THE Nambucca Valley boasts the nation’s most detailed published record cataloguing aspects of those from the area who served in the armed forces during the First World War. ‘Nambucca ANZACs’ is the result of twelve years of detailed research and…
THE results of the 2024 NSW Street Count are in, with 20 people counted rough sleeping on the streets of the Nambucca Valley on the night of 22 February. In 2020, during the inaugural Street Count, zero people were counted…
YOUTH talent is alive and thriving in the Nambucca Valley as two recent youth-driven music events attest. Two separate groups of young people from Nambucca Heads High School and the Ready Set Go youth music program based in Macksville, with…
SUNDAY 11 May dawned with a glowing promise of sunshine for Mother’s Day after many days of deluges throughout the region, with many extended families availing themselves of the brunch, lunch and dinner menus in and around Stuarts Point. The…
THE number of people ‘sleeping rough’ is on the rise in Coffs Harbour, according to 2024 NSW Street Count figures. The 2024 Street Count identified 147 people sleeping rough in the Coffs Harbour local government area (LGA) on the night…
KEMPSEY Shire Council has been given permission to raise rates by 24 percent over the next two years by the NSW Government’s independent pricing regulator. The Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) has announced a partial approval of Council’s application…
THE results are in for the 2024 Nambucca Valley Council-commissioned ‘Community Satisfaction Survey’, based on the responses of 400 residents by telephone in February 2024. Topping the list of items that respondents believed should be a priority for Council were…
NAMBUCCA Heads senior Barbara Lake, 94, was viciously attacked by two dogs in the driveway of her home last month. Her injuries were so severe Mrs Lake is still in hospital in Coffs Harbour and has undergone multiple surgeries to…
DEAR News Of The Area, I READ with interest the story, ‘Dream Gumma Property turns to nightmare after neighbour disputes’, in the Nambucca Valley News Of The Area on Friday 10 May 2024. It would appear from the facts of…
DEAR News Of The Area, AS a scientist, as an Australian and as a resident of the Mid North Coast near the proposed Great Australian Koala Park, the behaviour by the NSW Premier in allowing ongoing clearing in the proposed…