SATURDAY 5 March 2022 was Lions Awareness Day and the Nambucca Lions held an Information Stall at the Nambucca Plaza where they displayed the projects and foundations they support in a hope to increase membership. Those who came to…
EIGHTH generation Port Macquarie local Keith McMullen has been preselected by the Labor Party to contest the seat of Cowper in the upcoming Federal election. McMullen, born and raised in Port Macquarie, left school for a printing apprenticeship with…
PREMIER Dominic Perrottet has activated employment protections for volunteers to ensure they cannot be unjustly fired from their jobs while volunteering in the flood emergency. The Premier said the provisions mean an emergency volunteer cannot be fired or have…
HAVING its genesis in Nambucca Heads but now a monthly staple in Bowraville, a gathering known as the Blokes Brekky is doing wonders for the wellbeing of men in the community. At 7:00 am on the first Saturday of…
WITH the much anticipated re-opening of the Bowraville Theatre just around the corner, the Bowraville Arts Council decided that the ‘Grand Old Dame’ needed a bit of a clean up. On Saturday 5 March a large team of willing…
SUPPORTING and Linking Tradeswomen (SALT) helped Bowraville Central School’s secondary girls to celebrate International Women’s Day and National Women’s Shed Week with workshops on Wednesday, 2 March. The SALT program operates in towns in NSW and Queensland, supporting students…
COASTAL Claymakers are keeping alive the 20-year legacy of inspiring local mosaic artists of the Coffs Coast and the Nambucca Valley with a mosaic presentation and workshop at the end of March. “Guy Crosley’s public mosaic art in Scotts…
SO many businesses and industries have been badly affected by the COVID pandemic, with one of the worst hit being the entertainment industry. The volunteer operated Bowraville Theatre was just getting back on its feet and began to reopen…
THE Moderna COVID-19 vaccine has been approved for six to eleven-year-old children and became available last week. The Australian Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (ATAGI) recommendation follows the Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) approval of Moderna for children aged six…
UNDER the banner of ‘Regenerate Regional Leadership’ the Australian Rural Leadership Foundation is bringing a regional leadership development program to people in the Nambucca Valley. Across eight days between May and August 2022, 24 people get the chance to…