LOVERS of the performing arts have a special event coming their way as the Nambucca Valley Christian Community School prepares to present ‘Where Words Once Were’ by Irish-Australian playwright Finegan Kruckemeyer. This ambitious undertaking is the school’s biennial theatrical production…
BOOK WEEK was celebrated at Bowraville Central School (BCS) recently, with students and staff dressing up as their favourite book character. The theme was ‘Read, Grow, Inspire’. BCS students were joined by Bowraville Community Preschool to parade around the main…
PUT Saturday, September 9 in your diary and make the picturesque drive to beautiful Bellingen and return home, feeling good with a carload of interesting plants. The Bellingen Spring Plant Fair is on again from 7.30am to 2pm at Bellingen…
GUMBAYNGGIRR artist Alison Williams has won first prize in the Saltwater Freshwater Aboriginal Art Award for 2023. Alison is the creative director at the Wadjar Regional Indigenous Gallery at Yarrawarra Aboriginal Cultural Centre, Corindi Beach. Advertise with News of The…
RMIT FactLab, an organisation working alongside Meta to ‘debunk’ misinformation and conspiracy theories circulating on social media regarding the Voice to Parliament referendum, has temporarily been suspended from its duties by the social media giant. RMIT FactLab is a fact-checking,…
A PINK flowering azalea has been planted at Autumn Lodge nursing home in memory of long-term resident Lucy Gosling. Ms Gosling, 93, had called Autumn Lodge home in Macksville for 40 years until her passing in July. Advertise with News…
DRIVING is a wonderful freedom, but getting a license isn’t always without its difficulties, such as having constant access to a car, so the good folk at Uniting have developed a driver mentoring program to assist in the progress of…
ELEVEN scientists from five universities have written to the NSW Government to urge it to honour its commitment to create a Great Koala National Park (GKNP). “We are collectively writing to you as researchers, academics, and practitioners with expertise in…
TURNING a tragic loss into a catalyst for positive change, 24-year-olds Jack Mitchell and Max Sandstrom have created a long-distance run in memory of their dear friend Eden Buckingham, who took his own life in 2022. The three had been…
FEDERAL Member for Cowper Pat Conaghan joined Nambucca Heads RSL staff on Tuesday morning to announce the official appointment of Coffs Coast builders Alurt Pty Ltd as the principal contractor for the club’s upgrade works. Alurt’s appointment and the commencement…