VISIBLE: Art, Story, and Self-Expression for Women 50+ is a free creative journey for women over 50 to connect back to their body, confidence, and community. “The project was born from conversations with many women navigating post-menopause, particularly around their relationship with their bodies and identity after such a significant transition,” Project Coordinator, Claire Craven […]
Board Chair Rodney van der Vliet outside the station’s famous mud brick premises. Photo: Jessica Miller.
Board Chair Rodney van der Vliet outside the station’s famous mud brick premises. Photo: Jessica Miller. Regular presenter Bundah, of Bundah and the Bees. Photo: Jessica Miller. BELLINGEN Shire residents have been left with reduced access to their local community radio station after their Dorrigo plateau transmission tower was closed down. 2 Triple B FM […]
The NPA is pushing for heritage listing for the marine park. Photo: NPA.
THE National Parks Association of NSW (NPA) has released a major new report into NSW’s Solitary Islands Marine Park (NSW SIMP). The report, Solitary Islands Marine Park: Safeguarding a Unique Marine Protected Area, authored by marine scientist Iain Watt, has been prepared under a grant from the City of Coffs Harbour. It confirms the national […]
Students at Coffs Christian Community School with members of the Poetry in Action team.
Students at Coffs Christian Community School with members of the Poetry in Action team. Poetry in Action performances at Coffs Christian Community School. Poetry in Action performances at Coffs Christian Community School. Poetry in Action performances at Coffs Christian Community School. POETRY in Action (PiA), the travelling, educational theatre company, brought its interactive live poetry […]
MAKING the most of life after the Coffs Harbour Bypass is the focus of a new co-ordination program designed to help the city navigate one of the most significant periods of change in its history. With the Coffs Harbour Bypass due to open later this year and major developments planned for the city centre, City […]
Connecting with other men improves wellbeing. Photo: The Men’s Shed
MEN’S Health Week is held from 15 June until 21 June in Australia and other countries around the world, including Ireland, the UK, Canada, and the United States. The overall aims of the week are to heighten awareness of preventable health problems for males of all ages, support men and boys to engage in healthier […]
There is a growing amount of rubbish around Toormina Rubbish collected from near the Jetty in last month’s clean-up. Photo: Rhiannon Mitchell SALTWATER Sistas want the community to work with them to clean up what they see as a growing amount of rubbish in the area. “There is so much rubbish building up across Coffs […]
In an era of rapid change there remain some figures anchored in the collective memory of a town (now city) not just as a well-known name but for their pioneering work. For Coffs Harbour, the Reverend Don Kemsley, affectionately known across the region as the ‘Push-Bike Preacher’, has such a legacy. Rev Kemsley’s ministry was […]
Lions Club of Woolgoolga President Joginder Garcha (left) and members Anne and John
Moon (front) celebrate the arrival of the new ECG machine with the Coffs Harbour Drug and Alcohol
team (L-R) Alexandra Jackson, District Director Clinical Service Delivery Nicky Smith, Registered
Nurse Danni, Jennifer Gallagher, Registered Nurse Nick, Dr Simon Beck and David Hedger (front
right).
DRUG and alcohol patients in the Mid North Coast Local Health District will now have access to a Single Digital Patient Record (SDPR) compatible electrocardiogram machine (ECG), the first for the Mid North Coast Local Health District, thanks to the Lions Club of Woolgoolga. Methadone treatment can increase the risk of cardiac complications, with regular […]
City of Coffs Harbour Aboriginal staff members Jason Smith, Hayden Jones, and Jason and Tallin Rolff, with Mayor Nikki Williams.
CITY of Coffs Harbour Council has identified 38 actions in its draft Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Strategy, now on exhibition for public feedback. Developed by the City in partnership with the Yandaarra Aboriginal Advisory Committee, the draft is a comprehensive umbrella document, which recognises the cultural, historical, and ongoing contributions of Aboriginal people as […]
