KEMPSEY Shire Mayor Leo Hauville and Council representatives joined a 40-strong crowd in Stuarts Point last week to discuss three key areas of local concern – sewage, drainage and the Special Rate Variation (SRV). Residents in attendance at the Stuarts…
THE Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation (SPaDCO) welcomed Lorraine Gordon from Southern Cross University at their 25 October meeting in her role as Director of the Regenerative Agriculture Alliance and the Institute of Ecological Agriculture. Her address shared her…
FIRST there’s the ‘trompe l’oeil’ medieval entrance with its imposing ‘stone walls’, and then comes the studio proper, filled with light and printing presses, canvases, sculptures, drawings, and all manner of artworks in progress. This is an artist never short…
THE Mid North Coast’s own community transport service, The Community Transport Company, has won the Community Transport Service of the Year Award for 2023 at the recent annual industry conference held in Port Macquarie. The Community Transport Company was recognised…
THE Macksville Medical Centre is now partnering in a program to encourage nursing students to take clinical placements in regional areas. The Nurse Student Rural Placement (NSRP) program is a collaboration between the Australian Practice Nurse Association and the Rural…
THE Nambucca Youthie Cafe opened its van and its heart to the community last Friday evening, 20 October, to kick-off a special program that promised a hearty meal for everyone who came along. Officially labelled the ‘Friday Feed’, this initiative…
THE NVC Group are establishing a Consumer Advisory Committee and inviting aged care home residents, and residents’ chosen representatives, to be involved. NVC Group Executive Care Manager Moriah Resurreccion said she had high hopes for the new group and believed…
UNIQUE and top line performances continue to be presented at the Bowraville Theatre, with the unique sounds of the Novatones Harmony Chorus set to fill the iconic venue on Saturday 11 November. The Novatones Harmony Chorus is a group of…
LAST week was Anti-Poverty Week (15-21 October), with a focus this year on ending child poverty in Australia. This year has been particularly difficult for all Australians due to the cost-of-living crisis, but has been even harder for those already…
WITH water deliveries taking weeks to be filled, when Eungai Preschool realised they were out of water last week, staff feared the facility would have to close. “It’s very hard to cart enough water to flush toilets and wash hands…