MERRIE Hunt, the President of the Macksville Branch of the Country Women's Association (CWA), has been making her fine Christmas puddings for sale for several years. A runaway success, this year she took it up a notch with the help of fellow CWA members and the Macksville Ex-Services Club.

VALLA Expressions annual creative arts exhibition opens on Saturday 6 January at Valla Beach Hall, running until Sunday 14 January. “Everybody is welcome,” exhibiting artist Julie Collins told News Of The Area. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02)

THE Nambucca Valley’s ShoreTrack is one of the grassroots groups across NSW set to share in more than $400,000 worth of new funding thanks to Community Road Safety Grants delivered by the State Government. Supported through the Community Road Safety Grants program, nineteen groups will each receive up to $30,000

THE NAMBUCCA Macksville Evening VIEW Club had a very busy and successful December raising funds for their seven Learning for Life Students. Their December ‘Off with the Faeries’ meeting was a fabulous, fun filled way to end the year, enjoyed by 20 guests as well as members from Nambucca River VIEW

HERE’S a roundup of upcoming local events in the Stuarts Point and Scotts Head district. As was so well enjoyed at the Stuarts Point Foreshore Reserve last year, the Holiday Markets will be on again on two Sunday mornings from 8am till 2pm. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's

I ONLY joined the News Of the Area team three months ago but what an education in my local community I have received since joining the NOTA team! I almost feel I should be paying them – I said “ALMOST!” Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for

GENEROUS locals have been dropping items into the Nambucca Plaza Pharmacy to be distributed as Christmas gifts for those who may be doing it tough over the holiday period. What initially appeared to be a gesture of kindness by the customers and staff of the pharmacy was actually a part of

ONCE again, blueberry farming was thrust into the public spotlight when three speakers used the public forum of the fortnightly Nambucca Valley Council meeting to address councillors on the issue. A large crowd of supporters including local regenerative farmer and documentarian Rachel Ward were present in the viewing gallery. Advertise with News

“IF you are without the support of your community, you will not last,” was the message prominent environmental lawyer and NSW Greens MP Sue Higginson delivered to front-row seated local blueberry growers in Macksville last Monday night. “Regenerative farming producers hold the key to longevity,” she said. Advertise with News of The

SEASONAL magic was in the air on Friday December 1, as the annual Unkya Reserve (Eungai Creek) Christmas Carols evening was held under a sublime twilight sky. As well as performances by the Nambucca Valley Band, Eungai Public School and Stuarts Point School, children (and a few adults) were happy