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 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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 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 […]

A $30 MILLION NSW Government investment will deliver long-awaited upgrades to Summervilles and Gordonville roads in the Bellingen Shire. These roads serve as alternate routes when Waterfall Way is closed between Bellingen and Dorrigo, as was the case when Waterfall Way was closed for nine weeks earlier this year. Transport for NSW will work alongside […]