THE State Government is facing a backlash from local councils due to the lack of action on the transfer of the old Pacific Highway. “It has taken longer to sort this issue out than it did to build the new highway!” said Nambucca Valley Mayor Rhonda Hoban OAM, referring

ON Wednesday 15 February, local oyster farmers descended onto the foreshore of the Nambucca River for the mass industry-led clean-up event ‘Tide to Tip’. This is the fourth year of the event, which is organised by OceanWatch Australia, that sees oyster growers lead marine debris clean-ups in estuaries across the

ON Sunday 12 February, residents at Valla Beach forsook their regular mid-morning activities to attend a training session for the area’s Community Defib Project, followed by an official launch of the program. By 10am the Community Hall, located at the rear of the Preschool site, was overflowing with folk eager

TO many Australians, 14 February is only notable for being Valentine's Day but to a group of Aussies who go by the title ‘Nashos’ the day has a very different significance. The day, 14 February, is officially known as National Servicemen’s Day and the Nambucca Valley will mark the occasion with

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