DEAR News Of The Area, THE draft plan as presented for the Jetty Foreshores in actual fact results in an increase of open space, compared to what is there now. The community has provided its opinion as to what the community wants to happen in the space under review. It is now not

DEAR News Of The Area, COUNCIL has had an obvious agenda to get this highly expensive place built, and let's be realistic here, the real reason is so they could put their backsides on new seats in a new office. They have cunningly let everyone know that it will be housing a

DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE been following the Nambucca Heads new library development and I would add my voice to the concerns raised by those who have issues about the whole project. I find it hard to understand why so much money has been invested in ripping down a useful,

DEAR News Of The Area, ON hearing the first cuckoo of spring, it is a traditional competition for crusty English gents to pen a letter to The Times. In this vein, I am pleased to say after weeks of watching I have seen the first bicycle on the new Woolgoolga bike

DEAR News Of The Area, THIS is a tough decision. Do I listen to the United Nations, the CSIRO, the Conservation Foundation, the Climate Council, the Bureau of Meteorology, Planet Ark, Greenpeace, the Business Council for Sustainable Development, hundreds of other scientific organisations, national governments worldwide, business groups, and thousands of

DEAR News Of The Area, I CAN’T understand why you would want to change the name of Coffs Harbour City Council to the City of Coffs Harbour. I have lived in Coffs Harbour for over 40 years and I have seen a lot of changes but changing the name Coffs Harbour City

DEAR News Of The Area, The protesters (News Of The Area 23/9/2022), should have a look at the forested areas of NSW. It might surprise them that virtually all the areas they want harvesting banned from are regrowth forests. Why are the animals they want to protect living there? Because

DEAR News Of The Area, WHY do I keep seeing reports from world recognised scientific bodies detailing the hottest, coldest, driest, wettest weather on record, both statistically and geologically? Why do I keep hearing about the loss or degradation of our ice, the inundation of Pacific Nations, the warming and increasing acidity

PATTY Henderson's recent presentation at the Myall U3A was illuminating and timely. The subject of Patty’s historical research was Philip 11 of Macedonia and his son Alexander The Great. It was a timely lesson on how powerful well-armed nations can expand their dominions and just as quickly lose control

DEAR News Of The Area, The protesters (News Of The Area 23/9/2022), should have a look at the forested areas of NSW. It might surprise them that virtually all the areas they want harvesting banned from are regrowth forests. Why are the animals they want to protect living there? Because