Local, national and world news for the Coffs Coast, NSW | Saturday 5 July, 2008
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- Saturday, July 05, 2008
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Gag claims as council sits silent
IT TOOK Donna Pinkerton only five minutes on Thursday night to make Coffs Harbour City Council look very ordinary. The... -
Surfing anguish
COFFS HARBOUR City councillors continue to agonise over the staging of the national surf lifesaving titles at Boambee... -
Talking time and space at Bello meeting
WHAT value the space above a car park? It might sound an odd way to approach property development but on Tuesday Bellingen... -
Future stars on show
THE next generation of Australia's elite women's football talent have converged on Coffs Harbour for the FFA Girls' National... - Thursday, July 03, 2008
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Green with envy
COFFS HARBOUR'S highway patrol police are now even easier to see and that's exactly how they want it. On the eve of their... -
A busy life has kept May young
SITTING elegantly on her veranda, you would never guess Evelyn May Miller who is known to friends and family as 'May'... - Wednesday, July 02, 2008
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Beware callous cactus crooks
WILMA Macpherson loves her garden, which is why she's been left heartbroken by callous crooks. Two weeks ago, the 74-year-old... -
Jetty action needed now, says manager
THE new plan for the Jetty Foreshores is a positive step but action is needed sooner rather than later, according to the... -
Council budget deficit concern
WHICHEVER way it goes, Coffs Harbour City Council is forecasting a 2008/2009 budget deficit. The council on Monday adopted... -
Only five weeks to go
NORTHERN Rivers Racing Association's premium carnival season got underway with the Murwillumbah Cup last Sunday and the... - Tuesday, July 01, 2008
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Back off
MINISTER for Lands, Tony Kelly, literally turned his back on protestors yesterday during the launch of a new plan of... -
Back off
MINISTER for Lands, Tony Kelly, literally turned his back on protestors yesterday during the launch of a new plan of... -
Acid test for Coffs emergency crews
A TRUCK driver was burnt by sulfuric acid in a nasty accident in Coffs Harbour's Hurley Drive yesterday. Emergency crews... -
So close, girls
Competing at the recent NSW State Open Futsal Championships in Sydney, the Senior College girls who easily won the Regional... - Monday, June 30, 2008
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Coffs Harbour MP's home gutted by fire
A SMOKE alarm, a prepared owner and a swimming pool full of water have all helped contain a weekend fire at Bucca that... -
A little Ray of sunshine
IT was the housewarming that Coffs built, as hundreds of volunteers from the Coffs Harbour community gathered to help Al... -
Magpies swoop!
AFTER weeks of battling a shocking run of injuries and more than their fair share of bad luck, the sun finally shone on... - Saturday, June 28, 2008
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Serpents stirring for NAIDOC
AS preparations for 2008 NAIDOC Week get underway, so too have Aboriginal Dreamtime spirits been stirring. In fact, the... -
Safe: 7 kids in care
SEVEN children at risk of harm have been removed from a Coffs Harbour home following a raid by the Department of Community... -
Look who wants to be mayor
WITH all John Fitzroy has endured, you'd reckon a political career would be the furthest thing from his mind. Dumped as...
Australian news
Gough Whitlam released from hospital
Diggers formally welcomed home in Darwin
'Scooby Doo' track invader charged
Labor move to replace Iemma: report
Man stabbed in head in Mackay
Three men lost at sea off Yeppoon in Qld
Climate change rally wants govt action
Corby's father accused of dealing drugs
Aussie icons, agriculture 'at risk'
Boy found off coast but dad still missing
World news
Kosovar fathered child with 11 yo girl
Hero's welcome for Betancourt in France
Mugabe wants recognition as president
US air raid kills 22 in Afghan: official
Australia praised, pedophile sentenced
Man gives birth
French students die in frenzied stabbing
Italy starts fingerprinting Gypsies
US marines to stay longer in Afghanistan
Zimbabwe opposition MP 'abducted'
