OzGREEN marks Science Week with tree planting festival Coffs Coast Coffs Coast - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 11, 2024 ‘WINTER riveryouthfest’ hits the banks of the Bellinger River next Saturday, with tree planting a key element of the youth-focused festival. The festival, held during National Science Week, forms part of a broader three-year tree planting program orchestrated by OzGREEN, a Bellingen-based community organisation with a focus on sustainability. Advertise
Coffs Coast offers playground for gentle giants of the sea Coffs Coast Coffs Coast - popup ad Coffs Coast News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 11, 2024 COFFS Harbour has become well-known as one of the epicentres of whale watching on the NSW coast. People from all over the world realise their dreams of a close encounter with these ocean mammals on local whale watching experiences. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business.
Cassell leading Greens team into September council elections Coffs Coast Coffs Coast - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 11, 2024 COUNCILLOR Jonathan Cassell will contest the upcoming Mayoral election for the Greens, stating his desire to “future proof” Coffs Harbour against social and environmental challenges. “I’m standing for Mayor to champion a clean and green future-proofed Coffs Harbour,” Mr Cassell told NOTA. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's
Big Banana to glow red to highlight gender pay disparity Coffs Coast Coffs Coast - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 11, 2024 THE Big Banana will glow red on August 19 to highlight Equal Pay Day. The date for Equal Pay Day varies each year, because it marks how many days into the new financial year Australian women must work to earn the same, on average, as men did the previous year. Advertise with
Five community projects share in $150,000 of council funding Coffs Coast Coffs Coast - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 11, 2024 CITY of Coffs Harbour Council has approved five projects to share in $150,000 from the 2024/25 Community Infrastructure Renewal Grants Program. The program is open to not-for-profit organisations proposing improvement works on City-owned or managed land. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message
Letter to the Editor: Benefits of legalisation Opinion Property/Sports/Opinion - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 11, 2024 DEAR News Of The Area, THE NSW Premier, Chris Minns, stated last week that he has no plans to decriminalise cannabis, despite legal organisations, researchers and peak industry groups telling a parliamentary inquiry doing so for personal use would save money and reduce disproportionate punishments. I can understand that many people do
Youth get involved in Bowraville river water testing project Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad Nambucca Valley News Photo Gallery by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 11, 2024 MOTIVATED to make change, 24 young local people from Bowraville participated in an action-oriented leadership workshop run by OzGREEN’S Youth Leading the World team. They were inspired after being involved in water testing of the Nambucca River with OzGREEN and Nambucca Riverwatch, where a group of 60 conducted water testing and
Nambucca Heads Men’s Shed lends a hand Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 11, 2024 IN April this year News Of The Area reported that vandals and thieves had desecrated the Nambucca Heads War Memorial Cenotaph by tearing a large bronze rising sun badge off the wall. The rising sun is the symbol of the nation’s military forces during World War One. Advertise with News
Nambucca Valley Council moves forward with proposal to amend LEP Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 11, 2024 OVER the past year, community angst regarding blueberry farming developments in the Nambucca Valley has seen large crowds assembling at council and other meetings, with the focus on several recently established intensive farms. In November 2023, Nambucca Valley Council first discussed preparing a planning proposal to amend the current Nambucca
Elderly woman and full-time carer ‘overlooked’ by Village plans Nambucca Valley Nambucca Valley - popup ad Nambucca Valley News by News Of The Area - Modern Media - August 11, 2024 WHEN 89-year-old Dorothy Bunyan awakens each morning she takes a moment to remember where she is. She looks out the small window of her Faringdon Village home to where two large fire-fighting tanks were installed just weeks ago, altering the familiar view she had across a path and to Nambucca Plaza.
