Enjoy a musical escape at the Jetty Memorial Theatre.
AS the festive season swings into full gear, “From Figaro to Phantom” at City of Coffs Harbour’s Jetty Memorial Theatre offers a musical escape that feels both celebratory and indulgent. Presented by Pot-Pourri, four of Australia’s finest voices, it’s a sweeping journey through Broadway and opera, from the playful intricacies of Mozart’s The Marriage of […]
DEAR News Of The Area, IT’S interesting to note the slow-down in letters against multi-level housing on the Coffs foreshore. Have we been bludgeoned into submission? I, along with 69 percent of other Coffs Harbour residents, am totally opposed to any housing development east of the railway line. Yes, the area needs development. Parts of […]
Experts want a national seabird beach monitoring program to help explain why mass deaths happen. Photo: Silke Stuckenbrock/AAP.
BILL Fulton recalls counting 1162 dead birds during a four-and-a-half kilometre morning beach walk. That’s a rough average of one every four metres. But when he tells people about the work and its confronting reality, they’re curiously inclined to dismiss it as kind of normal. “We want people to know that this is different,” Mr […]
Gurmesh Singh has won the NSW Nationals leadership.
COFFS HARBOUR MP Gurmesh Singh has been elected as the new leader of the NSW Nationals, following the shock resignation of Dugald Saunders earlier this week. It is the latest promotion for Mr Singh, a former macadamia and blueberry farmer from Woolgoolga, who was named Deputy Leader of the NSW National Party in June 2024. […]
SALLY and Harry have been married for 25 years. Sally transfers her home into joint names with Harry as “joint tenants”. Five years later, Sally is moved into a care facility and passes-away two years later at the age of 85. Sally leaves a daughter from a previous relationship, Penny. When Penny discovers that as […]
DEAR Jasminda, I’ve been invited to the staff Christmas party but the people going are hard partiers and I always end up being the designated driver. I’m aware there’s an expectation for me to remain under-the-limit to ferry all the guests home. I’m thinking I might not go for this reason. Harriet L. Dear Harriet, […]
Coffs Harbour Women’s Shed members Rosemary Hansen, Alex Miller and Lexie Clark with Warrina CEO Charlotte Young (second from right).
THE Coffs Harbour Women’s Shed Project hosted a successful community BBQ fundraiser on Friday 7 November, raising $913 to support Warrina Domestic and Family Violence Specialist Services. A top-up donation made by Coffs Harbour Lions Club rounded it up to $1000. Held on the front lawn at their new headquarters, 41 Gordon Street, the event […]
Joint President of Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour Trisha Herraman (second from left) presents a recognition certificate to Coffs Harbour Health Campus paediatricians Dr Stephanie White and Dr Clare Dunn and Paediatric Nurse Unit Manager Lisa Hammond.
CHILDREN receiving treatment at Coffs Harbour Health Campus will soon benefit from a new specialised chair thanks to a $7500 donation raised through the annual Coffs Harbour Running Festival. The funds, part of a broader community effort led by the Rotary Club of Coffs Harbour, will support the hospital’s new Paediatric Ambulatory Care Service (PACS), […]
A TABLE book of ‘70s and ‘80s new wave and post-punk music history is set for local release, with an official launch at Coffs Harbour Book Warehouse on Saturday, 15 November from 10am until noon. The man behind the almanac is Michael Krilich of Safety Beach, who ten years ago began blogging online about an […]
‘Unbordered - Wings of Peace’ a collaborative work by MAGIC art group members.
‘Peace by Piece’ by Maryanne Hislop and members of MAGIC art group. ‘Unbordered – Wings of Peace’ a collaborative work by MAGIC art group members. TWO collaborative works of art are the centrepieces of local art group MAGIC’s biannual exhibition at Sawtell Art Gallery. Called Peace by Piece, the exhibition’s two stand-out pieces are a […]
