fitness, fun, charity and community on Saturday 25 and Sunday 26 March, organised by Em Pitomaki, manager at F45 Training Coffs Harbour. Em is a contestant in the Cancer Council’s Stars of Coffs Coast event, and is partnered for the dancing fundraiser with Jade Naidu...
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JAGUN Aged and Community Care in Moonee Beach has received $95,000 through the NSW Government’s Community and Place funding program. The Jagun Yilldaan (Homeland Sacred Pathway) project includes the construction of an 80 sqm shed to enable undercover events, group sessions, training sessions, meetings and cultural services for the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community....
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HAIR salon owner Michelle Clarke, partnered with Phil Myers from Pacific Dance Centre, and coached by teacher Carol Myers, is having a ball learning her dance for Stars of Coffs Coast, the Cancer Council’s major fundraiser in Coffs Harbour. “Carol and Phil are fun to be with and very patient with this uncoordinated stick on...
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TONY Johnson, a member of the Coffs Coast Climate Action Group, wants all Coffs Coast voters to understand that the issue of climate change is vital across the electorate, particularly with most residents living in a coastal community. “The recent Declaration of a Climate Emergency by our City Council highlights the importance of the impact...
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EDUCATIONAL sessions with enthusiastic experts in their fields have been confirmed for the morning of Bellingen Plant Fair on Saturday 11 March 2023 at Bellingen Park. At 9am Ian Epic Earth, founder of the Gourmet Garden School, talks about the state of food and the immense value in growing our own. Advertise with News of...
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