Minister for the Environment Penny Sharpe announces next steps in the creation of the GKNP. Photo: DCCEEW. Glenn Storrie from the National Parks and Wildlife Service. Environment Minister Penny Sharpe with representatives of the National Parks and Wildlife Service. NSW ENVIRONMENT Minister Penny Sharpe was in Coffs Harbour on Tuesday, 12 May to outline progress […]

Valla preschool educators at the rally on Wednesday, 6 May. Photo: Lani Greenhalg. The rally gathers outside Gurmesh Singh’s office in Coffs Harbour. Photo: Lani Greenhalgh. AROUND 100 community preschool educators braved the rain in Coffs Harbour on Wednesday 6 May to join the statewide “Start Strong Pay Fair” Day of Action. Dressed in a […]

LifeHouse Care’s Mike McCue, Kellie Small and volunteer Donna Ball. There’s always time for a chat at LifeHouse Care, Urunga. Morning tea on a Thursday morning. Two satisfied customers of the Pantry. LIFEHOUSE Care’s Urunga Pantry has been growing its offerings since moving into a new space within the village’s Lifehouse Church. After relocating from […]

ONE of Bellingen’s favourite theatrical exports recently delivered his inaugural performance as support artist for the touring cabaret show “Max to the Max”. Raji Renshaw is already well known locally and farther afield, having starred in commercials for AAMI, McDonalds and Toyota. He has wowed audiences on fashion runways in Melbourne, Sydney, Brisbane and the […]

NEW routes and modernised coaches have been unveiled as part of a major upgrade to NSW TrainLink coach services. A 36 percent funding increase across the NSW TrainLink coach network will lift total funding to $290 million over the next nine years. From 1 July, 14 coach operators will run 49 routes across the NSW […]

RECREATIONAL fishers are invited to have their say on which NSW dams and impoundments they would like to see stocked with their favourite freshwater fish species, as the NSW Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD) develops its stocking program for the year ahead. DPIRD Aquaculture Director Ian Lyall said NSW is home to […]

TEN new crimefighters are now serving the Coffs Coast following an attestation ceremony last week at the NSW Police Force Academy in Goulburn. The new probationary constables began their work with the Coffs-Clarence Police District on Monday, 4 May. “This is a great day for the Coffs Coast and an important boost to police numbers […]

BELLINGEN Shire Council has released the findings of its Waterfall Way Business and Community Impact Survey, capturing the far-reaching effects of the nine-week road closure on residents, businesses and community organisations. The key link road connecting Bellingen to Dorrigo and beyond was closed after a landslip at Gordonville Cutting on January 19. The survey, which […]

CITY of Coffs Harbour Council voted to place the draft Opal Cove Voluntary Planning Agreement (VPA) on public exhibition at its meeting on 23 April. The draft VPA is tied to a development application for a subdivision of land which would see the creation of three community title lots, demolition of existing Opal Cove Resort […]