THE first Saturday of June meant it was time for the Valla Beach Community Markets. With the sun shining, 86 stallholders turned out at the Valla Reserve to offer a fabulous variety of wares including fresh food, plants, clothing and…
BELLINGEN Readers & Writers Festival opens tonight, Friday 10 June, with the Poetry Slam, unfolding into a weekend of author events in one of the country’s most highly rated bookie festivals. Here’s the latest updates. Children’s author Reeta Dhar and…
– ON 2/6/22 Police arrested a 37-year-old man in Nambucca Heads for breaching bail conditions and breaching an AVO. The accused man was charged at Macksville Police Station and refused bail. He appeared before Port Macquarie Local Court on 3/6/22…
NAMBUCCA River VIEW Club is urging the local community to give generously to The Smith Family’s Winter Appeal this year, to support thousands of children and young people with their education as they deal with the ongoing effects of the…
INDEPENDENT NSW MLC Justin Field has slammed a NSW Government decision to extend logging contracts on the North Coast until 2028, warning that ongoing unsustainable logging of NSW forests will set back post-fire recovery and further damage habitat for threatened…
RECOVERY can be elusive after a devastating or fear-filling experience. The Red Cross is partnering with Coffs Harbour City Council to run two regional Understanding Recovery Workshops, put on free for the community. Advertise with News of The Area today.…
COFFS Harbour Regional Conservatorium is a succesful recipient of The Commonwealth Bank Flood Relief Fund which will pay for repair work to the infrastructure damage suffered in the March 2022 floods. A total of 121 community groups and organisations across…
LOCAL author and illustrator Will Douglas is launching a new children’s book in June. ‘The Day it Rained Forever’ tells the story of the build-up to a flood in a country town and the aftermath that follows. Featuring many well-known…
A HERITAGE project of significance is how the team responsible for the renovation of Sawtell Reserve ‘Dance’ Hall describes the work being done to the treasured old building, dating back to 1929. Pam Worland from the Sawtell Historical Society told…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE Draft Masterplan for the Jetty Revitalisation gives the Coffs community the opportunity to return our city to its previous position of the tourist capital of the North Coast. With the revitalisation of foreshores which…