HELLO, last week was a big week for MidCoast Council (MCC) with its first meeting since the local election. Congratulations to our new Mayor, Claire Pontin, the new Deputy Mayor, Alan Tickle, and our new Councillors. The Progress Association (PA) is organising for a number of Councillors to visit our area on

  WELL-KNOWN local couple, Elaine and Bart Huthnance of Gams Road, Tea Gardens, are celebrating their 60th wedding anniversary. From their marriage on 3 February 1962, Elaine and Bart resided in Kurri Kurri where they raised their family and participated in several community groups over the years including leadership positions in Guides,

  DEAR News Of The Area, SANDRA Moon’s excellent valedictory article about the award of the Nobel Peace Prize to two outstanding journalists is both timely and important. As the Norwegian Nobel Committee reminds us, freedom of expression and freedom of information help to ensure an informed public, and these rights are crucial

  IT’S been a difficult year for many of us due to the Covid-19 lockdowns, but the sales of artworks across the Nambucca region has been a success story. The reduction in international travel has resulted in a boom for local tourism and gallery sales have risen to some extent in our

  WELCOME to 2022! Our last column in 2021 focused on the role of the Branch of Red Cross and this month will highlight Emergency Services – Red Cross. Many people are not aware that there exist two areas of Red Cross: The Branch and Emergency Services. If you become a Red Cross Emergency

  DEAR News Of The Area, FROM information being discussed via the members of the Nambucca RSL, the club is seeking a new lease for the future of the Club from the Council. It also appears during the negotiation of the new lease, the Council is trying to be unreasonable and pressure the

  DEAR News Of The Area, THANK you to the honest anonymous shopper at Big W, Park Beach Plaza on Wednesday 5 January who found my Jay Jays shopping bag at the shoe section in Big W and handed it in to staff at the front desk. The bag contained $90 worth of

  DEAR News Of The Area, STRENGTH to the new mayor’s arm in his opposition to residential development east of the railway line at the Jetty. Sheer historical accident has bestowed on Coffs this jewel in her crown: a large area of undeveloped foreshore land close to the city centre. To squander this legacy

  DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to previous messages regarding Op Shop pricings I would like to make a comment also. I worked at a large Op Shop store here. There were three paid managers walking around that store. Yes, all being paid wages. I was only a volunteer as with other workers there. One

  DEAR News Of The Area, A NEW year, a new council, but a challenging time for the world, on many levels, unprecedented, impossible to predict the outcome. Many will celebrate our newly elected council, hopefully a diverse group that will concentrate on the whole picture - not just on koalas and gum