VALLA Beach Natural Soaps founder Carol Whitmore is amongst the finalists in the Australian Rural Business Awards 2023. The Awards are presented by Spend With Us to celebrate, highlight, and recognise the talent that exists in rural and regional Australia.…
REHEARSALS for the melodrama, Villain in the Valley, by local theatre group Valley Performers have been a hoot, and work is progressing well. The thespians are polishing up their theatre/dinner show which goes on at Macksville Ex.Services Club in mid-July.…
THE philosophy of Probus is to foster the true spirit of friendship, fellowship and fun for retired and semi-retired men and women around the world and Nambucca River Combined Probus Club upheld these aims with a recent outing to the…
THE Country Women’s Association (CWA) has taken a significant step forward inclusivity and accessibility with the newly established Nambucca Valley Evening Branch. Traditionally, CWA branches across the nation conduct their meetings during the day, making it challenging for women with…
MACKSVILLE wouldn’t be Macksville without the Mackay and McKay families who settled in the area and renamed the town back in the late 1880s. It speaks to the history of these families, whose living relatives and descendants are researching their…
NAMBUCCA Heads High School is thrilled to announce that year 11 visual arts student Zephyr Colman has been selected as a finalist in the 2023 University of New England School Acquisitive Art Prize. Advertise with News of The Area today.…
AMONG the millions of cleaners around the world celebrated for their work on International Cleaners Day (15 June) is Darryl Graham, Health and Security Assistant (HAS) at Macksville District Hospital for almost 46 years. Darryl started working at the old…
NV COLLEGE student Amy Jarrett has been announced as the regional winner of the 2023 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Island Student of the Year award. The crowd’s delight was obvious when Amy Jarrett won the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander…
UNFORTUNATELY, the Motorcycle Show ‘N’ Shine that was to take place at the Nambucca Bowls Club on Sunday, 4 June 2023 had to be canceled due to bad weather. News Of The Area has been advised that the event has…
ARTS Mid North Coast and the Creative Youth Council (CYC) are excited to announce that the ‘Ready, Set, Go Youth Music Program’ is happening again. This program aims to provide young musicians and others interested in a career in the…