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,…
DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS at some speeches from mayoral candidates last week and really enjoyed hearing how crap governments are, because they peeve me also. But there’s no salvation in unkeepable promises, fear mongering, and money makes…
HOCKEY Coffs Coast President Dean Herbert is calling on all levels of government to assist in saving the Stadium Drive synthetic hockey field after it was closed last month due to safety concerns over an unstable playing surface. The closure…
COFFS Harbour Suns Under 12 Girls have ended their regional representative season with a title. They won Division 1 of the Basketball NSW Spalding Waratah North Eastern Junior League finals held in Port Macquarie on 27-28 July. The Suns qualified…
COFFS Harbour Snappers have had a confidence boost heading into this season’s finals series, beating minor premiers Hastings Valley Vikings 42-31 in the final round of the Mid North Coast Rugby Union Northern Division season. The Snappers started strongly at…
IN a high-stakes showdown in the Women’s North Coast Premier League, the Woolgoolga Wildcats and Orara Valley Dingoes fought tooth and nail to a riveting 3-3 draw. It keeps the race for a finals berth alive as the regular season…
PREPARATIONS are in full swing for Sawtell Rotary’s annual Trivia Night, an event that serves as a key fundraiser for the club’s Youth and Literacy Program. “We’re out and about talking to potential sponsors and donors for our raffle and…