OPINION: No Highway Service Centre for Bulahdelah Opinion by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 23, 2021 DEAR News Of The Area, IN regards to the proposed Highway Service Centre at Bulahdelah, I strongly object to this planning proposal for the reasons I have listed below. 1. The first and last time I and likely most Bulahdelah residents were told of this outrageous proposal, was at a public meeting
OPINION: Wake up, Nambucca Heads! Opinion by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 19, 2021 DEAR News Of The Area, SUNDAY, November 14, 2021. It is sunny, with calm seas, and a cool, annoying breeze. The river looks tropical and sensational. A smallish number of Nippers are at Main Beach and the new balcony on the Surf Club is under construction. Cars are parked up the hill to within 50
Masking Time – A Covid inspired poem by Bulahdelah’s Mark ‘The Leprechaun’ Smyth Opinion by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 16, 2021 IT’S time for robbing banks some say While wearing masks - the law The crooks they think should have a ball With every bank they saw. That’s not the case of course you know Are the cops right on their job? Well no – not so the reason is There are no banks to rob. For now we
‘On the couch’ with Jasminda Opinion by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 16, 2021 DEAR Jasminda, SIX weeks ago, I was invited to my boyfriend's parents' house for dinner. He neglected to tell them that I can't stomach pork, and to be polite I forced myself to eat it and hid little bits of it under my salad, but I somehow got through the night. My
Myall Garden Lovers Group celebrate passion for gardening at Peter Sinclair Gardens Opinion by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 15, 2021 DEAR News Of The Area, OUR local group recently had the opportunity to meet outside the Peter Sinclair Gardens facility to celebrate our passion for gardening. Many generous donations of both cut flowers and potted plants were given to the residents and during the afternoon Frances Michel showed us how to arrange
OPINION: Hard to find sympathy for the wilfully unvaccinated Opinion by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 11, 2021 DEAR News Of The Area, IN answer to W Duesbury, Boambee (‘The Right to Choose or Refuse’, p30, Coffs Coast News Of The Area, 5 November 2021 Edition). I hope the following clarifies some people's stance on the issue. The 1930’s comparison you allude to was a political situation and not a health
OPINION: Lip service on affordable housing in Bellingen Shire Opinion by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 11, 2021 DEAR News Of The Area, THE Bellingen Shire Council/Councillors have a lot to say about how they support affordable housing for the hundreds of homeless in the area. Ladies living in cars, many with young children, is a blight on society in a supposedly prosperous area. Councillors attend affordable housing meetings and express
OPINION: For those 1500 anti-vaxxers who ‘proudly’ demonstrated at our Jetty last Sunday Opinion by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 11, 2021 DEAR News Of The Area, IF you are a nurse or school teacher and persistently refuse the proven safe vaccination, you are NOT caring for your patients or our children. This virus kills. It is my body and that of my family members you could be potentially killing if you are infected. When you
OPINION: What a Costly Trick! Opinion by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 10, 2021 DEAR News Of The Area, BAPTIST Pastor Rev Alan Rudnick of DeWitt Community Church NY is clear when he explains Halloween is connected to the Christian holiday of All Hallows Eve. October 31 is the evening before All Saint's Day. Claims it coincides with a pagan festival called Samhain are exaggerated. There are no
OPINION: Sunday’s protesters are “selfish unvaccinated individuals” Opinion by News Of The Area - Modern Media - November 10, 2021 DEAR News Of The Area, A BIG thank you to all the selfish unvaccinated individuals who chose to demonstrate via a march through the community Sunday morning markets at Coffs Harbour last weekend. While your individual passion to reject medical advice is questionable, your disregard for the health of others, by demonstrating