FOR many in our community, hard work in industries construction, forestry, power generation, road building and manufacturing has been a way of life. But for some, that work has come at a hidden cost. Diseases caused by asbestos and silica dust often take decades to appear. By the time symptoms develop, the connection to past […]
Nambucca Roosters Junior League returned to Coronation park on the weekend after a two year absence. Photo: supplied.
Nambucca Roosters Junior League returned to Coronation park on the weekend after a two year absence. Photo: supplied. Under 6 footy at its best as junior league returned to Coronation Park. Photo: supplied. Under 12 rugby league action. Photo: supplied. AFTER a two-year absence, junior rugby league has made a triumphant return to Coronation Park, […]
Amaia Wain in action for the Bellingen Bulldogs. Photo: AFL North Coast.
AMAIA Wain has been drafted into the best female Aussie Rules league in the country. The former Bellingen Bulldogs and Sawtell/Toormina Saints player was selected at pick number four by the Western Bulldogs in the inaugural AFLW pre-season draft. The 18-year-old was selected by the Bulldogs after a breakout season playing for the University of […]
The Urunga Raiders defeated the Woolgoolga 4-0 in the Women’s Premier League.
REIGNING Women’s Premier League champions Urunga celebrated Female Football Week in style, overpowering Woolgoolga Wildcats 4-0 on a chilly Friday night away from home. Kate Fry struck twice inside the opening half hour as the Raiders made the perfect start in Woolgoolga. The Wildcats refused to go quietly however, launching a series of attacking raids […]
With a slight delay and many umbrellas, the march was underway. Photo: Jen Hetherington.
With a slight delay and many umbrellas, the march was underway. Photo: Jen Hetherington. WITH menacing clouds looming, a large crowd assembled in Stuarts Point to witness the 2026 Anzac Day march, before gathering at the village’s cenotaph for a well-attended 11am memorial service. Stuarts Point RSL sub-Branch president Wayne Mason welcomed attendees to the […]
Budaabang Bari Dancers performing at the Buluunggal Festival. Photo: Jessica Miller.
Budaabang Bari Dancers performing at the Buluunggal Festival. Photo: Jessica Miller. Te Whānau Mānihera from Aotearoa performed a number of dances including a haka. Photo: Jessica Miller. Janie Smith, Nopera Pikari, Uncle Martin Ballangarry and Kiki Marama. Photo: Jessica Miller. Rhys Pavey operating Uncle Bud’s smoker. Photo: Jessica Miller. The Budaabang Bari Dancers. Photo: Jessica […]
The aftermath of the Gordonville cutting landslip site.
BELLINGEN Shire Council has released the findings of its Waterfall Way Business and Community Impact Survey, capturing the far-reaching effects of the nine-week road closure on residents, businesses and community organisations. The key link road connecting Bellingen to Dorrigo and beyond was closed after a landslip at Gordonville Cutting on January 19. The survey, which […]
Community members will see traffic controllers and a road work crew out repairing sections and resealing local roads across the Valley over the next few weeks. Photo: supplied.
A SIGNIFICANT program of road repairs and resurfacing is set to begin across the Nambucca Valley, with crews moving in to address potholes and ageing sealed road surfaces. Nambucca Valley Council will commence the works next week, focusing on improving road conditions across several towns in the local government area. “From next week, community members […]
One of the Mid North Coast businesses shuttered for 90 days. Photo: Sue Stephenson.
A NOTA reader recently noticed shops in Coffs Harbour that appeared to have a few groceries on their shelves and not much else. Customers would enter, they said, and the proprietor would go to the back of the shop and return with cartons of what appeared to be cigarettes. Cigarettes are a source of revenue […]
A STRONG call for greater infrastructure investment to unlock housing supply in regional areas was delivered by Nambucca Valley Council at a housing summit in Coffs Harbour. Council representatives attended the Business NSW Mid North Coast Housing Summit on 1 May, joining leaders from government, industry and local councils to examine housing challenges and the […]
