A TOTAL of $648,000 has been announced for the Nambucca Valley Phoenix across two major projects. The community operated not-for-profit will receive $347,000 through the NSW Government’s Stronger Country Communities Fund for an accessible carpark and entry to the Phoenix School of Arts in Bowraville. Advertise with News of The

NAMBUCCA Valley gave a helpful welcome to world traveller Michael Kozok from Poland who is making his way unmotorised from Steep Point in WA to Cape York in QLD, in celebration of gaining his Australian citizenship. Leaving Stuarts Point on Thursday morning 19 January, Michael was planning to walk along the

ON Saturday morning of 14 January, locally renowned Indigenous artist and educator, Elaine Carmady, along with her family, friends and interested visitors, welcomed everyone for a traditional ceremony celebrating the information signage recently installed at the park foreshore at Stuarts Point. As the primary instigator and creative designer, Elaine invited

THANKS to a reprieve in the intermittent rainy weather blessing Stuarts Point, the well planned and executed inaugural Stuarts Point Holiday Market went ahead on Sunday 8 January, with loads of stalls offering a large variety of wares, and plenty of visitors wandering around making purchases and chatting during the

EXTRAORDINARY stories have come to light as the community shares its recollections of times past with artists from Nyami Gawbarrigam, a Bowraville-based women’s group, who have been researching local history for a mural they were painting on the wall of the Bowraville HealthOne facility. The mural is now completed on the

LITTLE Star Bee Sanctuary in Missabotti is playing a leading role in ensuring the Mid North Coast is home to a thriving population of Australian native bees, an endeavour set to become more important than ever if varroa mite, a parasite that is deadly to European honey bees, becomes established

MORE than 1500 people hit the streets to enjoy the festive atmosphere of the Nambucca Christmas Street Festival on Thursday 15 December. Nambucca Heads Lions Club President Grahame Beatton told News Of The Area, “Nambucca Christmas Street Festival was a very enjoyable evening with many young families in attendance enjoying

ON Tuesday morning, 13 December, an enthusiastic group converged at Stuarts Point Community Hall for a ‘Free Seniors/Elders Storytelling Workshop’. With inspiring themes of history, myth, wisdom, fantasy, adventure and life story (memoir), facilitator Denni Scott Davids led participants through sharing exercises evoking creative motivation. Advertise with News of The Area today.

STUARTS Point and district residents have been invited to attend a community consultation event at 6pm on 7 December 2022 at the Stuarts Point Community Hall. “Allum Property Group is undertaking studies to support the residential development of land at Stuarts Point,” stated the invite delivered to letterboxes in the district.