HELEN Mears OAM has retired after 35 years as President of the Coffs Harbour Pink Ladies United Hospital Auxiliaries (UHA) of NSW. More than 60 fellow volunteers, community members and staff gathered at Coffs Harbour Health Campus for a thank-you morning tea to honour Mrs Mears. Advertise with News of The

ROSALIND Whyte took her audience from knowing nothing about Cornelia Parker to understanding much about the generally misunderstood artist, during her September address to ArtsNational Coffs Coast. Ms Whyte, a guide and lecturer at Tate Britain, revealed Parker’s work to be original and accessible, even for people who think they could

A NUMBER of natural factors make Coffs Harbour a unique Northern NSW location. The Great Dividing Range comes right to the shoreline from Bruxner Park to Macauleys Headland, while the Solitary Islands lie just off the northern arm in close proximity to the foreshore. Advertise with News of The Area today.

POLICE arrested 15 people, laid 77 charges, executed 19 Firearm Prohibition Compliance checks, and seized nine firearms during a three-day deployment to Coffs Harbour last week. State Crime Command’s surge deployment was led by the Robbery & Serious Crime Squad with the Coffs Clarence Police District in a bid to

THE Rotary-run Men’s Health Education Rural Van (MHERV) is set to arrive on the Coffs Coast from 23 October. With the motto “to save local lives”, the MHERV project has been operating for over six years. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone

THE Pump for Parkinson's fundraiser is back for the eighth year. On Thursday, 24 October, the Bailey Centre Liberty Service Station will contribute ten cents per litre of fuel sold, to support the Parkinson’s Coffs Harbour Nurses Fund. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business.

THE Big Banana took on a blue hue on Sunday, 13 October, marking the beginning of National Carers Week. To celebrate and recognise the work of local family and friend carers, the Carers NSW Coffs Harbour team organised two social events for the week. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

THE fifth instalment of the Great Southern BioBlitz (GSBB) citizen science survey has come to an end and once again the Coffs Harbour region has performed well. Coffs placed third for total species recorded with 2438 (2305 last year) and sixth for the total of observations with 9101 (8244 last

BELLINGEN Shire Council officially welcomed its newly elected Mayor and Councillors at an Oath of Office Ceremony on Wednesday, 9 October at Bellingen Memorial Hall. In attendance was Mayor Cr Steve Allan, alongside two new Councillors in Cr Andrew O’Keeffe and Cr Graeme Shephard, and Cr Jo Brotherton, Cr Jennie Fenton,