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09 Mar 10 | RED Cross volunteer doorknockers will be out and about in the Coffs Coast area throughout March with a special effort on Sunday, March 28.
09 Mar 10 | COFFS Coast people aged 17-24 years will have the opportunity to learn new skills when EnviTE begins the National Green Jobs Corps in the Mid North Coast region later this month.
09 Mar 10 | THE Federal Government’s decision to order an import risk analysis for beef imported from countries that have had mad cow disease is a result of concerted pressure from everyday Australians, Federal Member for Cowper Luke Hartsuyker said.
09 Mar 10 | COFFS Harbour Regional Conservatorium has received a $22,600 State Government grant for the commissioning and presentation of new works by composers Grant Collins and Paul Svoboda. The work will be performed at the official opening of the conservatorium’s new building, scheduled for mid-2010.
08 Mar 10 | SOUTHERN Cross University has been named as an Employer of Choice for Women by the Federal Government’s Equal Opportunity for Women in the Workplace Agency (EOWA).
08 Mar 10 | CRUSTY Demons World Touring today cancelled its planned Beyond The Apocalypse Tour show for Coffs Harbour's BCU International Stadium on April 10.
05 Mar 10 | THE announcement that several trial sites will be established for Australia's new high-speed broadband network will not impact on Southern Cross University's submission to see the North Coast region among the first in Australia to be included in the rollout.
05 Mar 10 | SENIOR Executives from some of Australia’s leading property investment and development companies will swap their business suits for lycra as they ride 1000km over six days to raise much-needed funds for the Starlight Children’s Foundation and The Alannah and Madeline Foundation.
05 Mar 10 | SMALLER hospitals on the North Coast will be at risk as a result of Kevin Rudd’s hospital policy announced this week. Federal Member for Cowper, Luke Hartsuyker, said there were alarming concerns that, under Mr Rudd’s payment for service model, many smaller hospitals could be unviable and at risk of service cutbacks or even closure.
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05 Mar 10 | WITH the recent introduction of a $200 rebate from the NSW Government for replacing a single flush toilet with a dual flush toilet, Coffs Harbour Water is reminding residents that its own long-running rebate for improving the water efficiency of your toilet is still available to eligible households.
05 Mar 10 | NSW Opposition Leader, Barry O’Farrell, will lead a NSW Liberals and Nationals delegation on an inspection of the Pacific Highway from Ballina to Coffs Harbour on Thursday, April 8. Mr O’Farrell will be accompanied by Nationals Member for Coffs Harbour, Andrew Fraser, who issued the initial invitation, Shadow Minister for the North Coast and Nationals Member for Ballina, Don Page, and Nationals Member for Clarence, Steve Cansdell.
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05 Mar 10 | COFFS Coast Growers Market has been lucky enough to secure two new market stalls in the past few weeks that will add even more variety to the fantastic array of produce already on offer. Justin and Kim Gilbert, of Dorrigo, are fifth generation farmers and run Booma Boers Goat Stud.
05 Mar 10 | COFFS Harbour City Council and North Coast Institute TAFE NSW are marking the launch of a regional Sustainable Building and Technology Network with an inaugural expert speaker seminar on Thursday, March 11. “The new network is part of the work we are undertaking to inform and educate the community on sustainable approaches to living and working,” said Jenny Oloman, council’s Economic Development Unit manager.
05 Mar 10 | ART is something that is never far from some people’s conscious thoughts. Lyn Baker, of Safety Beach, is one such person.
For years she had an urge to paint, but the call went unanswered, although she did dabble briefly in painting with acrylics years before.
04 Mar 10 | THE second woman elected to run a state or territory in Australia will speak at a Zonta Club breakfast event in Coffs Harbour to celebrate International Women’s Day, and she credits Darwin’s size as making her job easier. Clare Martin was elected Chief Minister of the Northern Territory in 2001, after serving as Labor opposition leader for two years and as the Member for Fannie Bay in Darwin since 1995.
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04 Mar 10 | ZONTA members gathered in Coffs Harbour last weekend for an Area 3 workshop at Opal Cove.
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04 Mar 10 | JUST before his blind date with the nurse who would become his wife, Neville Alcott parked outside the original timber Coffs Harbour District Hospital in 1947 to spy on the nurses. “I thought any one of them would be alright. They all looked good after two years in the jungle,” said Neville, who had returned to Coffs Harbour after serving in the airforce in New Guinea.
04 Mar 10 | THE Mid North Coast branch of the Disabled Surfers Association will hold its final Let’s Go Surfing day at Scotts Head on Saturday, March 6. "The Scotts Head days are traditionally a blast, with big numbers of disabled coming down for a last surf of the season,” a branch spokesperson said.
04 Mar 10 | A CRASh survivor condemned parents for being too blase about child safety in the car and welcomed new laws requiring children aged up to seven years to be secured in approved child restraints in vehicles. Coffs Coast residents Leeanne and Mike Close had an accident while travelling with their three young boys last year.
04 Mar 10 | A PARK Beach high-rise development has been shut down by a Gold Coast builder, with Coffs Coast sub-contractors believed to be owed hundreds of thousands of dollars in unpaid bills, dating back to November last year. For the last few weeks, the only person working on the nine-storey ‘Beaches’ site in Ocean Parade has been the security guard stationed outside the locked gates.
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