NATIONAL Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Children’s Day will be celebrated at Urunga this weekend. The free event takes place at Urunga Neighbourhood Centre on Sunday 4 August from 10:00am-2:00pm, hosted by Connecting Neighbourhood Centres Of Bellingen Shire (NCOBS), in…
GUTTED coach John Manenti hopes he saw the path for future success as his beaten Australians sat on the sideline for an Antoine Dupont Olympic rugby sevens masterclass in France. A Dupont-inspired France took gold over Fiji after Australia, into…
MICHELLE Heyman has proved the never-say-die Matildas’ late, late hero, scoring their 90th-minute winner as they scrapped to a 6-5 victory over Zambia in one of the most extraordinary Olympic soccer matches ever played. Trailing 5-2 after 56 minutes in…
APPLICATIONS for Costa’s 2025 graduate intake are now open. Costa is one of Australia’s leading fresh fruit and vegetable growers and has a strong local presence, particularly through its berry operations north of Coffs Harbour. Advertise with News of The…
THE iconic Bowraville Theatre became a ‘House of Hope’ on Saturday night as the most prominent internationally known artist ever to perform at the theatre, Toni Childs, delivered her ‘Retrospective’ concert to a full house. Known for her soulful voice…
IN last week’s Nambucca Valley Council meeting, councillors agreed to support several requests to change elements of the Local Environmental Plan 2010 (LEP). One of these, the need for a DA when closing a road, caused more than a few…
REIGNITE Democracy Australia (RDA) Macksville will hold a public meeting with Federal Cowper MP Pat Conaghan on Sunday July 28 at 1pm at the Nambucca Valley Community Arts Centre in Ridge Street, Nambucca Heads. Reignite Democracy Australia describes itself as…
A SMALL group of friends and horse-lovers met at South Arm Hall on Friday morning to trail ride from there to Taylors Arm, where they planned to camp the night. Around ten riders took the trek along South Arm Road,…
REVIEWS of the Biodiversity Conservation Act 2016 and the native vegetation provisions of the Local Land Services Act 2013 have identified concerns that Mid North Coast conservationists have long held about the effectiveness of environmental laws. Last Wednesday, the NSW…
TWO parties in Kookaburra Lane have been given the green light by councillors to apply to amend the Nambucca Local Environmental Plan 2010 (LEP) to allow their property to be subdivided although the two lots to be created would be…