VANDALS have destroyed sections of the safety fencing along the North Haven Breakwall. Gaping holes have appeared where aluminium bars and panels have been cut or kicked out and thrown into the river. Advertise with News of The Area today.…
RURAL landholders across the Nambucca Valley are being advised to be on high alert for Mud Scours, or Yersiniosis, after laboratory testing confirmed the scour as the cause of death in cattle on a Far North Coast NSW property. Mud…
KIDS have a natural curiosity about the world around them, and space is no exception! Here are some interesting questions kids often ask in my school outreach programs: Why is the sky dark at night? Ah, the answer has to…
SCAMS come in many forms, and the latest to be spotlighted by major supermarkets is the ‘gift card scam’, prompting active awareness campaigns by Coles and Woolworths. Gift card scams involve an initial ‘phishing’ stage, in which victims receive a…
LOCAL acapella group Blokes Notes have sung their way to a bronze medal at what is considered the choral equivalent of the Olympic Games. The senior singers from the Camden Haven and Hastings region have just returned from the World…
YOUNG rural women and non-binary people from across regional New South Wales will have the opportunity to win a once-in-a-lifetime ‘Power Trip’ to the nation’s capital. Celebrating its tenth year, Country to Canberra’s prestigious Leadership Competition launched this week, opening…
RESIDENTS of Camden Haven are invited to partake in a rally calling for an end to gendered violence on Sunday 28 July. The nation-wide protest, which will see protesters gathering at the Port Macquarie Town Green at 11:00am, has been…
RADIO listeners have been tuning in to hear the voice of an O’Callaghan for almost seven decades. The family name is synonymous with commercial broadcasting, especially in the Camden Haven and Hastings region where John O’Callaghan continues to ride the…
NURSING staff have welcomed news that Port Macquarie Base Hospital will become one of the first in regional NSW to roll out new Safe Staffing levels. The boost will see more staff in the hospital’s emergency department with recruitment underway…
FREEMASONS from the Hastings and Manning, along with Masonicare, the official charity of Freemasons NSW and ACT, donated $21,000 in support of local children with cancer last week. For a decade, the Freemasons have supported the Mid North Coast Cancer…