DEAR News Of The Area, I READ with interest Trevor Harrington’s verse ‘For a Community Voice’ (p22, Coffs Coast NOTA 4 March Edition) and a number of lines caught my attention. They were: “How can we close our eyes and let things go? “Does it no longer matter if things we’re told are just

  DEAR News Of The Area, NOT long back Woolgoolga beach front had a perfectly good public toilet block which included perfectly good change rooms and showers. Council decided on an ‘upgrade’ was needed and built a rather ugly block of unisex toilets in the middle of a playground. It didn't include change rooms. It

  DEAR News Of The Area, NIGHT after night, we watch the unfolding horror of the Russian invasion of Ukraine on our screens. The sight of innocent civilians, mostly women and children, fleeing towards the Polish border, whilst their towns are bombarded and laid waste by the Russians is truly heartbreaking, and the

  DEAR locals, IT has now been two months since the local election, and I wanted to acknowledge and sincerely thank the many locals (2000+) for your support. It was a very challenging time but positive change was achieved and open access to all our local government representatives and MidCoast Council services has

  DEAR News Of The Area, IT is amazing to see that after all the floods along the East Coast, the Hunter Central Coast Joint Regional Planning Panel is still considering a 691 residential lot subdivision of the wetlands in front of Coles and alongside the Skate Park. This meeting will be held

  DEAR News Of The Area, I'M writing to you to express my strong concerns and objections to the sale of a well known and critically important koala corridor at 109 Foreshore Drive, immediately adjacent to the Mambo Wetlands. The local and international community and 200 volunteers who staff the Port Stephens Koala

  DEAR News Of The Area, AT her campaign launch Carolyn Heise is reported to have claimed (‘Caz4Cowper launches campaign’, p3, Coffs Coast NOTA, 25 February Edition) that there will be “a dramatic increase in respiratory and cardiovascular diseases, accidental injuries and mental health issues…unless real action is taken on climate change.” This

  DEAR News Of The Area, THE recent article showing a picture of Pat Conaghan encouraging applications for tree planting grants, in honour of the Queen's jubilee caught my eye. A great initiative, which compliments the recent expanded State government funding to protect habitat for koalas. However the irony when large areas of native

  DEAR News Of The Area, I WAS delighted to read the response from Michael Jones (‘Holes in Conaghan’s koala plan’, p16, 25 February Edition) to Pat Conaghan, Federal Member for Cowper, about the future for koalas in the Cowper electorate. Land clearing continues, trees which are the homes of koalas are being

  DEAR News Of The Area, Congratulations to the council of the time, headed by then Mayor, Keith Rhodes, who confronted our flooding disasters of the time and went into action. The detention basins they forged ahead with, have made such a huge difference to our ability to withstand the type of weather