OVER the past year, community angst regarding blueberry farming developments in the Nambucca Valley has seen large crowds assembling at council and other meetings, with the focus on several recently established intensive farms. In November 2023, Nambucca Valley Council first…
WHEN 89-year-old Dorothy Bunyan awakens each morning she takes a moment to remember where she is. She looks out the small window of her Faringdon Village home to where two large fire-fighting tanks were installed just weeks ago, altering the…
CUPS of tea and raffle ticket sales over the past financial year have added up to over $100,000 raised by the BowraMacksville United Hospital Auxiliary (UHA), for the purposes of buying hospital equipment. Over the last year Macksville District Hospital…
A VISIT to Bowra Street will never be the same. Last week, one of Nambucca Heads’ most-loved volunteers, Irene Mayon, retired from her role at the iconic Marion’s Red Cross Tea House. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
A REPORT on matters concerning the small beach on the river side of the Nambucca Heads V Wall and its access was presented to Council at the 25 July General Meeting. Nambucca Valley Council’s Manager of Infrastructure Services, Matthew Leibrandt,…
PETE Rundle called for “common sense” to be applied to the T-intersection at the corner of Giinagay Way and Link Road in his presentation at Nambucca Valley Council’s general meeting last Thursday. According to Mr Rundle, since the Pacific Highway…
NAMBUCCA Valley councillors voted to endorse the preparation of a new Master Plan for the Crown Reserve and surrounding community lands in Scotts Head at Council’s General Meeting last Thursday. “There is significant opportunity for Council and Reflections Holiday Parks…
ROS O’Keeffe and Kel Sussems returned from a long planned and Covid-delayed three-week holiday in Bali on 10 July with broad smiles. What may have seemed a simple tropical holiday was in fact a well-kept secret elopement. Advertise with News…
DURING a fitting culmination to their 75th anniversary celebrations the Nambucca Bowls Club has dedicated one of its greens to long-time member and local lawn bowls stalwart John Hunt. The dedication ceremony, held on August 4, celebrated Hunt’s significant contributions…
NAMBUCCA writer John Merkel has taken top honours in The Hope Prize with a story titled ‘Shadows Cast by the Moon’. Billed as a “global short story prize like no other”, The Hope Prize calls for submissions on the themes…