Homeowners on the New South Wales mid-north coast are being urged to have their insulation jobs checked.

Coffs Harbour police have intercepted what they believe is a hidden drug lab.

FORMER South Melbourne captain John Rantall has joined the AFL North Coast board to assist in the development and growth of the game.

Coffs Harbour continued its dominance of North Coast cricket on Sunday when its under-16 years representative defeated Clarence River in the inter-district final. A whirlwind 22 not out off nine balls by wicketkeeper Matt Campbell sealed the victory in the 25th over.

I WOULD like to welcome back all those rugby league fans who follow the greatest game to what will be an exciting 2010, in both the NRL and Group 2.

SOCCER: Sawtell FC looks set to have six men’s teams in this year’s senior competition. There will be first, second and third divisions, under-19 youth league, and two over-35s teams.

SOCCER: North Coast Football (NCF) Youth League squads have less than a week to recover from their trip to Lake Macquarie before they head off to Armidale for their round three clash with Northern Inland Football (NIF) this Saturday.

SMOKING will be banned at the new Adventure Playground in Brelsford Park as part of a Coffs Harbour City Council initiative to keep all new play areas smoke-free. “The dangers of passive smoking have been known for some time and new legislation is regularly put in place to limit smoking in public, indoor places,” Coffs Harbour Mayor, Keith Rhoades, said.

WORK has started on a $150,000 themed playground at Woolgoolga Beach Reserve. The focal point of the playground will be a colourful, climbing and activity area shaped like a large ship to emphasise Woolgoolga’s links with the ocean.

IF you enjoy getting on your motorbike and cruising through the Coffs Coast region, then this is the club for you.
The newly reformatted Coffs Motorcycle Club is calling for participants who enjoy getting out on the open road and enjoying a view.

EVERY day is a gift for Michael Crossland, who has lived a life far beyond his years. He has spoken to troops in the Australian Air Force, given talks at detention centres and jails in the USA and inspires high school and university students across the world with his message of hope.

THINK the Bowelscan program is only for old men?
According to one of the local coordinators Ken Hall, of Coffs Harbour Rotary Club, you may need to think again.
“We encourage everybody, both male and female, who are over the age of 35 to purchase an eight-dollar kit and follow the instructions,” Ken said.

READERS of bestsellers, quality literature, gardeners, cooks, motoring and fishing enthusiasts, collectors, university students and parents need to put the second week of the April school holidays into their diaries.

COFFS Coast band Egg Heat Fish took out heat three of Youngblood 2010 battle of the bands competition at Club Coffs on Tuesday night to join SAYD, The Proposition and wildcard Darktown Strutters in next week’s final.

HABITATS, natural resources and the survival of native flora and fauna should be the words on the lips of everyone talking about the draft Coffs Harbour Priority Habitats and Corridors Strategy (PHACS) 2010-2030, says landowners Connie and Jim O’Connell.

COFFS Harbour City Council last night approved to move forward on a proposal to raise an additional $6 million for vital flood mitigation works through a special rate variation of 4.4 per cent 2010-11. Council will now seek the community’s views on the proposal.

COFFS Harbour will become the centre of the beauty universe next month. The Miss Universe Australia 2010 pageant is sashaying into town.

JOHN Edward Liljestrom, 51, hobbled his way into the Coffs Harbour Court House awaiting sentence for possessing 4427 child pornography images yesterday.

A MARRIED couple has been killed and two teenagers injured in a head-on smash between two cars on the Pacific Highway between Grafton and Ballina, northern NSW.

POLICE continue their investigations into the discovery of a suspected clandestine drug laboratory in Coffs Harbour.