DEAR News Of The Area, IT was great to see Win Howard recognised in the Kings Birthday Honours List. Back in the early 1950s Win used to catch the same School Special bus as I did that took us from Gladesville’s Terminus bus stop to Fort Street Boys High School on Parramatta Road, Petersham, (which […]
New for Coffs Running Festival - the free Kids and Families run/walk.
C.EX GROUP Coffs Harbour Running Festival has introduced a free Kids and Families 1km run/walk thanks to funding from Mid North Coast Community Health Fund. The Healthy Communities Mid North Coast grant has allowed the running festival organisers to add a free, fully inclusive one-kilometre event designed for children and families to run or walk […]
A NORTHERN Region police officer will face court over alleged illegal computer access. The 31-year-old male constable, who is attached to a command in the Northern Region, is alleged to have accessed the police computer system for non-work-related matters. Following extensive inquiries, a Future Court Attendance Notice was served on the officer on 4 June […]
Dear News Of The Area, SUE Stephenson’s article ‘Dunbogan residents fear dune collapse’, (5/6/2026, NOTA Camden Haven) should be read in conjunction with the ‘State of the Climate 2024’ report by the CSIRO. Globally sea levels have risen by more than 22cm since 1900 and are accelerating. “Extreme sea levels that had a probability of […]
Police will have improved access to Council CCTV cameras in Coffs Harbour. Photo: City of Coffs Harbour
NSW Police will have real-time access to a small number of the City’s public security cameras following community feedback. City of Coffs Harbour Council (CCHC) adopted a revised Video Surveillance in Public Areas Policy at its meeting on 28 May and will now look at entering a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Coffs-Clarence Police […]
North Coast Football’s Men’s Premier League season resumes this weekend.
A TOP of the table blockbuster looms as North Coast Football’s Men’s Premier League season resumes this weekend. The Woolgoolga Wolves host the Northern Storm, with both sides remaining perfect this season having won all their matches so far. The other two top-four sides also play off in Round 9, with the Sawtell Scorpions hosting […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I JUST enjoyed a wonderful production of ‘Olivia’ at the Jetty Theatre. We certainly have some talented young people here on the Coast. I was interested in learning where these young people learnt their acting skills from and found out many of them attend the Young Actors Studio. It’s pleasing […]
Lions Club of Woolgoolga President Joginder Garcha (left) and members Anne and John
Moon (front) celebrate the arrival of the new ECG machine with the Coffs Harbour Drug and Alcohol
team (L-R) Alexandra Jackson, District Director Clinical Service Delivery Nicky Smith, Registered
Nurse Danni, Jennifer Gallagher, Registered Nurse Nick, Dr Simon Beck and David Hedger (front
right).
DRUG and alcohol patients in the Mid North Coast Local Health District will now have access to a Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) compatible electrocardiogram machine (ECG), the first for the Mid North Coast Local Health District, thanks to the Lions Club of Woolgoolga. Methadone treatment can increase the risk of cardiac complications, with regular […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I RESPOND to Dawn Lewis’ letter (NOTA 22 May), “Today’s young people want everything now”. Who exactly are these young people she talks about in such derogatory terms? As if young people generally are selfish and act badly? It’s not a bad thing that young people today wish to know […]
Women heading off on the walk. Photo: Leeboo Photography.
Women heading off on the walk. Photo: Leeboo Photography. The walk marked the 40th anniversary of the Coffs Harbour Women’s Health Centre. Photo: Leeboo Photography. Participants enjoying the early start at Coffs Jetty Foreshore. Photo: Leeboo Photography. WOMEN have turned out in droves to celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Coffs Harbour Women’s Health Centr […]
