NSW FARMERS is urging motorists to take extra care on country roads this Christmas, with months of flooding causing widespread damage. There was still a lot of heavy machinery on the move across the state after flooding delayed harvest efforts,…
SOME of the state’s leading farmers have shared some top tips for beating food price hikes this Christmas. NSW Farmers Horticulture Committee chair Guy Gaeta said there was a growing gap between the price of food on the wholesale market…
ON Wednesday evening, 7 December, a concerned collection of local residents congregated at Stuarts Point Community Hall for the first of many community information events to be held by Allam Property Group, regarding the proposed mixed residential development of land…
ON Tuesday morning, 13 December, an enthusiastic group converged at Stuarts Point Community Hall for a ‘Free Seniors/Elders Storytelling Workshop’. With inspiring themes of history, myth, wisdom, fantasy, adventure and life story (memoir), facilitator Denni Scott Davids led participants through…
IN the early hours of 3/12/22 Police arrested a 43-year-old woman following a family violence incident at Nambucca Heads in which another woman is alleged to have been assaulted. The accused woman was charged at Macksville Police Station with Assault…
TIL The Cows Come Home, a not for profit animal rescue and adoption organisation is holding a hen rescue and adoption on Saturday 17 December 2022 between 9:30am-10:30am in Nambucca Heads. There are 600 hens that desperately need a home.…
A WONDERFUL evening of Christmas spirit was shared by the community at the Valla Beach Carols on Friday 9 December. While rain threatened, it didn’t dampen the enthusiasm of either the crowd or performers. Advertise with News of The Area…
AROUND 6:40 pm on Sunday 11 December, the Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by New South Wales Ambulance on a primary mission to a property at Talarm, west of Macksville. 82-year-old farmer Mary Gibson had sustained serious leg injuries after…
TO celebrate the relocation of their studio from Bowraville to the Tewinga Community Hall ten years ago, Nambucca Valley Radio 105.9FM threw their doors open to the public on Saturday 10 December. Despite the initially wet weather a continual flow…
NAMBUCCA Heads will boast its very own music festival on Saturday January 7 when the Nambucca Roosters host ‘A Day On The Oval’ at Coronation Park, Sport Street, Nambucca Heads. Intended as an event to showcase home grown music acts,…