AN intergenerational music-making program running in Toormina is generating a heartwarming outcome for oldies and youngsters alike. Toormina’s The Link venue has joined forces with Stephanie Sims from Uko Ono to bring together seniors from Marian Grove and young people…
CAUTION should be taken when entering the Boambee Creek Estuary area, according to Southern Cross University’s Professor Kirsten Benkendorff. “In particular, stay out of the dead mangrove areas where you can see pools of black mud,” she told News Of…
DEAR News Of The Area, THERE is no doubt that we are all very well aware that we are living through a housing crisis. And if we accept that we are ‘all’ aware, then this includes all of us from…
STREET Libraries Australia are thrilled to be coordinating ‘National Shared Reading Week’ which takes place between Monday November 27 and Sunday December 3, with a local event set to take place in Fishermans Reach. Shared reading is simply reading with…
MARY Ball from the Nambucca Valley Red Cross Emergency Services Team has recently been awarded the prestigious Distinguished Services Medal by the Red Cross. Mary, who received the award in recognition of her role as Team Leader, was one of…
KEMPSEY Shire Council (KSC) will submit an application to the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) to increase property rates by a cumulative 42.7 percent over three years to ‘address financial sustainability and a forecast $79 million deficit over the…
TWO of the Nambucca Valley’s most respected musicians, Julie Kovendy and Dee Bee Bishop, will reunite on Sunday 3 December at the Eungai Creek Soldiers Memorial Hall and deliver an unmissable afternoon concert, all in the name of community. Julie…
NAMBUCCA Valley Council has resolved to support a proposal put forward by the NSW Department of Planning and Environment – Heritage NSW to declare the Bellwood Sacred Site in Nambucca Heads an Aboriginal place under the National Parks and Wildlife…
BLUEBERRIES were again on the Nambucca Valley Council meeting agenda last week, with Councillors resolving to examine ways to limit community conflicts and answer growing community concerns on the issue. During public access, councillors and staff heard several members of…
AQUATIC awesomeness was witnessed when six members of the Myall Masters Swim Club competed at the Port Macquarie Swim Meet on Saturday, 18 November. Members Leon Bobako, Christine Sefton and Sharon Taylor performed outstandingly, winning all four of their individual…