A SMALL group of friends and horse-lovers met at South Arm Hall on Friday morning to trail ride from there to Taylors Arm, where they planned to camp the night. Around ten riders took the trek along South Arm Road, through a farmer’s property up to Kosekai Road and out to

TWO parties in Kookaburra Lane have been given the green light by councillors to apply to amend the Nambucca Local Environmental Plan 2010 (LEP) to allow their property to be subdivided although the two lots to be created would be less than 40 hectares. Ron and Dale Hawkins and Edward

WITH issues such as juvenile crime and youth mental health rising to prominence in the national agenda, one would imagine that programs and organisations aimed at supporting young people navigate their way into adulthood would be a priority for the community and all levels of government. Not the case at all

ANAMA Tesser used the public forum at last week’s Nambucca Valley Council meeting in South Arm to call out the poor state of roads in the Nambucca Valley and to highlight the rough condition of the unsealed section of South Arm Road. She asked the Council to urgently consider the state

THE excitement was palpable at South Arm Hall on Thursday 11 July, where volunteers were cleaning and cooking for the evening’s Council meeting from 1.30pm until well after the meeting concluded. It is traditional for Council to hold some of its fortnightly meetings in local community halls, but the last time

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