Dr Muhammad Azam. Photo: Jen Hetherington. Community members learn about the outreach clinic at Stuarts Point Hall. Photo: Jen Hetherington. AFTER many years of lobbying, a new medical outreach clinic has launched in Stuarts Point. Run by Macksville Medical Centre, “Point Care” will be open every Tuesday from 9am to 12pm at the Stuarts Point […]
Mid North Coast Adult Volunteer of the Year Tania Hrbacek was represented at the 2025 award ceremony by Ulong Public School Principal Surinder Kaler (centre). Cowper MP Pat Conaghan and Port Macquarie MP Robert Dwyer presented the award.
Nominations open for the 2026 Mid North Coast Volunteer of the Year awards
IT’S time for people across the Mid North Coast to nominate family, friends or work mates for the 2026 NSW Volunteer of the Year Awards, to help celebrate the enormous positive impact of volunteers across the state. The awards are in their 20th year and are run by The Centre for Volunteering to recognise the […]
Member for Oxley Michael Kemp visited the site last week alongside Utungun RFS Captain Paul Sheadel and Lower North Coast RFS District Manager Chris Wilson to inspect the upgraded trail.
Maras Creek Road fire trail upgraded in boost for emergency services
Member for Oxley Michael Kemp visited the site last week alongside Utungun RFS Captain Paul Sheadel and Lower North Coast RFS District Manager Chris Wilson to inspect the upgraded trail. The Utungun RFS truck will now have an easier time navigating the track. A KEY emergency route in Utungun is now back in top shape, […]
A crowd of local residents gather to protest the NSW Government’s decision to sell land on Langsford Way, Valla Beach. Photo: Chris Hewgill
Valla Beach rallies for Langsford Way as auction date approaches
MORE than 100 local residents gathered for a picnic at Anderson Park, Valla Beach, on Sunday, 12 April, in a show of opposition to the pending development of adjacent land at Lot 1 Langsford Way. Valla Beach resident Georgette Allen said the community will continue the fight to protect the Langsford Way site, which goes […]
State Member for Oxley Micheal Kemp, Nambucca Valley Council Director Engineering Services David Moloney and Nambucca Valley Mayor Gary Lee watching Coffs Kerb & Gutter progress the first internal road at Valla Urban Growth Area. Photo: Council.
Kerbing placed on first internal road of Valla Urban Growth Area
State Member for Oxley Micheal Kemp, Nambucca Valley Council Director Engineering Services David Moloney and Nambucca Valley Mayor Gary Lee watching Coffs Kerb & Gutter progress the first internal road at Valla Urban Growth Area. Photo: Council. A drone shot shows the progress from the sky. Photo: Council. A SPECIALISED kerbing machine has been on […]
Community encouraged to commemorate Anzac Day
NAMBUCCA Valley Mayor Gary Lee is encouraging the community to honour the memory of Australia’s military veterans and those currently serving, by attending a local Anzac Day service on Saturday, 25 April. “Anzac Day comes with pride and a lot of traditions,” Councillor Lee said. “Between the early morning sunrise salutes, street marches, cenotaph services, […]
Council’s grading team works virtually year-round to maintain and repair the valley’s approximate 300 kilometres of unsealed road.
Council’s grading crew shifting focus to Taylors Arm Road
COUNCIL’S grading crew has been working to maintain South Arm Road this week. The work, undertaken from 13-17 April, has focused on an area from the end of the sealed road up to Grants Bridge. Next week, from 20-24 April, the focus shifts to Taylors Arm Road, from the end of the sealed road to […]
Free school holiday activities at Nambucca Valley libraries
FOUR special free children’s activities are scheduled for Macksville and Nambucca Libraries over the school holidays. Nambucca Valley Council Team Leader Library Services, Rowena Sierant, said all local children and visiting kids are welcome to attend with a parent or guardian after registering on Eventbrite. “We are delivering tactile, hands-on basket weaving and earthenware activities […]
Bellingen residents learn about home battery benefits at ‘electrification of everything’ workshop
Workshop presenter Geoff Tosio shows off his 1976 11-watt solar panel. Photo: Jessica Miller. Workshop presenter and owner at BetterVolt, Geoff Tosio. Photo: Jessica Miller. COMMUNITY interest in home renewable energy systems continues to rise across the region. Homeowners, business owners and government agencies are taking full advantage of the Cheaper Home Batteries Program, which […]
Lily Crease, Sha-Lohm Jamieson, Lee Collier and Martin Ussher are participants in the Launch Pad Youth Entrepreneur program.
Young entrepreneurs learn the ropes through business program
Lily Crease, Sha-Lohm Jamieson, Lee Collier and Martin Ussher are participants in the Launch Pad Youth Entrepreneur program. Lee Collier (left) and Sha-Lohm Jamieson (right) are two of four Nambucca Valley youth selected to participate in the Launch Pad Youth Entrepreneur program, led by Julie Humphris (centre). NAMBUCCA Heads artist Sha-Lohm Jamieson is thriving through […]
