NEW research has found that generation Alpha are spending an average 3.5 hours per day on screens both at home and school, potentially impacting their eye health and increasing the chances of lifelong vision and learning issues. The research, commissioned…
THE 121-year-old Bellinger River Hospital needs you to get your glam on for its fundraiser bash in March. To be held on Saturday 16 March from 5-10pm at the Cedar Bar & Kitchen, the fundraiser will generate essential funds for…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council has received a Stronger Country Communities Fund grant for $474,060 to replace the toilet block at River Street, Macksville. Additional works to the road and electrical configurations will require an estimated $300,000 to be budgeted from the…
FEATURE length documentary ‘Bellingen – The Promised Land’ was independently screened at Stuarts Point Community Hall on the evening of 12 January 2024. Based on a well-crafted mix of old home movie footage and still shots from the 70s, and…
THE state’s agriculture industry is on high alert after a Red Imported Fire Ant nest was detected at Wardell, south of Ballina, on Friday 19 January. Incident response teams from the National Fire Ant Eradication Program and NSW Department of…
‘IF I’d known then what I know now’ is a driving mantra behind the new work of Coffs Harbour’s Andrew Simons in the mental health space. “I am on a mission to change the way members of the Coffs Harbour…
FOR the fourth time in as many months, the general meeting of Nambucca Valley Council was overrun with residents and visitors concerned about commercial, industrial-style blueberry farming in the valley. A noisy crowd attended last Thursday to hold Council to…
