SYLVIA Anderson, now a resident of Nambucca Heads, launched her book ‘Where Angels Fear to Tread’ to locals on August 15 at the Nambucca RSL Club. The local launch event was conducted by well-known and respected local author Carrolline Rhodes…
MACKSVILLE business owner Tamara Castle/McWilliam will run as an independent council candidate in the September 14 local government election. Tamara’s connection to the Nambucca Valley goes back for generations. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s worth it for…
IMAGINE if no aged care services existed in the Nambucca Valley and to access support you had to move or relocate loved ones. That was the reality for the district 50 years ago until a small group of passionate locals…
BORN in Bowraville on 9 August 1924, John ‘Jack’ Young celebrated his 100th birthday in Nambucca Heads last week surrounded by family. Jack attended school at Macksville and Yarranbella before leaving his formal education to assist his father on the…
OVER 100 ball-goers gathered on Saturday night 3 August at the Nambucca RSL Club to celebrate the inclusive community associated with Nambucca Valley Phoenix support services. The venue for the Phoenix Winter Ball was spectacular, lit-up with a disco ball…
ON Sunday 18 August a Service of Commemoration will be held at the Stuarts Point Memorial to observe Vietnam Veterans’ Day. Each year on that day, the anniversary of the Battle of Long Tan that took place in 1966, we…
EARLY Sunday morning, 11 August, a team of Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation (SPaDCO) volunteers were in a frenzy preparing for the village’s annual ‘Funday’ event. This year’s free event had a circus theme, serving as an early celebration…
AUSTRALIA’S Ambassador to the Republic of Palau, Richelle Turner is currently in the Nambucca Valley visiting her family on a two-week holiday, hoping to promote her island home to fellow Australians. A new direct weekly flight from Brisbane to Palau…
MOTIVATED to make change, 24 young local people from Bowraville participated in an action-oriented leadership workshop run by OzGREEN’S Youth Leading the World team. They were inspired after being involved in water testing of the Nambucca River with OzGREEN and…
IN April this year News Of The Area reported that vandals and thieves had desecrated the Nambucca Heads War Memorial Cenotaph by tearing a large bronze rising sun badge off the wall. The rising sun is the symbol of the…