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Zonta Coffs Harbour recognises excellence in young women leaders

Dakota Smith Follow Your Heart award winner with Zonta member Robyn Gray. Dakota Smith, Sophie Baldwin, Caroline Mostert, Hadley March and Paula Gutierrez Saantana. Jenny Wiseman, David Funnell and Caroline Mostert, YWLA winner. Lauren Blair, Sophie Watson, Daya Jacob, Imani-Capri van Hamond, Herkiran Kaur and Matilda Newton. Matilda Newton, Vocational Award Winner with Zonta member, […]

Community, School

Sawtell Rotary Club donates play equipment to local school

Aspect Macarthur School students with the new play equipment donated by Rotary Club of Sawtell. Aspect Macarthur School students with the new play equipment donated by Rotary Club of Sawtell. PLAYTIME has a new offering at Aspect Macarthur School Coffs Harbour following a donation by the Rotary Club of Sawtell of playground equipment specially designed […]

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Coffs Harbour Running Festival celebrates record growth and community spirit

Winner of the Men’s Half Marathon Noah De Jonckheere with Race Director Keelan Birch. Coffs Harbour Running Festival participants power out their best efforts. Coffs Harbour Running Festival participants power out their best efforts. MORE than 2,500 runners crossed the finish line at the 2026 Coffs Harbour Running Festival on Sunday, with the event recording […]

Business, Community, Local News, Regional

Coles stops buying Coffs Harbour bananas and produce

Local banana farmer Mick Gentle and his wife Leanne. Coffs Harbour banana farmer Mick Gentle in the shed. Fourth-generation Coffs Harbour banana farmer Jason Gentle and his three children. SUPERMARKET giant Coles will sell Queensland bananas in Coffs Harbour following its decision to dump around 30 local farmers, despite having no concerns with their products […]

Local News

Coffs community comes together for Nepal victims

LAST Sunday evening, 30 August, members of the local Nepalese community, together with friends, supporters and members of the wider Coffs Coast community, gathered at the Key Community Group for a candle-lighting ceremony and prayers for Nepal in the wake of the catastrophic floods. For members of the Nepalese community living on the Coffs Coast, […]

Local News

Deadly bird flu detected in Coffs shearwater

DEADLY bird flu has landed in Coffs Harbour with the H5 virus detected in a Hutton’s shearwater at Corindi. This is the first confirmed detection in a shearwater bird in NSW. Positive detections have also been recorded from greater crested terns at Port Kembla, and Warriewood on Sydney’s Northern Beaches. There are no signs of […]

Community, Local News

Local couple miss Nepal flood by days but witness aftermath

Phillipa and Craig on their Himalayas trip One of the many landslides caused by the extreme weather. Photos: Craig Melrose. TIMING is everything, especially when disaster strikes. Reports from Nepal show devastation and death, but there are amazing stories of survival, such as that of the school principal who evacuated 900 of his students with […]

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Coffs Harbour Golf Club celebrates centenary

FRIDAY night presents the opportunity for the Coffs Harbour Golf Club to celebrate a rare milestone. This year is the Club Centenary and tonight’s Centenary Gala Cocktail Party at the clubhouse is the culmination of 100 years not only of excellence on the course but plenty of fun and frivolity between members off it. Coffs […]

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Woopi 101-year-old celebrates his birthday with parties galore

WORLD War II veteran Colin (Col) Robertson, a retired printer and resident of Woolgoolga, celebrated his 101st birthday on August 12 with a week of parties with family and friends. “It was a big week,” Mr Robertson told News Of The Area. “I had coffee and lunch with so many people, including Probus Club of […]

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Tina’s polio doesn’t stop her skydiving for her 80th birthday

ON Friday 4 September Tina Demetri will jump out of an aeroplane, strapped onto tandem skydiving instructor Jimmy Callaghan from Coffs Skydiving. They pair will be aiming for Park Beach, adjacent to the surf club, on the Coffs Harbour coastline, landing at 11am. For Tina this is a birthday treat to herself, having never been […]