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Sport

Woolgoolga Cricket Club look to build on successful 2024/5 campaign

Players and committee members showcasing the Club Championship with life members and sponsor Jason Lower from GNL Produce. The club’s under 10s side. The club’s under 12s side. Woolgoolga’s premiership-winning Fourth Grade team. THE Woolgoolga Cricket Club kicked off its 2025/26 season this week, with high hopes for a successful summer on the back of […]

Sport

Nambucca Roosters set sights on back-to-back premierships

Nambucca Roosters player Logan Jones is met by Woolgoolga defenders Coen Van Dugteren, Reyce Saddler and Stephen Prince. Nambucca Roosters First Grade player Dean Goodwin is pursued to the tryline by Isaiah Cochrane. Woolgoolga’s Michael Curnow on the attack during Sunday’s qualifying final against the Nambucca Roosters. Nambucca’s Jay Melrose adds to the Roosters’ tally […]

Property

44 Forest Close, Boambee is on the market with Unrealestate Coffs Coast

Address: 44 Forest Close, BoambeePrice: $1,100,000Beds: 4, Bath: 2, Car: 2Land size: 3,008 sqm NESTLED in the picturesque heart of the Boambee Valley, 44 Forest Close offers a rare opportunity to secure a classic settlers cottage-style home set on a sprawling quarter acre of tranquil land. This character-filled four-bedroom residence embodies warmth and potential, inviting […]

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: My view on the GKNP and koala protection

DEAR News Of The Area, THIS Labor government’s environmental policy doesn’t look like it’s being run by those in Macquarie Street, but maybe by rooftop protestors who contribute little to society and inner-city hypocrites who choose mining by consumption of the very products they campaign against. These high-end activists are screaming “koala crisis”, all the […]

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Lack of due process for vegetation plan

DEAR News Of The Area, AT the Council meeting held on Thursday 28 August, 2025, there was a motion to endorse recommendations from the 2025/26 Environmental Levy Grants Program Panel. Various organisations had applied for funding. Sixteen submissions were received and 11 submissions were recommended for approval. Mayor Williams added an additional point to this […]

Sport

Group 2 teams to play off for premierships

THE SAWTELL Panthers and Nambucca Roosters are set to play for the ultimate prize during Group 2 Rugby League’s grand final day, at the C.ex Coffs International Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The Panthers enter their first grand final since 2011, which is also the last time they won the first-grade premiership. Sawtell will try to […]

Local News

‘Waste-busting’ students get creative to protect the environment

Students of Crossmaglen Public School are finding new ways to protect the environment. Students of Crossmaglen Public School are finding new ways to protect the environment. The ‘waste-busters’ of Boambee Public School. The ‘waste-busters’ of Boambee Public School. OZGREEN’s “Rethink Waste” schools project has inspired the students of Boambee and Crossmaglen public schools who have […]

Local News

Teens charged for alleged property and traffic offences

A TEENAGE boy has faced court and another two have been charged over a series of alleged property and traffic offences. Between 12.20am and 1.20am on Tuesday 26 August 2025, three properties in Sawtell were the subject of attempted break and enter offences. About 1.20am that morning, a vehicle was allegedly stolen from a home […]

Local News

Residents offered free after-disaster help following May floods

THE Kempsey Neighbourhood Centre (KNC) is offering free help with community recovery in the aftermath of the May 2025 floods. Running until October and funded by the NSW Reconstruction Authority, residents in Local Government Areas (LGAs) including Coffs Harbour and Bellingen Shire, can phone or drop in to the centre on Wednesdays between 10.30am-12.30pm and […]

Local News

Big Banana lights up purple for International Overdose Awareness Day

THE Big Banana glowed purple on Sunday 31 August as a sign of awareness, remembrance and hope on International Overdose Awareness Day. More than 2000 Australians lose their lives each year to unintentional overdose. This is more than the number of people killed in road accidents each year. Overdose isn’t about one drug or one […]