CITY of Coffs Harbour Council has appointed six community members to the Yandaarra Aboriginal Advisory Committee. The committee is a conduit between the Council and the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander community and plays an integral role in the annual Yandaarra Aunty Grace Roberts Community Development Awards. At its meeting
Coffs Coast – popup ad
Traffic controllers on Waterfall Way praise Dorrigo hospitality
WATCHOUT Training and Traffic Control (WTTC) has workers stationed on Waterfall Way due to land slips from Ex-Tropical Cyclone Alfred. The traffic controllers said the residents of Dorrigo have been generous and helpful, which has made being on duty in the wet and windy conditions a “breeze”. Advertise with News of
Transitioning from being a first responder to a new career
Coffs Rotary BookFest 2025 sizing up to be a record year
Reunion to celebrate Coffs Harbour area’s surfing family
Ten years on from kidney transplant thanks to Living Donor
Holden Motor Museum’s pop-up display for Legacy Aged Care residents
FOUR vintage cars from the National Holden Motor Museum (NHMM) Coffs Harbour took a drive down memory lane last week to visit the residents of Legacy on Victoria Residential Aged Care Facility (RACF). The mini “pop-up” exhibition on Tuesday 4 March, was part of the museum’s community outreach program. Advertise with
Forty-four years in the making, timber treasure awaits adventure
A DREAM yacht that began as a high-end project, became a full-blown passion, and then drifted along the borders of obsession, is now for sale - 44 years after its original owner set course. In 1981, Sawtell master builder and sailing enthusiast Roger Singleton began constructing the six-berth “Frances Stewart”, a
Danish exchange student returns to Australia after 25 years
ANDREAS Arnvig has returned to Australia with his Danish family to introduce them to friends made a quarter of a century ago, including Woolgoolga resident Steven Mottlee. Andreas was an exchange student in 1999 with the INTO Education program. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your
City Orchestra to jazz things up at launch of 2025 concert season
A FREE jazz concert at the North Coast Regional Botanic Garden on Sunday 25 March, will kick off the Coffs Harbour City Orchestra’s 2025 concert season. Orchestra members are happy to be back making music together at their weekly rehearsals, conductor Tim Egan told News Of The Area. Advertise with News