PREPARE to be transported back to a time of musical revolution and cultural significance as the Bowraville Theatre Singers, in collaboration with the esteemed John Vallins, bring the essence of the 1960s to life on stage. A few weeks ago…
WHEN Valla-based futures academic Claire Marshall created her ‘Museum of Futures: Our Shared Futures’ exhibition, currently on show at NSW Parliament House in Sydney, she did not expect the exhibition to make national newspaper headlines through an MP helping himself…
THE Macksville Hospital Maternity department is hoping to welcome two pieces of much-needed equipment with the help of the Humpty Dumpty Foundation. Through its ‘End of Financial Year’ campaign, the Humpty Dumpty Foundation has two Symphony breast pumps with cases…
SALLY Hook is a local artist with over forty years’ experience in ceramics, sculpture, and painting. She has exhibited in galleries up and down the East Coast but never in her hometown. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
UNDER threatening skies on Tuesday 13 June, at the Stuarts Point ‘All Saints’ Anglican Church, a strong group of locals gathered as volunteers from the North Coast Food Bank set up a varied display of pantry products, all for sale…
IN a daring and cheeky move last year, Ashleigh Greaves and Matt Baker, who lead the charge in a movement known as ‘Mentally Healthy NV’ turned heads and raised eyebrows with their release of a unique semi-nude, tasteful and humorous…
THOUGH it was a wet and windy day on Sunday 4 June 2023, the team spirits of the participating Scotts Head Garage Sale Trail households were not dampened, nor the punters seeking thrifty deals on all manner of goods, from…
SALVOS Kids In The Kitchen, a hands-on cooking program run by The Salvation Army, is now up and running at the Bowraville Youth Hub. Twelve kids across years 3 to 6 began the five-week course on Monday 29 May and…
VILLAINY in The Valley, a new show by the Valley Performers, is set in the year of 1885 in Macksville, Kansas, a US city in Stafford County. The historic Western-style melodrama is in rehearsals and comes to the stage in…
A NEW partnership was forged between Uniting NSW, ACT and three Local Aboriginal Land Councils (LALC) on Tuesday 30 May. This partnership will see a significant boost in the support already provided for children and families in the Nambucca Valley…