AT 1:32am on Saturday 5, September local business Elk on 38 in Macksville was broken into for the third time this year. “It is getting ridiculous,” owner Bree Castle told News Of The Area. “You can see on the…
SEPTEMBER is Save the Koala Month (STKM), an annual fundraising and awareness campaign from the Australian Koala Foundation (AKF). The theme for the month is ‘I Need A Hero’, and AKF has created a ’30 Days, 30 Ways to…
RESIDENTS have launched a petition calling for Nambucca Valley Council to take urgent action to repair the footbridge that allows beach access from Hyland Park. Council closed public access to the bridge on July 21, citing safety concerns, and…
MARK Robinson, a Year 12 student at Nambucca Heads High School, required his dad, Michael, to take his HSC Design and Technology Major Work to school for marking. Au contraire to copping out, the lad had built an 18ft…
TENANTS and landlords doing it tough will welcome the NSW Government announcement to increase the Residential Tenancy Support Package. This is an increase of up to $4,500 per tenancy and an extension to the eviction moratorium until 11 November…
FREE sunflower seeds and potting mix are on offer to Stuarts Point residents as part of a project designed to spread joy and positivity during lockdown and beyond. Led by the Stuarts Point Community Resilience Team, the Stuarts Point…
COWPER individuals and organisations can apply for a share of $13 million in Australian Government Smart Farms Small Grants funding for activities to assist farmers and land managers improve their understanding and management of their soil. Pat Conaghan, Federal…
THE new Food Swap + Share stand opposite the preschool on Valla Beach Road is lovingly operated by Aria, who is “five and three-quarters” – with a little help from her three-year-old sister, Audrey, and parents, Anna and Danny…
VALLA writer Meryl Dunton-Rose has just received a big box of books; the fruit of her labours after penning and publishing her first novel. “I felt extremely elated upon opening the box of books and exclaimed ‘Look it’s a…
UNABLE to show movies during the statewide lockdown, Majestic Cinemas Nambucca Heads has become the base for the town’s vaccination clinic. Nambucca Healthcare Centre, which administers vaccines through Nambucca Respiratory Clinic, had been operating its vaccination clinic from the…