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 […]
ASHTON Angus, a Year 11 student at Coffs Harbour Senior College, has been named the winner of the Nambucca Heads Lions Youth of the Year competition. The competition is designed to foster leadership, community contribution, and public speaking skills in high school students. Ashton’s success followed a rigorous judging process, beginning with a formal interview […]
David Tarrant, Phil Hartmann, Andrew Macleod, Colleen Cunningham and Leon Walsh.
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. […]
Founder Les Dyer has over 40 years’ experience running churches in Sydney and Brisbane.
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 […]
NSW Nationals leader and Coffs Harbour MP Gurmesh Singh, Minister for Lands and Property Steve Kamper and Minister for Planning Paul Scully on site. Photo: DPE.
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 […]
Murray Wood, pictured with Mayor Nikki Williams the day his appointment was announced, has started in his role as the new General Manager of City of Coffs Harbour.
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 […]
Toormina High School Principal Paul Humphrey, Rotary Club of Sawtell Youth Director Alan Freedman, exchange student Saskia Iredale and Pat Conaghan MP.
THE Rotary Club of Sawtell’s Youth Exchange Program has farewelled Toormina High School student Saskia Iredale, who leaves for Denmark in early January. Saskia attended a special dinner on 8 December at the Sawtell RSL Club where she proudly wore her Rotary Youth Exchange blazer. “At a special gathering… our club’s latest outbound exchange student, […]
Enjoying the free sausage sizzle.
ONE26Bends at the Mountain Christmas Carols. Father Christmas with Steve and Carol Cleary, Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh, City of Coffs Harbour Mayor Nikki Williams and Katie Sibio. The children of Eastern Dorrigo. Enjoying the free sausage sizzle. THE Eastern Dorrigo Hall Committee hosted the annual Mountain Christmas Carols at the Ulong Community Hall, […]
The rain radar and weather map were at the top of the Bureau’s list of fixes. Photo: Sue Stephenson.
THE Bureau of Meteorology has implemented the first round of changes to its heavily-criticised $96.5m website. Since launching, the site has attracted 400,000 “items of feedback”. As a result, the rain radar and weather map have been improved and there is more information about daily temperature highs and lows on state, territory and district pages. […]
A tale as old as Christmas itself: the mystery of the so-called Christmas Star.
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 […]
