STUARTS Point’s Briana Ray Earle has been named Kempsey Shire’s Young Citizen of the Year. At a well-attended Australia Day ceremony at Kempsey’s Slim Dusty Centre, Briana was uncharacteristically lost for words when she was called to the stage to…
DETECTIVES have released CCTV images as part of an appeal for public information into a home invasion at Stuarts Point last year. About 12.25am on Thursday 28 September 2023, police were called to a home on Seventeenth Avenue, Stuarts Point,…
THE NSW Farmers Association has reminded its members to be mindful of spray drift to neighbouring properties at a time when many Nambucca Valley residents have expressed concerns on the issue, particularly in terms of the blueberry industry. Spray drift…
THE Nambucca Valley honoured a host of valued citizens on the evening of Thursday 25 January when the National Celebration Day Awards were held at Bowraville Central School. A moving citizenship ceremony was also conducted, during which the district’s newest…
THE late Mr John Edward Glennon has been posthumously honoured with the Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) in the General Division for his exceptional service to veterans, their families and the community. His leadership at the Bowraville RSL…
IN A celebration of community spirit and national pride, the Nambucca Heads RSL Club treated locals and visitors alike to a sizzling Australia Day experience at Gordon Park, Nambucca Heads that was about as Aussie as they come. The team…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council will spend $24,900 on a community satisfaction survey to be conducted by Sydney-based Taverner Research Group (TRG) in the first half of 2024. A draft of this survey was presented to Council members at the general meeting…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council has received a Stronger Country Communities Fund grant for $474,060 to replace the toilet block at River Street, Macksville. Additional works to the road and electrical configurations will require an estimated $300,000 to be budgeted from the…
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…
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…