OPINION: Thank You to the using heroes

DEAR News Of The Area, ON behalf of all the people I would like to say Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to our volunteers that put their heart and soul into the work that they do for…

DEAR News Of The Area, ON behalf of all the people I would like to say Merry Christmas and a very Happy New Year to our volunteers that put their heart and soul into the work that they do for…

Dear News Of The Area, WHAT great news that a $6 million state of the art RFS helicopter is to be based in Coffs Harbour. This is a great asset to the town and will be most welcomed by both…

DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE just received an abusive phone call from a man who didn’t like my letters to your newspaper about protecting our environment. I wonder why he is so angry and why he didn’t identify…

Contracts and questionable capacity JOHN decides to sell his home and retains a real estate agent in early December. The property is promptly listed for sale. The agent meets with John several times at John’s house and finds John to…

The Festive Season IT’S that time once again when we start thinking of gifts for our children, family and friends. So many ideas and so little time remaining till Christmas Day, so why not consider Red Cross as your shopping…

THURSDAY December 1 was the first day of summer and National Water Safety Day. This is a great opportunity for us to remind all Australians of the importance of being safe in and around the water. In 2020, Surf Life…

LAST Saturday night, 3 December, visitors to the Matilda Street Gallery in Macksville were treated to an evening of Jazz Standards, Latin, and 60s pop by the Mid North Coast’s hottest three piece outfit known as Julie Kovendy and Splash.…

NAMBUCCA Valley Council’s Structures Team is finalising the current stage of works at Main Beach Nambucca Heads in preparation for reopening the site for the Christmas school holidays. Council has achieved 65 percent completion of the bleacher wall, also known…

THE tradition of communal Christmas Carols in Macksville began 35 years ago when members of the local Salvation Army Nambucca River Church gathered with their guitars on a small grass patch near the Macksville Library. They did a letterbox drop…

LIKE most sporting clubs on the Mid North Coast the Nambucca Valley’s LoggerHeads Malibu Club enjoyed getting their sporting year back to comparative normality in 2022 after the disruption of the COVID pandemic. Club President Barry Jagoe told News Of…