AFTER many years of hard work by a dedicated few and the goodwill of a wonderful community, the Nambucca Heads Mens Shed was officially reopened last weekend on its new site at 2 Railway Street, Nambucca Heads, the former site of the Volunteer Rescue Association. The day also marked the

THE Nambucca Heads Lions Club hosted its board changeover dinner at the Nambucca Heads RSL Club on the evening of 27 June 2023. President of the Nambucca Heads Lions Club, Grahame Beatton, and members were delighted to be able to welcome the Nambucca Valley Mayor, Rhonda Hoban OAM, to the

MARLENE Griffin has posthumously been awarded a NSW Humanitarian Award and will be honoured before NSW Governor Margaret Beazley AC on Wednesday. Many people in the area will remember Marlene for her tireless commitment to supporting and contributing to the enhancement of our local community. Advertise with News of The Area

AN art exhibition ‘For Our Elders’ opened at Phoenix Gallery last Saturday 1 July. For Our Elders has been curated from work by pupils of Bowraville Central, Tallowood Steiner School and St Mary’s Primary School. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981

FOR mankind the second half of the 1960s was a rollercoaster of wonderful highs and tragic lows. We saw The Beatles at their peak, Woodstock, and a man on the moon but we also saw the murder of Martin Luther King, the death of yet another Kennedy and the long

MONDAY afternoons at the Stuarts Point tennis courts have become a meeting place for what’s become colloquially known as ‘Geriatric Tennis’, though age restrictions do not apply. In January 2023, Kevin Anderson, the then minister for Lands and Water, Hospitality and Racing, visited the location to announce the provision of

CLIVE Thew Memorial Garden at Macksville Hospital is a wonderful community project coming to life thanks to the efforts of numerous Nambucca Valley locals. From Nambucca High School students, to Shoretrack, to Nambucca Valley Rotary to Macksville Hospital staff in particular Dr Danny Ryan, many have donned their gardening gloves, got

SCOTTS Head Community Gardens were abuzz with activity just days before winter solstice. The well-established gardens border the Buz Brazel Park playing fields, and on Saturday 17 June the whole area was alive with activity. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone

STREET libraries have become quite a fixture in lots of community locations as a simple outlet for sharing, and the hamlet of Fishermans Reach, just south of Stuarts Point on the Mid-North Coast of NSW, is one of the newest locations for sharing books. The library aims to stock books