ANAMA Tesser used the public forum at last week’s Nambucca Valley Council meeting in South Arm to call out the poor state of roads in the Nambucca Valley and to highlight the rough condition of the unsealed section of South…
RADIO listeners have been tuning in to hear the voice of an O’Callaghan for almost seven decades. The family name is synonymous with commercial broadcasting, especially in the Camden Haven and Hastings region where John O’Callaghan continues to ride the…
COME one, come all to the Phoenix Winter Ball. “Eat, drink, dance and be merry,” said Nambucca Valley Phoenix manager Alejandra. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us – (02)…
THE NSW Government has completed the removal of five dilapidated and unsafe former boathouses from Atherton Drive Reserve in Urunga, allowing over 1,000 square metres of green, open space to be returned to the local community. The five unused boathouses…
FEEDBACK is being sought on how to make local train stations safer and more accessible. Transport for NSW Executive Director Regional Community and Place Anthony Hayes said the Safe Accessible Transport (SAT) program aims to make public transport safe, inclusive…
ORGANISERS of the monthly Bellingen Community Markets and the biannual Bellingen Plant Fair will be hit with steep increases to use Bellingen Park in 2024-25. At its meeting on 26 June, Bellingen Shire Council voted to nearly triple the cost…
THE excitement was palpable at South Arm Hall on Thursday 11 July, where volunteers were cleaning and cooking for the evening’s Council meeting from 1.30pm until well after the meeting concluded. It is traditional for Council to hold some of…
DRIVING the growth of the Coffs Coast agrifood sector, the Future Food Systems Cooperative Research Centre (FFS CRC) will partner with the City of Coffs Harbour and Queensland University of Technology (QUT) to host a speaker and networking event in…
THE Stuarts Point Friendly Grocer team are celebrating success in the Friendly Grocer ‘Retailer of the Year’ award. The enterprise has recently been judged as one of the top five Friendly Grocer retailers across Queensland for 2024. Advertise with News…
KEEPING a sporting or community organisation up and running in support of its members and community has always been a challenge, so the Nambucca Bowls Club can be justifiably proud to be celebrating their 75th anniversary. The iconic bowls club,…