THE year 2021 could easily qualify for Queen Elizabeth’s description as ‘Annus Horribilis’. We were unable to hold regular meetings with the Progress Association, the Southern Area Reference Group and the Myall River Action Group. We would guess many other groups within our community experienced similar difficulties. However, there was a lot of

  DEAR News Of The Area, THE NSW Government initiative seeking hosts for electric vehicle (EV) chargers in regional areas may help local businesses get more customers in the door. The NSW Government is offering to install a Fully Funded EV Charger to local businesses to help pull in more business. As a local

  DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE been pondering over the news that we are getting, that all types of businesses (for example restaurants, shops, fruit pickers) cannot find enough staff to do full time or even part time work and we have to rely on overseas folk to do this. I

  DEAR News Of The Area, THANK goodness that Council election is over. For two years at least, Andrew Fraser has been the attack dog of the Coffs Council. Calling for its dismissal, screaming all the way until election day and backing retired property developer Rodger Pryce as ‘Mr Fix It’. But the voters didn’t

  DEAR News Of The Area, I WATCHED firsthand Leah Anderson (although not sworn in as our no.1 East Ward Councillor) stand with the community last week using her business negotiations and love of the environment. This gives me confidence our community will have its say! Leah is negotiating a community consultation with Bannisters

  DEAR News Of the Area, IT IS perhaps timely to remind residents of the record of our current councilors over their period in office. I could start with: - The collapse of the Community Hall at Moonee, used by many community groups, never rebuilt by Council. A community asset lost. - The closure of

  DEAR News Of The Area, THE decision to not accept the umpire's ruling by making an attempt to overturn Council's rejection of Mcdonalds’ proposed expansion into Toormina flies in the face of this company's virtue signalling that it is a caring part of the local community as opposed a profit driven

  DEAR News Of The Area, AFTER my parents retired to Nambucca Heads in 1984, I visited regularly and a holiday here was never complete without a trip or two to LePac so that my young sons could spend their pocket money at Les and Pam's wonderful shop. Since moving here ourselves 14

  DEAR News Of The Area, I refer to the article by Marlene Griffin in last week’s paper (‘Reduced to a Pile of Rubble’, Marlene Griffin, Opinion and Letters, p16, 3 December Edition, News Of The Area). I find it an unbelievable fact that Council has totally ignored the local community’s feedback on

  DEAR News Of The Area, WITH just a little of the $81 million dollars being spent on council worker headquarters can bus commuters please have some seating in the shade at bus stops either side of Park Avenue. If Mr Raby (in charge of infrastructure) cares to drive by between the hours