THE NSW Food Authority says consumers can feel confident enjoying locally grown berries, with NSW Government laboratory testing confirming they meet food safety standards for pesticide residues. Twenty-five kilograms of blueberries and raspberries, representing 100 samples of 250 grams each, were purchased from a range of Sydney retail stores in November 2025. They were tested […]
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Hotel Coffs Harbour managers Jamie Minarik and Dani Young.
QUALITY Hotel City Centre in Coffs Harbour has received top recognition in the Choice Hotels International 2025 Gold Awards. Choice’s gold awards recognise properties across its network of 7,500 hotels internationally that best uphold the brand’s hospitality standards. Quality Hotel City Centre owner Michael Dougherty told News Of The Area, “The award belongs to our […]
Visitors Hannah, Aaliyha and Kath Chislett with the veterinarians.
Visitors Hannah, Aaliyha and Kath Chislett with the veterinarians. Chief Veterinary Office Bree Talbot x-rays a blue tongue lizard with a curved spine. Aaliyha gets involved in the wildlife van documentary. Coffs Wildlife Sanctuary owner Tiga Cross with Wildlife Recovery Australia’s Russell Mills and Bree Talbot. WILDLIFE Recovery Australia’s mobile wildlife hospital visited Coffs Harbour […]
Longtime Jetty Dunecare volunteers Karen, Desnee and Steve. Friends and volunteers of Jetty Dunecare at the planting of Wendy’s memorial shade tree. The remembrance plaque placed near Wendy’s tree. Council has placed a guard around the Koda tree. TWO years after discovering the human remains of Wendy Hansen at Coffs Jetty Foreshore, Jetty Dunecare volunteers […]
A tagged shark listening station near Coffs Harbour. Photo: courtesy DPIRD.
CITY of Coffs Harbour Council has unanimously resolved to push for the extension of the NSW Government’s shark monitoring program to cover the northern section of the Local Government Area (LGA). Presently the SMART (Shark-Management-Alert-in-Real Time) drumline program operates between Sawtell and Diggers Beach, but not at any local beaches north of Diggers. SMART drumlines […]
Horticultural staff member Shona presenting during the Seniors Festival. Photo: Jessica Miller. Participants at the Seniors Festival seed planting day. Photo: Jessica Miller. BELLINGEN Shire has joined in the festivities of NSW Seniors Festival 2026, with a slew of free events including film screenings, aqua aerobics, a ball, talks and tours. News Of The Area […]
Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh at Sawtell’s First Avenue with (from left) Another Tasty Event owner Carl Mower, Sawtell Hotel operations manager Sally Price, Sawtell Chamber of Commerce secretary Nicola Sagar and the Chamber’s president Clive Greenway. Photo: Gurmesh Singh.
SAWTELL is one of 10 regional towns to share $2 million in funding to grow their night-time economies. The town’s Chamber of Commerce and “Another Tasty Event” are now combining to plan a program of activities following their successful application to the Regional Night-time Economy Project. Under the program pilot, regional business collectives across the […]
Minister Moriarty with landholder Andrew McIntyre.
A TECHNICAL review will be undertaken into feral pig and deer management in NSW. The move follows the announcement of a $40 million investment in feral animal management from the NSW Government, and almost a quarter of a million pigs culled across the state in the past three years. The control program has been built […]
WAR in the Middle East is having direct impacts on the prices of basic commodities in Australia, including petrol and other fuels that keep the local economy going. Almost overnight, the geopolitical shape of the world instigated panic that filtered through global supply chains. Unleaded petrol is now averaging over $2/litre in many areas of […]
A NEW $50 million fund aimed at building community connections and supporting events in regional areas has been announced by the NSW Government. The Active Regional Communities Package delivers funding through three streams for non-profit local community groups, local councils and cultural or sporting organisations to deliver events, programs and activities. $15 million for Regional […]
