FEATURE length documentary ‘Bellingen – The Promised Land’ was independently screened at Stuarts Point Community Hall on the evening of 12 January 2024. Based on a well-crafted mix of old home movie footage and still shots from the 70s, and…
THE state’s agriculture industry is on high alert after a Red Imported Fire Ant nest was detected at Wardell, south of Ballina, on Friday 19 January. Incident response teams from the National Fire Ant Eradication Program and NSW Department of…
‘IF I’d known then what I know now’ is a driving mantra behind the new work of Coffs Harbour’s Andrew Simons in the mental health space. “I am on a mission to change the way members of the Coffs Harbour…
FOR the fourth time in as many months, the general meeting of Nambucca Valley Council was overrun with residents and visitors concerned about commercial, industrial-style blueberry farming in the valley. A noisy crowd attended last Thursday to hold Council to…
NAMBUCCA Valley-based community cultural development agency, SmartArts, in collaboration with West Kempsey Hub, Community Housing Limited and the Kempsey Neighbourhood Centre Inc, recently provided free songwriting and music production workshops for young people of the district. The music mentoring program…
FOR the second year in a row a number of local lads of varying shapes and sizes have got their gear off to appear in a sometimes humorous and generally tasteful calendar to raise funds in support of people dealing…
THE Nambucca Bowling Club, in collaboration with Woolworths Nambucca Heads, are bringing the community together for a night of music and dance intended to raise funds and awareness for WIRES Mid North Coast, a volunteer group dedicated to the rescue…
CONSTRUCTION of Marine Rescue Trial Bay’s new replacement vessel, Trail Bay 30, is progressing well after fabrication commenced at Yamba Welding and Engineering in the NSW Northern Rivers last November. The Trial Bay unit works to keep boaters safe on…
TIMBER industry supporters on the North Coast had reason to smile last week after a Federal Court judge dismissed a legal challenge to the North East NSW Regional Forest Agreement (RFA) that allows logging in north-eastern NSW native forests. The…
SHOPPERS are continuing to feel the pinch at the supermarket checkout amid the worsening cost-of-living crisis, with new data from Compare the Market showing that the price of common groceries has jumped more than 40 percent since 2021. Some of…