A COLLABORATION between the Lions Club of Nambucca Heads and the Red Cross has resulted in the purchase of a new computer for public use at the Nambucca Heads Library. Last year, the Nambucca Valley Red Cross received a generous…
PROFESSOR Kirsten Benkendorff, a well-known marine scientist with Southern Cross University, who has been engaged in several projects on the Mid North Coast, spoke to around 70 people at Macksville RSL last Monday night. The meeting was organised by the…
ON Saturday morning 4 May, though it was gloomy and wet outside, the Macksville Ex-Services Club’s main auditorium was a warm and cosy venue for the return of the Macksville Creative Community Markets. Along with more than 30 independent stalls,…
IN the wake of a series of tragic knife crime incidents across the state, including one last week at Park Beach in Coffs Harbour, the NSW Government has announced a package of reforms to target possession of knives, reduce knife…
MORE than 200 people attended events in Port Macquarie and Coffs Harbour last weekend to hear about the benefits community Independents can bring to regional electorates. Phil Haines from Voices4Indi, and Caz Heise, former independent candidate for Cowper, addressed full…
THE CWA of NSW annual State Conference began in Coffs Harbour on May 6 at C.ex Coffs, with the four-day event attracting more than 700 members and delegates from across the state. The conference was opened by the Patron of…
NOW in its second year the Rotary River Run and Walk was held on Sunday with nearly 80 competitors showing up to take up the challenge. The five kilometre course uses the shared pathway beginning at the corner of Florence…
WHEN Nambucca Valley man Peter Wright bought his 150-acre property (Lot 157) in Gumma four years ago, he hoped to regenerate it, use it for primary production and as a depot for three small trucks he operates in his earthmoving…
THERE have been a number of occasions since the year 2000 where the nation has united in outrage about acts of vandalism targeting both the Shrine in Melbourne and the Hyde Park ANZAC Memorial in Sydney. This behavior was once…
MEMBER for Cowper Pat Conaghan has called on the Federal Government to ramp up measures to reduce rates of domestic violence in the community. “I know that our hearts collectively break each and every time these stories are in the…