IF you have been missing sitting back with your popcorn and choc top ice cream due to COVID-19, spare a thought for the small players in the cinema industry. Lockdowns and patron per square metre rules have been crippling the…
FAMILIES visiting the Tea Gardens/Hawks Nest area over the summer holidays will be given a glimpse of the local environment at a special display at Tea Gardens Library throughout January. The display space was offered by MidCoast Libraries staff…
HAVE you ever seen a painting in an art gallery and thought “I wonder what that is all about?” If so, here is an opportunity to get to the ‘art’ of it. The Nambucca Valley Art Appreciation Group aims…
PSYCHOLOGISTS and psychological services are in short supply in rural, remote and regional areas of Australia. As a regional university with strong community ties, Southern Cross is offering a new scholarship to address this problem. Advertise with News of…
IT has been two years since the 2019 fires in the Christmas holiday period that devastated not only NSW but all of Australia. For the 2021-22 fire season, the NSW RFS are warning of increased risk of grass and…
PREPARE a plan, don’t drive through flood water and swim between the flags – these are some of the summer safety tips NSW emergency service agencies have shared as the holidays approach. Minister for Police and Emergency Services David…
MUSIC and performing arts lovers of all ages converged on the Summer Dreams festival at the Bellingen Showgrounds from 17-18 December. The relaxed two-day festival was a celebration of all things great about Bellingen; with a focus on building…
AFTER two false starts due to Covid, River Sounds festival is finally going ahead over the weekend of January 14-15 at the Bellingen Showground. The two day contemporary music festival is the largest event to be staged on the…
GALLERIES in the Gardens (GIG) artists have been busy creating new work for their upcoming exhibition. With a theme of ‘Celebrating Nature around the Myall’, GIG artists are excited to bring this new exhibition to The Gallery. Advertise with…
IT has been a year since The Port of Newcastle hired a contractor to kill a colony of cats on Stockton Breakwall. On the night of 17 December 2020, a contractor killed and severely injured many stray cats who…