SCORES of local flood-damaged roads will be improved after the City of Coffs Harbour determined to expand rehabilitation works. An initial program of stabilisation works had already been approved for some of the roads hit by a severe storm and flood event in February 2022. With this program underway, opportunities were realised to increase the […]

BEGINNING a new life in a new country can be overwhelming, which is why Settlement Services International (SSI) has a comprehensive program to assist refugees coming to the Coffs Harbour area. After dealing with the fundamentals of food, shelter, navigating bureaucracy and finding employment, newcomers get to know their local area. Newly arrived Karenni families […]

NSW State Forests are open for free, pet‑friendly camping from the coast to the high country. There are almost 500 State Forests and many offer camping facilities where dogs, under their owner’s control, are welcome. Campfires are also permitted, outside of fire bans. “State Forests are a fabulous resource for the community,” Manager Tourism and […]

SURF Life Saving drones will be in the air earlier and for longer this summer as the Department of Primary Industries (DPI) steps up shark surveillance. The NSW Government has allocated an extra $2.5m for shark management following the recent deaths of a female tourist near Crowdy Bay and a local surfer on Sydney’s Northern […]

ANDREW MacLeod and the team at Macleods Furniture, Beds R Us and La-Z-Boy have donated $5,000 in gift cards to the St Vincent de Paul Society. These cards will find their way into Christmas hampers delivered to families across Coffs Harbour, Woolgoolga, Sawtell, and Grafton, helping ensure that Santa doesn’t skip any houses this year. […]

A NEW kind of church service is coming to Toormina in 2026. Called “The Community Of The Heart”, it offers meditation, spiritual healing, songs, mantra and teachings drawn from many of the world’s major religions and spiritual teachers, such as Jesus, Buddha, Bishop Spong, Yogananda, Madame Blavatsky, Nanak, Osho, Baha’u’llah and Sai Baba. The service […]

THE State Government has announced its new workplace hub will be built on a 1,536-square metre block at 63-65 Albany Street, Coffs Harbour, to complement the existing government-owned site at 11 Gordon Street. Property and Development NSW (PDNSW) are consolidating 26 existing leases into the Coffs Harbour Workplace Hub, to be delivered within a budget […]

CITY of Coffs Harbour Council had another packed agenda for its 11 December meeting, with a number of development applications approved unanimously and other motions contested. Mayor Nikki Williams also welcomed the new General Manager, Mr Murray Wood, who started in the role last week. The draft meeting minutes and a video recording of the […]

EVERY year, as the festive season picks up speed, the night sky quietly rolls out its own holiday display- no tinsel, no blinking bulbs, just a crisp dome of stars performing the same cosmic pageant they’ve been staging for thousands of years. And woven into that ancient canvas is a tale as old as Christmas […]

THE NSW Parliament’s Modern Slavery Committee travelled to Coffs Harbour to hold its fifth public hearing last week as part of its inquiry into the risks faced by temporary migrant workers in rural and regional NSW. The committee heard from service providers who work directly with victim-survivors of modern slavery in the Mid North Coast […]