* Rhys Gleeson is an eighteen-year-old year 12 student from Macksville, who attends Bishop Druitt College in Coffs Harbour. Rhys has joined Nambucca Valley News Of The Area as a Junior Reporter, and over the next few months will…
‘PREPARED for Anything’ is the mantra that the Fire and Rescue NSW Nambucca Heads Station adheres to, and the Open Day on Saturday 15 May at the Station demonstrated the preparedness and commitment of the local team. By mid-morning…
ON Monday 24 May at Valla Beach Reserve, Jaanybarr Giirrwaawa – Men Gather Together, will be having their fortnightly gathering. At the gathering there are ten different Service Providers in attendance, to provide support for the range of different…
FOSSILS, minerals, crystals and more will go under the hammer at Macleay Gem and Mineral Club’s annual rock auction on Saturday 29 May at Macksville Showground, 111 Rodeo Drive Macksville. The Macleay Gem and Mineral Club is a not-for-profit…
THE Oxley Electorate Woman of the Year Award is an award that recognises women who demonstrate excellence in business and society or makes an outstanding contribution personally and professionally. The 2021 winner certainly ticks all of those boxes. On…
THE times remaining for the Nambucca Valley to put their unwanted items out to the curbside for the household bulky goods collection are as follows: May 24: Macksville CBD and North Macksville May 31: Macksville East and South West,…
DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent Prime News report entitled ‘Shearwater Breeding Crisis’ on May 14 is no surprise. The devastating lack of chicks was caused mainly by rats and not by recent rain, people or the lights…
DEAR News Of The Area, IT’S a shame Council couldn’t have been doing something better with all those millions being spent on the Civic Centre, like reintroducing Kerbside Pickup which would mean only half of that waste needing to…
DEAR News Of The Area, PARKING at the best of times at the library is always a problem. However on Tuesday 11 May at 10am during library opening hours there were twelve parking spaces closed off with witches hats…
DEAR News Of The Area, COFFS Harbour and District’s 49th Eisteddfod is commencing on 28 May. Because we haven’t got a suitable venue to hold it all under one roof, the youth have to go to four different places.…