LAST week representatives of the We’re Here – In the Nambucca Valley initiative attended an Australian Defence Force (ADF) Transition Seminar in Sydney. Their intent was to showcase the Nambucca Valley as a welcoming location for those leaving the ADF…
ON Tuesday 28 November the Lions Club of Nambucca Heads announced the winner of their 2023 Lions Youth of the Year Program. The Lions Youth of the Year Program was established over 50 years ago with the objective of developing…
THOSE bikers with big motorbikes and even bigger hearts, the Mid North Coast Harley Owners Group, are at it again, busily organising the Coffs Harbour 30th Annual Salvation Army Toy Run to be held on Sunday 10 December. The event…
THE Macksville Memoir Writers recently published their second anthology of stories, ‘For the Record: Memories of Lives Well-Lived’, presenting a copy to the Macksville and Nambucca libraries. “The 70 stories in this volume chronicle a broad spectrum of the writers’…
CHRISTMAS wouldn’t be Christmas without the Macksville Christmas Carols by Candlelight, and they’re back this year on Sunday 17 December starting at 7pm, with gates open at 6pm. This tradition, dating back 36 years, is the local Salvation Army’s way…
STREET Libraries Australia are thrilled to be coordinating ‘National Shared Reading Week’ which takes place between Monday November 27 and Sunday December 3, with a local event set to take place in Fishermans Reach. Shared reading is simply reading with…
TWO of the Nambucca Valley’s most respected musicians, Julie Kovendy and Dee Bee Bishop, will reunite on Sunday 3 December at the Eungai Creek Soldiers Memorial Hall and deliver an unmissable afternoon concert, all in the name of community. Julie…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council has resolved to support a proposal put forward by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment – Heritage NSW to declare the Bellwood Sacred Site in Nambucca Heads an Aboriginal place under the National Parks and Wildlife…
BLUEBERRIES were again on the Nambucca Valley Council meeting agenda last week, with Councillors resolving to examine ways to limit community conflicts and answer growing community concerns on the issue. During public access, councillors and staff heard several members of…
ON Thursday evening, Macksville High School hosted ‘Showtime’, an event featuring 650 student performers and crew from Nambucca Valley’s ten public schools. Over 1000 people made up the audience in Macksville High School’s stadium. Advertise with News of The Area…