NOSTALGIA calls the Gen-Xers to the movies again this week, with Beetlejuice Beetlejuice commencing in early September in the hopes of driving costume sales for Halloween. A “legacy sequel” to Tim Burton’s 1988 film Beetlejuice, this film sees the return…
GUMBAYNGGIRR Elder Uncle Martin Ballangarry has been representing the community on Nambucca Valley Council for two decades, and will seek re-election when voters go to the polls for local government elections on 14 September. He made history in 2004 as…
SHUTTLING vulnerable children through motels, hotels and caravan parks at huge cost to the taxpayer will finally end under a new ban. The use of unaccredited emergency accommodation in NSW’s state care system has been slammed in multiple reports including…
A LARGE group of supporters of Bowraville Theatre gathered at Nambucca Valley Council Chambers last Thursday night to protest a Council recommendation to hand back a 2020/21 grant of $707,000. The grant was allocated as part of the Bushfire Local…
AIR conditioning is to be installed in the Urunga Literary Institute Hall, much to the relief of its users. Urunga Business and Community has been awarded a $10k grant from the Foundation for Rural & Regional Renewal (FRRR) under the…
MARIA Gronholm loves her dog, Sally, but not everyone at Faringdon Village in Nambucca Heads feels the same. Village Directors Sonia Williams and Paul Stuart say the ten-year-old silky terrier is a danger to other tenants and their pets and…
THE twelfth annual C.ex Group Coffs Harbour Running Festival is set to be the biggest event of its kind ever held in Coffs Harbour. On Sunday 8 September the Festival will take runners along the picturesque Coffs Creek Walkway and…
BELLINGEN Shire Council has voted to adopt the LGA’s Coastal Management Program (CMP). Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02) 4981 8882. Email us – media@newsofthearea.com.au The CMP…
A PETITION has been launched by Nationals MPs to return Norco milk to NSW Health facilities from Port Macquarie to the Tweed. Member for Clarence Richie Williamson, Member for Coffs Harbour Gurmesh Singh and Member for Oxley Michael Kemp launched…
THIS week sees the premiere of Afraid (or, possibly AfrAId if you like a stylised title), a new offering from Blumhouse Productions, this time with a big Sony Studios budget. When a family chooses to allow their home to be…