FAMILY fun is the order of the evening for a big fundraiser organised by Nambucca Heads RSL Club for Saturday 8 July at 6pm, to support the community’s defibrillator campaign. Inspired by the Valla Beach community’s achievements in raising money to place a number of defibrillators around their local area,

KARLA Dickens, the subject in artist Blak Douglas’ Archibald 2022 winning portrait, Moby Dickens, paid a participative visit to Bowraville Central School on Thursday 22 and Friday 23 June. Karla shared her personal story with the students and teachers. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business.

AN exhibition of artwork, mixed media, and cultural performance called ‘The Voice’ will open at The Bowraville Pioneer Community Centre on Sunday July 2, at 2 pm. The exhibition features artwork from Uncle Martin Ballangarry OAM, work from his sons, as well as work from artists Claude Tessier and Margrit

QUIET Hour will become a permanent offering at Nambucca Heads’ Service NSW Centre. Having been introduced in March 2023, the trial period proved popular with centre users. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981 8882. Email us - media@newsofthearea.com.au The

VALLA Beach Natural Soaps founder Carol Whitmore is amongst the finalists in the Australian Rural Business Awards 2023. The Awards are presented by Spend With Us to celebrate, highlight, and recognise the talent that exists in rural and regional Australia. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your

REHEARSALS for the melodrama, Villain in the Valley, by local theatre group Valley Performers have been a hoot, and work is progressing well. The thespians are polishing up their theatre/dinner show which goes on at Macksville Ex.Services Club in mid-July. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your

THE philosophy of Probus is to foster the true spirit of friendship, fellowship and fun for retired and semi-retired men and women around the world and Nambucca River Combined Probus Club upheld these aims with a recent outing to the Buffalo Farm in Eungai. The Nambucca Valley’s retired population is well

THE Country Women's Association (CWA) has taken a significant step forward inclusivity and accessibility with the newly established Nambucca Valley Evening Branch. Traditionally, CWA branches across the nation conduct their meetings during the day, making it challenging for women with daytime commitments to actively engage with other like-minded women. Advertise

MACKSVILLE wouldn’t be Macksville without the Mackay and McKay families who settled in the area and renamed the town back in the late 1880s. It speaks to the history of these families, whose living relatives and descendants are researching their archives to build upon the story as they work towards their

AMONG the millions of cleaners around the world celebrated for their work on International Cleaners Day (15 June) is Darryl Graham, Health and Security Assistant (HAS) at Macksville District Hospital for almost 46 years. Darryl started working at the old Macksville hospital back in 1978 as a nineteen-year-old casual. Advertise with News