A COMMUNITY garden built at Macksville District Hospital was officially opened on Tuesday 12 September. The garden is the result of three months work by Nambucca Valley Rotary, Nambucca Heads High School, Shoretrack, local tradespeople, staff and volunteers and includes…
THE NVC Group is celebrating a major milestone next year, its 50th birthday and Golden Anniversary. NVC Group Chairman Janine Reed said the organisation was started by volunteers back in September 1974, so it is fitting that it now seeks…
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…
VOLUNTEERS on board Marine Rescue NSW vessel Trial Bay 30 assisted NSW National Parks and Wildlife with a successful whale disentanglement operation last Friday. The entangled whale was heading south and located just north of Scotts Head. Advertise with News…
LAST week, on 18 August, Nambucca Valley veterans and their family and friends gathered at the Bowraville Ex-Services Club for a service of commemoration of Vietnam Veterans Day. Although veterans in the district observe this day annually, this year was…
IN the past few years this nation has endured catastrophic floods, drought and fires, come out of a protracted conflict in Afghanistan and been through an unprecedented pandemic. The collective effect of these events has resulted in a mental health…
IN the lead up to the bushfire season Coffs Coast volunteers came together on July 22 for a preseason training event code named ‘Burnt Banana’. This bought more than 100 volunteers from across Bellingen and Coffs Harbour regions to practise…
IT is a long standing tradition, of Polynesian origin, for surfers to pay tribute to the life of one of their own who passes away by participating in a ritual known as the ’paddle out’. Surfers paddle out together, form…
NAMBUCCA Valley’s campaign for ‘yes’ at the referendum got underway in Gordon Park, Nambucca Heads, last Saturday with a strong turnout of people from across the region ready to get active. The Nambucca Valley for Yes group is eager to…
ALLAM Property Group is walking away from a controversial development proposal at Stuarts Point. It cited sewerage, groundwater and biodiversity issues as among reasons it will not pursue plans for a major residential development. Advertise with News of The Area…