DEAR News Of The Area, ALL I can say about the name change is that having COC workers (City of Coffs) in a city with a c.Ex club in the main street just keeps getting more embarrassing about living in the area. It's a waste of money for Council to change its

DEAR News Of The Area, I AM writing with deep concern for the continuing logging and intensive “harvesting” of mature and high-quality trees of native forests in Australia and, in particular, in the Conglomerate State Forest and Ellis State Forest in Dundurrabin. Given that the assessment by the Australian government of

DEAR News Of The Area, ‘Think Global, Act Local’: This slogan describes the actions of Valla Beach residents opposing the decision by Nambucca Valley Council to reclassify Part Lot 45 Ocean View Drive from community to operational, allowing it to be sold for residential development. At a time of devastating loss

DEAR News Of The Area, THANK you for the article, ‘Kalang Catchment Concerns’ (News Of The Area, 9 September), exposing the dangers of erosion and water pollution likely to be the catastrophic consequences of Forestry Corporation's planned inappropriate, industrial logging. Logging and clear felling our native forest is disastrous. Are

DEAR News Of The Area, LOT 45 is a small block of land granted to the community by the original planners, a preserved public green space. This small parcel is precious because it is a wildlife corridor between the protected littoral rainforest of Valla Nature Reserve to land west and wetlands

DEAR News Of The Area, THE number of Australians living with dementia is close to half a million – a number that is set to double in the next 25 years. There are also an estimated 1.6 million people involved in their care. Many people living with dementia can continue to live

DEAR News Of The Area, TODAY on Facebook many people were commenting on the price of fuel, especially the difference between ULP and diesel. I would like MP Pat Conaghan to raise with the ACCC or the Petroleum Pricing Ombudsman my concern and belief that the Australian public are being ripped off

DEAR News Of The Area, I AM a very unhappy and angry resident of Woolgoolga. Council’s decision to spend much needed money (for other projects) on a cycleway which runs for approximately 400 to 500 metres is a disgrace. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth it for your business.

DEAR News Of The Area, WITH the Council in the dire financial state the public has now become aware of, the question has continually been asked - why on earth the rebranding is still going ahead? That is definitely a fair question. Advertise with News of The Area today. It's worth

DEAR News Of The Area, JUST last week I was contacted by a couple of friends who asked me to follow up on their inability to source a bulk-billing GP in the Coffs Harbour, Bellingen and Nambucca areas. As a former member of the Mid North Coast Area Health Service Board