FOR the fourth time in as many months, the general meeting of Nambucca Valley Council was overrun with residents and visitors concerned about commercial, industrial-style blueberry farming in the valley. A noisy crowd attended last Thursday to hold Council to account and to request faster action on the issue and

NAMBUCCA Valley-based community cultural development agency, SmartArts, in collaboration with West Kempsey Hub, Community Housing Limited and the Kempsey Neighbourhood Centre Inc, recently provided free songwriting and music production workshops for young people of the district. The music mentoring program was generously funded by the NSW Government. Advertise with News of The

THE Nambucca Bowling Club, in collaboration with Woolworths Nambucca Heads, are bringing the community together for a night of music and dance intended to raise funds and awareness for WIRES Mid North Coast, a volunteer group dedicated to the rescue and rehabilitation of our native wildlife. Known as the Boot Scootin

LOCK the Nambucca Valley (LNV) has applied to the NSW Resources Regulator requesting the cancellation of a mining exploration licence. Exploration Licence 9235 pertains to an area of the Nambucca Valley including parts of Taylor’s Arm and South Arm and is held by Summit Minerals. Advertise with News of The Area

NAMBUCCA Valley Radio will kick off their unique Studio 3 Live Series for 2024 with an act that has something for everyone when they present ‘Them Too’ live and free at their Tewinga Studios on Friday 19 January. Them Too consists of River Williams, a relative newcomer to the local

THE Stuarts Point Markets, held on the final Sunday of 2023, were well attended will a succession of visitor braving the threat of rain, which thankfully held off till later in the afternoon, to enjoy the breakfast and lunch fare offered by a variety of food trucks, a wide array

THE Nambucca Valley Rotary Club has concluded an impactful year in 2023, marked by successful community initiatives and engaging social events. The culmination of the year’s volunteering was the Christmas raffle, which not only delighted the winners but also raised funds to support local youth, educational endeavours and sporting activities,

A SPATE of wildlife rescues have been reported in and around the Stuarts Point area in recent weeks. On Thursday 4 January, while four-wheel-driving on the beach accessed via Grassy Heads Holiday Park, Briana Jimenez discovered a turtle, later nicknamed ‘River’, in distress. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

ON the evening of Thursday 25 January the Bowraville Central School will be the venue for the official presentation of National Celebration Day Awards. You are invited to join the Mayor, the National Celebration Day Committee, Councillors, award recipients and official guests at the ceremony. Advertise with News of The Area

JAGUNDA is the new single released by Gumbaynggirr band Jumbaal Dreamin’. It is a song about getting back to culture, written from the perspective of a man stuck living behind four walls who wishes he was on his Country and back in the ‘dreaming’, learning from the elders by the campfire