DO you know a Nambucca Valley woman worthy of recognition? Nominations have opened for the 2022 NSW Women of the Year Awards. Minister for Women Bronnie Taylor said the annual awards play an important role in recognising inspirational women…
UNABLE to show movies during the statewide lockdown, Majestic Cinemas Nambucca Heads has become the base for the town’s vaccination clinic. Nambucca Healthcare Centre, which administers vaccines through Nambucca Respiratory Clinic, had been operating its vaccination clinic from the…
WAIT times for Pfizer vaccination bookings in the Nambucca Valley are set to “drop significantly” as the number of doses allocated to the local government area increases from the current supply of 720 per week to 990 per week…
LOCALS say illegal dumping is becoming a large problem in the idyllic hamlet of Stuarts Point. Tranquil walking trails are being marred by local rubbish being dumped instead of taken to Kempsey Shire Council Waste Management Centres. News Of…
HEADSPACE National Youth Mental Health Foundation is hosting a free mental health education session online for NSW’s Mid North Coast on Monday 6 September 2021. Emma Mabin, Mental Health Education Consultant for Headspace, told News Of The Area, “This…
PARENTS who have struggled to keep the work-home balance and students who have been isolated from friends and forced into remote learning will be overjoyed at the announcement of a return to school plan this week from the NSW…
A NUMBER of local conservation groups are amongst more than 60 nationally that are signatories to the Australian Forest Network Position Statement. The groups call on Federal and State Governments to immediately stop logging and all other destructive activities…
STUDENTS in Years 3, 5, 7 and 9 in NSW have achieved some of the top NAPLAN results in the country, despite disruptions caused by COVID-19 over the past 18 months. Minister for Education Sarah Mitchell congratulated students for…
APPLICATIONS for grants of up to $15,000 each for community groups and not-for-profits in remote, rural and regional areas of New South Wales and South-East Queensland that were affected by the flooding in March will be open until September…
THE Morrison Government has enacted a blanket rule that will allow child care centres to waive gap fees in regional NSW, now that the statewide lockdown has been in effect for over 8 days. It means services will have…