EACH year, over 450,000 Australians live with hard-to-heal wounds. This cost to health and aged care budgets is $6.6 billion, according to national peak health body Wounds Australia, the organisers of the annual Wound Awareness Week. Advertise with News of…
THE 2023 Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation (SPaDCO) AGM, held on the evening of Wednesday 23 September 2023, was well attended as the committee welcomed a refreshed team, new members, interested locals and guest speakers from Kempsey Shire Council…
TWO weeks ago a wave of shock, anger and dismay rolled across the Nambucca Valley in the wake of the senseless act of theft and vandalism suffered by ShoreTrack. An organisation established to work with young people who are at…
THE closing date for the annual Marnie Yates Nature Photography competition, run by C.ex Coffs Camera Club, is quickly approaching (Friday 22 September). News Of The Area asked the newly announced judges what they take into consideration when assessing images…
THE Stuarts Point Community Hall was once again a popular gathering place on Sunday 3 September with approximately two dozen individuals eager to gain the knowledge on offer by the crew of support services officials. The ‘Simtables for Community Empowerment’…
THE ‘Greater Good’ independent artist program will return in 2023, providing a range of recipients with a cash boost and a host of relevant career-furthering services. Run by music services business Good Intent, the program is now in its third…
A MAN has died following a single-vehicle crash near Kempsey last Saturday. Emergency services were called to Taylors Arm Road, Upper Taylors Arm, about 37km north of Kempsey, about 1am today on Saturday 2 September 2023, following reports of a…
THE fight for Mid North Coast native forests has been highlighted in national media recently, with stories featuring in the Sydney Morning Herald, the Guardian and on The Project. As reported previously in News Of The Area, Gumbaynggirr elders have…
BUS Stop Films, the award-winning social enterprise film school and production company, launches its acclaimed Accessible Film Studies Program at TAFE NSW Coffs Harbour Education Campus this September. In partnership with TAFE NSW, the program offers young adults with intellectual…
THE Living Well in the Valley expo is planned for Nambucca in October, talking all things ageing, caring and disability. Guest speakers will be the NSW Ageing and Disability Commissioner Robert Fitzgerald, Lily Norman and Justin Northover from the Care…