Tag: News
Hall upgrade takes shape
By Margaret Maccoll
The sledgehammers started swinging last Friday when building approval was issued to restore the Cooroy Memorial Hall and School of Arts in...
Dealing with grief at little ones lost
By Margaret Maccoll
Amy Banson has dedicated her work to helping women and their families following the death of a child at or soon after...
Stiff comp at great race
By Hollie Harris
A project of The Cooroy and Pomona Lion’s Club since 1979, the community-oriented King of the Mountain Festival continues to celebrate the...
For charity there’s no snoozing on the job
A Friday night spent on concrete floors with no social media was as a taste of homelessness experienced by the Noosa District State High...
Gift is hard to beat
Sunshine Butterflies recently received the gift of rhythm thanks to a generous member of the community. Dalwood-Wylie Charitable Foundation managing director Helena Wylie has...
War declared on plastic
By Margaret Maccoll
Year 9 student Zoe Gralton has decided to spread awareness of the growing plastic problem by screening A Plastic Ocean tonight at...
Dancing with the stars
Although only 12 years old, Milana Gould has just accomplished what most young ballet dancers can only dream about - performing onstage with a...
Mumpreneurs vying for awards
Finding a balance between parenthood and a career can be difficult, but many of Noosa’s mums who are busy building a career and raising...
Exposure for invisible group
By Margaret Maccoll
Are women over 55 socially invisible? This is the question photographer Giselle Peters asked when she and fellow photographer Phil Jackson put...
Mangan’s seen service evolve
By Margaret Maccoll
In his 43 years as an ambulance officer, Lee Mangan has experienced some highs and lows and witnessed sights he hopes he’ll...
Bowled over by the changes
By Margaret Maccoll
Stopping play in a bid to gain higher wages wasn’t an option when Patsy Fayne (nee May) of Noosaville played cricket for...
Ambo station centenary marked
The Pomona Ambulance Station on Saturday celebrated 100 years since its opening. The station was set up two months after requests from residents called...