ONCE in a while a singer/songwriter comes along with the means to weave a thread through a series of songs that leaves the audience feeling like they have been in the company of a master storyteller. Dee Bee Bishop is…
IN 2024 the Nambucca Heads branch of the Country Women’s Association (CWA) will celebrate their 90th birthday. Since 1934 the Nambucca Heads branch of the iconic women’s organisation has been meeting regularly and doing their bit to improve conditions for…
NOTA visited Foodworks Supermarket Macksville on 14 November to speak with Mathew Ward, the 2022 recipient of the ‘Allen Burge Store Manager of the Year’ trophy, and discovered that it was his birthday, a double celebration. The award was announced…
THE Bowraville Memorial Cup is a sporting event funded by Aboriginal Affairs NSW and coordinated by Jaanymili Bawrrungga in close partnership with Bowraville School in memory of Clinton Speedy-Duroux, Evelyn Greenup and Colleen Walker-Craig. The event was hosted at Hennessy…
MORNINGS at Grassy Head’s Painted Blue Coffee Roasters are lively and aromatic, regardless of their recent accolades, which include winning ‘The Golden Bean 2022 – Champion Espresso and Champion Organic’, categories judged within Australasia. Owners Daniel and Charelle Klingsporn were…
LAST Friday at the Bowraville Theatre an appreciative audience was taken on an unforgettable acoustic adventure when two of the nations most impassioned singer/songwriter/instrumentalists, Kim Churchill and Jason Lowe took to the stage. As Kim Churchill’s special guest, Jason Lowe…
THE Macksville CWA Branch hosted the latest Group event on Sunday 6 November, titled the ‘How to Do Day’. Directly aimed at offering tips to assist members with kitchen and baking skills, Vivianne Beaumont, Denise Hawdon, Rhonda Merchant and Barbara…
NAMBUCCA’s Becoming U work-ready, personal potential youth program has been nominated in the Outstanding Work with Regional Young People category at the NSW Youth Work Awards with the winner to be announced in Sydney on Thursday, 17 November. Based on…
THE chance to discuss key issues impacting the region, including the Nambucca Valley, brought participants flocking to the Regional Development Australia Mid North Coast (RDAMNC) annual conference, ‘Ignite MNC’, on Wednesday, November 2. They were there to learn, connect, and…
WHEN a theatrical production is locally written, produced, directed, has a local cast and sells out its three dates weeks in advance, we can’t help but sit up and take notice. On Saturday night the final performance of Yours Sincerely,…