FORTY-TWO students took on local Police and Fire and Rescue staff in a series of four-player round-robin chess tournaments last Friday at St Mary’s Primary School, Bowraville. Students also had a chance to meet one of Australia’s top-ranked chess players, Grandmaster Zong Yuan Zhao, and take part in a simul (simultaneous

THE Nambucca Valley branch of the NSW State Emergency Service (SES) and residents of Kings Point are planning to conduct a flood evacuation exercise to prepare the community for future floods. The exercise will start at 8:30am on Saturday 7 December 2024 with a fake severe weather scenario leading to a

MACKSVILLE Medical Centre’s Practice Manager Casey Shorter has been named the Rising Star in Rural/Remote Health at the National Rural and Remote Health Awards. The awards were presented at the National Press Club in Canberra last Wednesday night. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message

NAMBUCCA Valley Phoenix continues to provide cutting edge programming and stimulating creative spaces for people living with disabilities or experiencing disadvantage in the region. Housed in a lovingly restored heritage bank building in Bowraville, the space incorporates an art gallery, coffee shop and three studio spaces designed in mudbrick yurts that

THOSE ‘Artists in Action’ from the Phoenix School of Arts in Bowraville are busily preparing works to go on display and up for auction at the ‘Colour Matters’ exhibition running from 14-30 November. The exhibition runs as part of the Phoenix Gallery Exhibition and Art Auction, being held for the 18th

MACKSVILLE students have collaborated to produce a chalk masterpiece in commemoration of Remembrance Day. RSL NSW launched a primary school engagement activity known as ‘Draw to Remember’ in 2023. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email

IT’S a labour of love to present a very scary and fun Halloween to Nambucca Valley kids for Teagan and Rhys Strickland of Sturdee Street, Macksville. This is the third year that the two have pulled out all the stops to bring an ‘over-the-top’ Halloween event to their home in a

AROUND twilight on Thursday 31 October the friendly ghosts and ghouls of the Stuarts Point district were more than ready for a ‘spooktacular’ evening, and nobody was disappointed with the wide array of tricks, treats and theatrical antics. Briana Rae Earle is the annual organiser of local Halloween fun. Advertise with

THE peace and quiet for beach goers at Nambucca Heads’ V-Wall was shattered when a car crashed into rocks at around 8.30am Monday morning. “I was in the water (at the V Wall) and there was a noise like an explosion,” witness Robert Bond told NOTA. Advertise with News of The Area

A NUMBER of plants have been stolen from the floral display around the Stuarts Point Cenotaph ahead of Remembrance Day commemorations. The cenotaph, centrally located opposite the Community Hall, had earlier this year undergone a much-anticipated refurbishment thanks to the efforts of enthusiastic volunteers, donations from Bunnings and Kempsey Shire