POLLING, commissioned by the Office of the NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner and conducted by Essential Research, reveals that many people are unaware of the severity of modern slavery in NSW. The estimated number of people in modern slavery in NSW has…
SCOTTS Head Community Gardens were abuzz with activity just days before winter solstice. The well-established gardens border the Buz Brazel Park playing fields, and on Saturday 17 June the whole area was alive with activity. Advertise with News of The…
STREET libraries have become quite a fixture in lots of community locations as a simple outlet for sharing, and the hamlet of Fishermans Reach, just south of Stuarts Point on the Mid-North Coast of NSW, is one of the newest…
NAIDOC Week activities were in full swing in Bowraville this week, with local schools coming together to celebrate the occasion. On Monday at Hennessey Tape Oval, Tallowood Steiner School welcomed students from Bowraville Central School, St Mary’s, Bowraville Community Preschool…
NORCO’S Raleigh milk production site has hosted two Southern Cross University (SCU) Occupational Therapy students in a ten-week work participation program. In their fourth and final year of a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy (OT), the two local students attending…
DEEP Winter Agrarian Gathering 2023 takes place in Bellingen Showgrounds Friday 14 to Sunday 16 July. With floods and the pandemic postponing meetings since the last gathering in 2019, event spokesperson Kaycee Simuong from The Mandarin Bend organic farm in…
WAVENEY Ayscough, a volunteer with Bellingen Hospital Auxiliary, has just launched an album, Give it to the Sea, at waveney.bandcamp which is free to listen to. “A few of the songs are about Bellingen and its characters,” Waveney told News…
FRESH ink? There’s no worries donating blood now. Under a new rule change to blood donation, Mid North Coast locals can roll up their sleeves and present their veins just a week after getting a new tattoo. Advertise with News…
FAMILY fun is the order of the evening for a big fundraiser organised by Nambucca Heads RSL Club for Saturday 8 July at 6pm, to support the community’s defibrillator campaign. Inspired by the Valla Beach community’s achievements in raising money…
VISITORS to Stuarts Point Foreshore Reserve on Saturday 26 June were welcomed with clear winter sunshine, and a sobering display of individual stories, strategically presented. The ‘Forest of the Fallen’ was set up as a silent display with the intention…