The ban on social media has left some kids and teens without social networks. Image: pvproductions on Magnific.
WITH the ban on under-16s using social media, the Government has recognised a need to fill the void and help youth connect in real life (IRL) and invested more than $2million in grassroots programs across NSW to help children and youth build healthy relationships offline. The Connect IRL program is the direct result of feedback […]
Students use AI to suggest improvements to their work. (Photo: CHSC)
COFFS Harbour Senior College has been acknowledged for its outstanding achievements and contributions to public education at the 2026 Public Education Awards, held at Sydney Town Hall on Monday, 3 August, the opening day of Public Education Week, 2026. Public schools across the State are celebrating the week with this year’s theme, ‘Inspiring Excellence’, and the […]
LOCAL author Carmen Allen has celebrated an outstanding milestone in the wake of the release of her latest book, reaching the ‘#1’ spot on Amazon Australia’s Best Sellers rankings in multiple categories, among them Christian Death & Grief Counselling, and Christian Inspiration, on 18 and 19 June. The latest book, Grief’s Gift, is part memoir, […]
Scenes from the 2026 CanDo Cancer Trust Charity Bowls Day. Photos: Suzanne Bracher.
Scenes from the 2026 CanDo Cancer Trust Charity Bowls Day. Photos: Suzanne Bracher. Scenes from the 2026 CanDo Cancer Trust Charity Bowls Day. Photos: Suzanne Bracher. Scenes from the 2026 CanDo Cancer Trust Charity Bowls Day. Photos: Suzanne Bracher. THE bowling greens were overflowing at 2026 CanDo Cancer Trust Charity Bowls Day held recently at […]
Coffs Harbour Bridge Club president Barry Butler and 30-plus year member, Dr Phil Houlton. Photo: CHBC.
Coffs Harbour Bridge Club president Barry Butler and 30-plus year member, Dr Phil Houlton. Photo: CHBC. Coffs Harbour Bridge Club plays on for 30 years. Photo: CHBC. Coffs Harbour Bridge Club President Barry Butler with the club’s history catalogues. Photo: Andrea Ferrari. THE first question Dr Phil Houlton asked when he joined the Coffs Harbour […]
DEAR News Of The Area, Nuclear power plants consume millions of litres of water per day to cool their extremely hot reactor cores. This year summer heatwaves and falling rainfall have defeated several of Europe’s nuclear plants, forcing them to reduce power or shut down completely, and leading to an energy crisis. One vital water […]
The Sawtell Chilli Festival was one of two late additions to the grants funding. Photo: Andrew Vivian.
THE City of Coffs Harbour is celebrating the announcement of funding through its Arts and Cultural Development Grants Program, but the late addition of two applicants not recommended by the Grants Committee has resulted in two of the applicants on the original list being awarded substantially less money than the committee had intended. At the […]
The final round of the Group 2 Rugby League season is played this weekend.
Friday, 7 August Football North Coast Football’s Women’s Premier League season – Round 19. Woolgoolga Wildcats vs Boambee Eagles at Clive Joass Memorial Sports Park. 7.15pm. Horse Racing 2026 Moonee Beach Hotel Coffs Cup at Coffs Harbour Racing Club. Saturday, 8 August Australian Rules Football AFL North Coast season – Round 16. Coffs Harbour Breakers […]
BERRY farming is a huge contributor to the Mid North Coast economy but it is under scrutiny over several areas. One of those areas is modern slavery, and the NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner, Dr James Cockayne, has written a submission to the NSW Government detailing systemic labour exploitation in the berry industry in and around Coffs […]
DEAR News Of The Area, I AM 65, and only now do I finally understand the shape of my own mind. Only now do I have the word that explains the shyness, the exhaustion, the confusion, the lifelong sense of being slightly out of phase with the world. Autism. A simple word. A seismic truth. […]
