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School

Funding helps mend school’s fences

AUTISM Spectrum Australia’s Aspect School community in Coffs Harbour is celebrating its success in the NSW Government’s Community Building Partnership program. It has received a $28,600 grant to replace broken fencing, which will strengthen essential safety measures for the school’s students. “We were delighted to be awarded funding through the 2025 Community Building Partnership to […]

Printed Edition

Printed Edition 24 OCTOBER 2025

Entertainment

Blind Pretty are on the brink and ready to break through with fresh sound

AFTER a year of writing and soul-searching, rising indie band Blind Pretty is poised to make a bold return – more refined, more focused, and truer to their roots than ever. The group, whose members met in high school in Coffs Harbour, has been steadily building a name for itself across Australia’s east coast, sharing […]

Community

Aussie Bird Count underway this week

THE 2025 Aussie Bird Count, one of Australia’s largest citizen science events, began on Monday. This national celebration of our unique and diverse birdlife will run to Sunday, 26 October 2025. BirdLife Australia invites people of all ages to take just 20 minutes out of their day to spot, identify, and count the birds around […]

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Great Moscow Circus brings the ‘extreme’ to Coffs Harbour

The circus show has an ‘extreme’ theme. The circus show has an ‘extreme’ theme. The circus show has an ‘extreme’ theme. THE iconic Great Moscow Circus brings extreme and death-defying acts from around the globe to Coffs Harbour from 7-16 November. The internationally-renowned Circus first visited Australia in 1965 and has continued the tradition regularly […]

Letter to the Editor

Letter to the Editor: Another country legend gone

DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS saddened to hear that local country and western singer Bill Shipman had passed away. When I was a kid (before TV) when radio was king, station 2GF had a C&W segment every day at midday. It was called Robo’s Rodeo and was sponsored by Arthur Robinson’s car yard […]

Coffs Coast

Electricity upgrade and maintenance for Coffs Harbour CBD

ESSENTIAL Energy crews will be completing significant electricity maintenance work in the Coffs Harbour CBD on Sunday, 26 October. The work includes the replacement of power poles, crossarms and general electricity maintenance. To allow access for large machinery, traffic flow will be affected along Combine Street, Meadow Street and McLean Street between approximately 8.30am and […]

Local News

Waterways come to life in immersive experience at Coffs Central

THE Make/Space initiative by Arts Mid North Coast and Gowings supports local creatives by making the Coffs Central Gallery available for pop-up exhibitions. The current exhibition finishes 26 October, however practitioner Emma Gentle will be on hand from 10-2pm Friday and Saturday to discuss the immersive installation. Titled “Deeper than this” it features photographic and […]

Local News

Bridge construction on the Coffs Harbour Bypass reaches halfway point

MORE than half of the 21 bridges to be built for the Coffs Harbour Bypass project are now complete. The journey so far has involved some impressive feats of engineering. At 250 metres long and about 16.5 metres high, the twin bridges over the North Coast Railway Line are the longest and highest for the […]

Local News

Innovative housing solutions the focus of Business NSW forum

THE Coffs Harbour region is expected to welcome 540-plus new residents each year to 2041, according to data presented at a Business NSW Housing Forum held at Pacific Bay Resort this week. Keynote speaker Peter Bell, director of property and business advisory Par8o, highlighted that the Coffs Coast is projected to retain 20.7 percent of […]