LETTER: Telco network situation is absurd
DEAR News Of The Area, ANOTHER phone outage causing 000 call problems! We are told that various networks can use each other’s networks when they must, such as in an emergency – but we, the consumers, are paying for massive duplications of networks across Australia as each provider determines where their network will provide coverage. […]
Nambucca Valley Mayor Gary Lee and Nambucca Valley Council Acting General Manager David Moloney looking at Boat Harbour Road, Sauls Dairy. Photo: NVC.
School bus service runs while Boat Harbour Road at Utungun is closed for major works
FOLLOWING advocacy from Nambucca Valley Council and the Taylors Arm community, Transport for NSW and Busways have provided a school bus service to run while major work takes place on Boat Harbour Road at Utungun. Boat Harbour Road at Sauls Dairy, Utungun, is closed until 24 December, weather pending, while major works occur to replace […]
Urunga Raiders win the Women’s Premier League. Photo: Supplied.
FOOTBALL: Urunga Raiders crowned Women’s Premier League Champions
URUNGA Raiders produced a stunning second-half fightback to defeat Coffs United Lionesses 3-2 in a dramatic Women’s Premier League grand final at C.ex Coffs International Stadium on Saturday night. The Lionesses came out firing and landed the opening blow inside four minutes when Saysha Hopkinson found the back of the net to give Coffs United […]
LETTER: When do we learn?
DEAR News Of The Area, WHILE the Western World pauses to remember the shock and horror of 9/11 a quarter of a century ago, and the names of the approximately 3000 people who died on that fateful day are solemnly read out, I wonder if the most important questions are perhaps still not being asked […]
Panel discussion at the Threatened Species Bake-off. Photo: S. Brooks.
Bellingen’s Threatened Species Bake-Off serves up a sweet win for conservation
Largetooth Sawfish, Under 15s runner up. Photo: S. Brooks. Rose-crowned Fruit-dove, Open winner. Photo: J. Miller. Under 15s entries. Photo: S. Brooks. Panel discussion at the Threatened Species Bake-off. Photo: S. Brooks. Cakes in the Businesses, Schools and Groups category. Photo: S. Brooks. Mount Kaputar Pink Slug. Photo: S. Brooks. AROUND 70 people turned out […]
The Buick Car Club goes around the ring. Photo: Calissa Keough.
Rusty Iron Rally rolls into Macksville for 29th year
The Buick Car Club goes around the ring. Photo: Calissa Keough. Chris, Amber, Jemma and Grant from Macksville-Scotts Head Surf Life Saving Club. Photo: Calissa Keough. Long-term member Elaine Lynch. Photo: Calissa Keough. Truck trophies on Miss Daisy. Photo: Calissa Keough. Allison V-1710-F30R V12 aircraft engine, owned by John Rutherford. Photo: Calissa Keough. B&S Vintage […]
Police RAID road blitz nets more than 7000 drivers across NSW
NSW Police officers issued almost 1800 infringements in the Northern Region during Operation Remove All Impaired Drivers (RAID) across the weekend. Photos: NSW Police. NSW Police officers issued almost 1800 infringements in the Northern Region during Operation Remove All Impaired Drivers (RAID) across the weekend. Photos: NSW Police. NSW Police officers issued almost 1800 infringements […]
KoaLa Dundee to hold vigil outside Parliament House
TAKING action is second nature to Peter Elzer. The 71-year-old Coffs Harbour-based conservationist, formerly known as ‘KoaLaMan’, has campaigned for many years for the protection of Pine Creek State Forest and the establishment of the Great Koala National Park (GKNP). He has previously held a 12-day hunger strike outside Parliament House and, last year, walked […]
New report predicts strong population growth in regions
COFFS Harbour’s population could increase by 34 per cent, adding more than 27,000 people and significantly increasing the region’s scale and economic importance, according to a new report from the Regional Australia Institute (RAI). The ‘Regional Population Planning’ report claims that regional Australia could grow by 6.2 million people by 2050. This is more than […]
