IN JULY 1946 the Nambucca Heads RSL Women’s Auxiliary held its first meeting and was mostly made up of wives and relatives of those who had served in the first World War. Fast forward to 2022 and the Auxiliary,…
FULL Stop Australia – formerly Rape and Domestic Violence Services Australia – last week launched a campaign calling for “adequate and ongoing funding” to support NSW sexual violence survivors in NSW. The organisation claims two-thirds of callers to the…
MINISTER for Transport and Veterans David Elliott is urging boaters on the North Coast to stay off waterways until dangerous conditions and extreme weather subside. “As the severe weather moves into northern NSW, we implore boaters on the Mid…
THE NSW Government’s $155 million program for Before and After School Care (BASC) vouchers is now live for parents and carers of children enrolled in a NSW primary school. The $500 vouchers are available now to use at participating…
NAMBUCCA RSL Club has been successful in gaining $2,007,800 under the Black Summer Bushfire Recovery Grants program for a project that reaffirms and equips it better as the region’s Emergency Evacuation Centre during fires and floods. This will provide…
ELECTRICITY distributor Essential Energy this week launched its annual Community Choices program, which supports local groups across its footprint by offering funds up to $2,500 for successful candidates. This is the first year the annual Community Choices and Community…
A MUSIC video, ‘Through the Smoke’, by the Gumbaynggirr Collective, and short films ‘The Split’, with Uncle Tony Perkins and Troy Robinson, and ‘Coby’s Yarn’, with young Indigenous filmmaker Coby Cochrane, were premiered at the Jetty Beach House on…
FOR 49 years the Lions’ Youth of the Year Quest has been running throughout Lions Clubs Australia-wide. This year was no different, and three local students entered in the quest locally, from Nambucca Heads High School and the Christian…
MASTER Electricians Australia (MEA) has launched a free hotline to connect home owners affected by flooding with local electricians, in order to get the power turned back on as soon as possible. MEA CEO Malcolm Richards said the service…
MACKSVILLE Music Muster has been postponed owing to flooding across the Macksville Showground. News Of The Area got the message on Monday, 28 February, from Vanessa Sanger, Macksville Music Muster event founder and organiser. “Well Folks,” began Vanessa. “This…