Dorrigo Library Branch Officer, Tamar Collier at Dorrigo Library.
DORRIGO Library Branch Officer Tamar Collier has returned from SWITCH, the annual conference of the NSW Public Libraries Association. Held between 11-14 November in Penrith, Tamar’s attendance was as a recipient of the Kath Knowles Emerging Leaders Award, which comes in the form of a $2000 bursary. Open to staff members who have been working […]
Kororo Public School pupils Josie, Toby and Emerald Fidge.
A RAFFLE has been launched to support a wellbeing officer role at Kororo Public School, with almost $10,000 worth of prizes up for grabs. The Kororo Public School P&C’s “Support Kororo, Win Big!” raffle will be drawn on Wednesday, 17 December. Entries close at 4pm that day. It’s the local school P&C’s biggest community raffle […]
Contrasting the work of a 17th century Dutch artist to 1970s Papunya Tula artist, John Warrangkula Tjupurrula.
Contrasting the work of a 17th century Dutch artist to 1970s Papunya Tula artist, John Warrangkula Tjupurrula. Associate Professor Sally Butler spoke about ‘one of the greatest art movements’. The ArtsNational Coffs Coast Committee is celebrating a stellar year of arts talks. ARTSNATIONAL Coffs Coast recently hosted a talk by Associate Professor Sally Butler on […]
Coffs’ recipient of The King’s Trust Australia award, Jeremy Holder.
Coffs’ recipient of The King’s Trust Australia award, Jeremy Holder. Jeremy Holder (centre) pictured with finalists, the Governor-General of Australia and Julie Bishop. JEREMY Holder of Coffs Harbour has received the 2025 King’s Trust Australia Commonwealth Bank Business of the Year Award at a ceremony at Admiralty House, Sydney. The former Australian Defence Force (ADF) […]
DEAR News Of The Area, THE construction of the new Council chambers building was a divisive and contentious issue at the time in Coffs, especially pertaining to the cost when there are so many roads and footpaths etc in the area where the money could have been better spent. But we have it now and […]
Support came via air to the injured abseiler.
Support came via air to the injured abseiler. The unforgiving terrain at Clouds Creek. A WESTPAC Rescue Helicopter flew to the rescue after an abseiling incident at Clouds Creek last week. The chopper responded to a call from NSW Ambulance at around 10:30am on Thursday, 27 November, with reports a person had been injured while […]
DEFENCE Force veteran Brett Sprague never forgets the passing of his mate Lieutenant Michael Fussell in Afghanistan on 27 November 2008. Lieutenant Fussell, aged 25, was serving with the Special Operations Task Group when he was killed in action by an improvised explosive device (EID) detonation while conducting a dismounted patrol in Uruzgan province. Born […]
Members of the Bello Collab.
BELLINGEN music teacher Emiliano Beltzer continues to assuage his feelings of despair and powerlessness over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict by using music as a tool of expression. Together with a group of like-minded individuals he has created a fundraising night of live music, film and food on 12 December at Bellingen Memorial Hall. All the proceeds […]
Dr Tanya Stewart with technicians and sonographers at the Mid North Coast Cardiac Services in Coffs Harbour.
THE Cardiac Technician Traineeship Program run by Mid North Coast Cardiac Services (MNNCS) is entering its fifth year. This unique local initiative provides graduating students from Coffs Harbour Senior College with a paid, hands-on introduction to the healthcare sector through a structured gap-year traineeship. The College and Mid North Coast Cardiac Services selected Year 12 […]
Gurmesh Singh faces new challenges in his role as the NSW Nationals leader.
A THIRD-generation local, the Member for Coffs Harbour and newly elected leader of the NSW Nationals, Gurmesh Singh, grew up in a Woolgoolga farming family of Indian heritage. Life in the family and community revolved around agriculture – first bananas then macadamias, and later berries. During that time and through his teens, Mr Singh wasn’t […]
