CLOWNING around, dancing and creating, dozens of children took to the Stuarts Point Art House holiday workshops. There were four inclusive participatory children’s events over three days during the last week of school holidays as part of ‘Act2vate’, a heavily…
AFTER a three-year hiatus, Stuarts Point Men’s Shed is inviting everyone (not just motorcycle riders) to a motorcycle show at Stuarts Point Workers Recreation & Bowls Club on September 9, 2023, for the fourth ‘Stuarts Point Men’s Shed Motorcycle Show’.…
SHARPSHOOTERS in helicopters will turn their attention to feral pigs in the next year. The state government is ramping up efforts to tackle increasing feral pig populations across the state, providing an $8-million boost to help fund a new coordinated…
STUARTS Point and District Community Organisation is calling for stories with the theme of ‘belonging’. The group is seeking yarns that might outline the significance of being, or becoming a local resident, be it told through anecdotal narrative, or maybe…
THE Nambucca Bowls Club is hosting a ‘Community Expo’ on Sunday 20 August, an event that may be the first of its kind for the Nambucca Valley. The Community Expo will showcase service groups, clubs, sporting groups, charities and a…
FORMED in 2016, the Wyz Wimmin and Friends Theatre Company recently hosted a workshop for emerging playwrights in Coffs Harbour. Director, Anne Joyce, a graduate of the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art and award-winning playwright Carrolline Rhodes, from…
FARM Safe Australia launched its ‘Safer Farms’ report 2023 at the beginning of National Farm Safety Week, 16 – 23 July. The report highlights the 2022 injury and fatality statistics, including the first six months of 2023. This year recorded…
ANOTHER group of NSW firefighters deployed for more than a month in Canada, has returned home safe. Canada is experiencing significant fire activity early in the season and stands at the highest level of national preparedness. NSW’s four fire-fighting authorities,…
IN an effort to better prepare the region for potential disasters and unforeseen challenges, Red Cross Emergency Services will facilitate a Community-led Resilience Teams (CRT) information meeting. The event is scheduled to take place from 4-6pm on Wednesday, July 26,…
NAMBUCCA Valley had the twelfth-highest rate of reported domestic-violence-related assaults per capita in New South Wales in the past year, at 952.1 per 100,000 people, NSW Bureau of Crime Statistics and Research reveals. The bureau’s figures, which cover the period…