DEAR News Of The Area, AFTER three attempts to get my 81-year-old husband into hospital, a specialist doctor advised I phone for an ambulance again this morning and have him admitted, where he would be able to give him the treatment required. I phoned for an ambulance at 10am which arrived

Dear News of the Area, I RESPOND to the letter by Wayne Duesbury, “More misrepresentation of facts” (NOTA 17/1/2025), in which he accuses me of “a glaring misrepresentation” and “resorting to devious tactics to support an argument” . I had stated in a previous letter that larger older trees store the most

DEAR News Of The Area, I naively went to a bank at the Park Beach Plaza to purchase some US dollars for tips for a planned cruise in December. I was expecting to front up to the cashier, put in my order and be told when the currency would be available

DEAR News Of The Area, REGARDING a letter from Con Van Darrel of Sawtell (Friday 17/1/25), “The privilege of being Aussie”, this little letter should be published in very large print on the front page of your paper if you love Australia as this man does and as I do. I

THE Member for Oxley Michael Kemp appears to be the National’s new kid on the block when it comes to justifying native forest logging in our coastal forests. Repeating the same old National Party mantra over and over again doesn’t make it true. He would do well to read David

DEAR News Of The Area, AT a busy set of traffic lights on the Pacific Highway in south Coffs today, I was waiting in the left turn-off lane when I saw a duck and chicks crossing on the green pedestrian signal. The pleasure I felt rapidly turned to anxiety when I

DEAR News Of The Area, LAST week, some of our incredible campaign volunteers - ordinary community members, including one in their 80s, standing peacefully on the street asking people to share their concerns - faced threats, harassment, and intimidation. They were doing nothing more than engaging in grassroots democracy, an act

DEAR News Of The Area, IN his letter “Timber industry rep’s full response” Steve Dobbyns said “Emotive claims that our native forests are being degraded and species driven to extinction ignores both the facts and the science.” Are we not entitled to be emotional about the environment when it affects every single

DEAR News Of The Area, IN November 2024, I attended a Taree Airport Strategy Study workshop at MidCoast Council’s Taree chambers as representative for Myall Coast Chamber of Commerce and Tourism. Taree is a certified airport with navigation instrument certification and runs air freight, aero medical, firefighting, air rescue, private aircraft and

DEAR News Of The Area, THE intersection of Valla Beach Road and Giinagay Road will continue to create accidents. There are more and more housing developments in Valla Beach, thus increasing the traffic flow. Adding more signs will not help, especially visitors and tourists who have not come across the confusing signage