BORN in Bowraville on 9 August 1924, John ‘Jack’ Young celebrated his 100th birthday in Nambucca Heads last week surrounded by family. Jack attended school at Macksville and Yarranbella before leaving his formal education to assist his father on the…
OVER 100 ball-goers gathered on Saturday night 3 August at the Nambucca RSL Club to celebrate the inclusive community associated with Nambucca Valley Phoenix support services. The venue for the Phoenix Winter Ball was spectacular, lit-up with a disco ball…
EARLY Sunday morning, 11 August, a team of Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation (SPaDCO) volunteers were in a frenzy preparing for the village’s annual ‘Funday’ event. This year’s free event had a circus theme, serving as an early celebration…
AUSTRALIA’S Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, Richelle Turner is currently in the Nambucca Valley visiting her family on a two-week holiday, hoping to promote her island home to fellow Australians. A new direct weekly flight from Brisbane to Palau…
MOTIVATED to make change, 24 young local people from Bowraville participated in an action-oriented leadership workshop run by OzGREEN’S Youth Leading the World team. They were inspired after being involved in water testing of the Nambucca River with OzGREEN and…
WHEN 89-year-old Dorothy Bunyan awakens each morning she takes a moment to remember where she is. She looks out the small window of her Faringdon Village home to where two large fire-fighting tanks were installed just weeks ago, altering the…
A REPORT on matters concerning the small beach on the river side of the Nambucca Heads V Wall and its access was presented to Council at the 25 July General Meeting. Nambucca Valley Council’s Manager of Infrastructure Services, Matthew Leibrandt,…
DURING a fitting culmination to their 75th anniversary celebrations the Nambucca Bowls Club has dedicated one of its greens to long-time member and local lawn bowls stalwart John Hunt. The dedication ceremony, held on August 4, celebrated Hunt’s significant contributions…
ARCHIVE Mid North Coast presented a winter edition of ‘Live at The Farm’ on Sunday afternoon, with outdoor live music delivered at the Eungai Creek Buffalo Farm. Featuring Joey Leigh Wagtail and his band, with special guest Manduway, a Gumbaynggirr…
THE COALITION’S renewed shadow cabinet met for the first time in Nowra on Monday, with Member for Oxley Michael Kemp participating as the new Shadow Assistant Minister for Emergency Services, and for Agriculture. Coffs Harbour MP and Nationals Deputy Leader…