THE Nambucca Valley has elected a new council and a new mayor. Gary Lee of Utungun was elected to the position of Mayor after securing 37 percent of first preference votes. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone us - (02) 4981

MACKSVILLE Post Office is not equipped to deal with the growth the town has experienced in recent years, according to outgoing Nambucca Valley Mayor Rhonda Hoban. In particular, storage of parcels presents a large and visible problem with the office having to install a container behind the building to accommodate changes

THE Nambucca Senior Citizens Centre has recently been listed for sale with a local real estate agency. Home to the Nambucca Senior Citizens Club, the building is the club’s only asset, according to spokesperson Gary Nichols. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone

NAMBUCCA Valley couple Janine and Peter Reibel have travelled to the United Kingdom this week with the objective of keeping alive the memory of a man who served in the Australian Army during World War Two. Gerald Lloyd was born in England in April 1909 and adopted out as a baby. Advertise

STUARTS Point and District Garden Club (SPaDGC) members have had a busy and productive few months. The group’s second Annual General Meeting was held on 21 August 2024, at which several new members were welcomed. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business. Message us. Phone

ONE in ten men in NSW have had run-ins with police for domestic and family violence matters. The finding was revealed in a report from the Australian Institute of Criminology, which used data from NSW Police and birth data to determine the prevalence of gendered violence across the state. Advertise with News

NAMBUCCA Valley Radio (2NVR), the district's volunteer-run community radio station, is once again making waves on the national stage, with two of its programs named as finalists in the prestigious Community Broadcasting Association of Australia (CBAA) Awards. After winning the Troy Garner Award for Best Program: Sports last year, the

MOTIVATED to make change, 24 young local people from Bowraville participated in an action-oriented leadership workshop run by OzGREEN’S Youth Leading the World team. They were inspired after being involved in water testing of the Nambucca River with OzGREEN and Nambucca Riverwatch, where a group of 60 conducted water testing and

PETER Geddes has penned a memoir that captures the heartbreaking period in Melbourne during the Second World War. Now retired and living in Coffs Harbour, Geddes had been in the media since 1956, writing for provincial, suburban and metropolitan newspapers in Australia, the United Kingdom and Canada. Advertise with News of The