KEMPSEY Shire Council has been given permission to raise rates by 24 percent over the next two years by the NSW Government’s independent pricing regulator. The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has announced a partial approval of Council’s application…
MACRO Muster, a waterbug data collection and citizen science project run by Bellingen-based environmental charity OzGREEN, has a fresh approach for its sixth iteration. “We’re doing something a little different this time than our previous musters,” OzGREEN event coordinator Sam…
THE results are in for the 2024 Nambucca Valley Council-commissioned ‘Community Satisfaction Survey’, based on the responses of 400 residents by telephone in February 2024. Topping the list of items that respondents believed should be a priority for Council were…
THE Coffs Coast community will soon see locally-produced concrete girders making the trip from Macksville to Coffs Harbour where they will form part of fifteen of the seventeen bridges on the Coffs Harbour Bypass alignment. Transport for NSW Director Region…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council facilitated a Tourism Stakeholder Workshop at the Island Golf Club, Nambucca Heads on Tuesday 14 May. The workshop was intended to inform Council’s new Tourism and Economic Development Strategy. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
NAMBUCCA Heads senior Barbara Lake, 94, was viciously attacked by two dogs in the driveway of her home last month. Her injuries were so severe Mrs Lake is still in hospital in Coffs Harbour and has undergone multiple surgeries to…
DEAR News Of The Area, I READ with interest the story, ‘Dream Gumma Property turns to nightmare after neighbour disputes’, in the Nambucca Valley News Of The Area on Friday 10 May 2024. It would appear from the facts of…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a scientist, as an Australian and as a resident of the Mid North Coast near the proposed Great Australian Koala Park, the behaviour by the NSW Premier in allowing ongoing clearing in the proposed…
TRUE to their name, the Coffs Harbour and District Motorcycle Restorers Club has tackled and triumphed over the restoration of a Suzuki GSX750E 1982 model motorbike, which will now be raffled in support of the Westpac Rescue Helicopter Service. At…
CELEBRATING Mother’s Day by rolling up her sleeve for the 100th time, Coffs Harbour mum Tracey Reynolds made the occasion a family affair. The day holds special significance to Tracey’s family, being the eleventh anniversary of the passing away of…