COFFS Harbour’s Dr Liz May has been honoured as one of 24 recipients of the 2023 NSW Rural Scholarship Program. Dr May works at Coffs Harbour Health Campus where she is training to become a specialist in obstetrics and gynaecology.…
THE Nambucca Valley ‘Women in Art’ exhibition launched at Macksville’s Matilda Street Gallery on Saturday 29 April. 35 artists feature in the exhibition and more than 70 people attending the opening event. Advertise with News of The Area today. It’s…
ON WEDNESDAY 26 April, the Stuarts Point and District Community Organisation (SPaDCO) held their second community meeting of 2023 at the Community Hall in Stuarts Point. First Aid trainer Wayne Cook was guest speaker on the night, explaining the access…
MORE seniors are gaining assistance at home through the Australian Government’s Commonwealth Home Support Programme and Home Care packages. NVC Group Home and Community Care Manager Jacqueline Wills said she has seen an increase in the demand for home services…
OVER the last couple of years Irish singer-songwriter Áine Tyrrell has been booked to appear at the Bowraville Theatre twice, however Mother Nature had other ideas. On the first occasion Aine was turned back to her Mullumbimby home as fire…
ON Saturday 6 May from 11am to 2.30pm, the second annual community festival led by Gumbaynggirr Custodian Uncle Bud Marshall will take place at the V-Wall, Nambucca Heads to celebrate the arrival of buluunggal (mullet) in the Nambucca River. “Everyone…
FOOTBALL was thriving across the North Coast region last weekend as thousands of footballers of all ages took to the field. Orara Valley Dingoes president Stan Russ was delighted with the carnival atmosphere at their home ground last Saturday. “It’s…
DEAR News Of The Area, REGARDING an article in the 21 April edition of Coffs Coast NOTA regarding memorial plaques at Bonville Headland. Reference is made to “just a handful” and “the dozen or so” memorial plaques. There are at…
DEAR News Of The Area, HOW many of the Knitting Nannas really understand how forests grow? Looking at a forest is a snapshot of the life cycle of that forest stand just as a snapshot of your family shows what…
THE front page story in last week’s Coffs Coast News Of The Area (NOTA), Friday 28 April, featured a photo of Allan Crouch, a 2023 ANZAC of the Year recipient, celebrating with Bob Breen OAM, President, Woolgoolga RSL sub-Branch, and…