SMALL businesses are doing it tough, and many local operators say a large percentage of their overall earnings are paid to companies offering point of sale (POS) software and services through credit card, Eftpos and other banking transaction charges. “In…
2024 HAS been a standout year so far for the Bowraville Central School Cattle Team, with numerous victories and accolades at various agricultural shows. “At the Kempsey Agricultural Show, Bowraville Central School team members Jaz, May, Sierra, Layne and Mikayla…
A MID NORTH COAST Zumba Gold charity event held at the Macksville Ex-Services Club has raised more than $1100 for the Melanoma Institute. Around 50 people attended the fundraiser event last Saturday afternoon which was the sixth organised by local…
WITH the findings of the Royal Commission into Defence and Veterans Suicides released recently, the well-being and mental health of the veteran community is very much in the spotlight. Camaraderie and connection are considered among the central tenets to well-being…
IN May this year News Of The Area reported that researcher and author Trevor Lynch, the man who produced the book on servicemen and women of the Nambucca district in the First World War, was beginning work on a Second…
ON Thursday, 10 November, NVC Group’s aged care homes – Autumn Lodge in Macksville, Riverside Gardens in Nambucca, and Cedar Place in Kempsey – celebrated Fiji Day. At Riverside Gardens Aged Care facility over 100 staff, residents and their families,…
A NSW parliamentary committee has commenced an inquiry into modern slavery risks faced by temporary migrant workers in rural and regional New South Wales. Focussing on the lived experience of workers, the inquiry will cast a spotlight on the working…
NAMBUCCA Valley’s lively Fijian expat community celebrated the island nation’s 54th anniversary of independence on Saturday, 10 October, hosting a public event at the Nambucca Heads Community Hall to mark the occasion. The day was free and included a short…
AN art competition at Argents Hill last Saturday demonstrated the level of creative talent in the Nambucca Valley, with more than 180 entries received for the one-day event. People flocked to the Argents Hill Community Hall, 20 minutes inland from…
TWO teens have been charged following alleged break and enters in the Nambucca Valley. About 5.20am on Saturday, 12 October officers attached to Mid North Coast Police District were responding to reports of a break and enter at a property…