ARGUABLY the most eagerly anticipated yearly event in the Nambucca Valley revs up again this weekend when the 46th annual Valla Rod Run begins. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone…
MACKSVILLE Post Office is not equipped to deal with the growth the town has experienced in recent years, according to outgoing Nambucca Valley Mayor Rhonda Hoban. In particular, storage of parcels presents a large and visible problem with the office…
FIFTY years of caring for the elderly was celebrated in style on Saturday night at NVC Group’s 50th anniversary Gala Dinner at the Macksville Ex-Services Club. It was a lively event featuring awards for some of the organisation’s key contributors…
‘NUDE Swimming’, a single character theatre piece by Coffs Coast writer Willa Hogarth, has been selected to be performed in the nationally-recognised Madwomen Monologues festival in Melbourne. The annual program, run by Baggage Productions, highlights the work of female writers,…
LAST Thursday, 19 September ‘citizen scientists’ from the Forest Ecology Alliance (FEA) and concerned community members gathered at Little Newry State Forest for a sit-in. Forestry Corporation of NSW (FCNSW) logging operations are scheduled to begin in Little Newry within…
AN exhibition highlighting surf culture and history on the Coffs Coast will open in November. ‘Swell Chasers: Surf Stories from the Mid North Coast’ will open at Yarrila Arts and Museum (YAM) on Saturday 23 November, with the boardriding community…
LAST Wednesday in parliament Coffs Harbour MP Gurmesh Singh moved a motion calling on the NSW Labor Government to overturn a decision which removed Norco milk products from Mid North Coast and Northern NSW health district facilities. As previously reported…
THE Nambucca Senior Citizens Centre has recently been listed for sale with a local real estate agency. Home to the Nambucca Senior Citizens Club, the building is the club’s only asset, according to spokesperson Gary Nichols. Advertise with News of…
THE Frank Partridge VC Military Museum in Bowraville, one of the district’s key visitor drawcards, is in desperate need of volunteers to continue operating into the future. The museum boasts a comprehensive collection that represents Australia’s involvement in all conflicts…
THE independent NSW Anti-slavery Commissioner is urging action to address the risks for temporary migrant workers in rural and regional NSW. Dr James Cockayne tabled the first ever report of its kind, called ‘Be Our Guests: Addressing urgent modern slavery…