DEAR News Of The Area, CAN we have a conversation about a disturbing subject? Can we talk about the naming of the Boolumbahtee river? Many people know it as the Manning River. When Robert Dawson named the river after William Manning he was one of the main backers of the Australian Agricultural

I WOULD like to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. As we approach the end of the year and families head off on holidays, I would just like to remind everyone to be safe, make sure you stop, revive, survive if you are taking on long trips. To

DEAR News Of The Area, HOW good would it be to have an MP who listened to Coffs residents and properly represented them in the NSW Parliament? The planned development of the Coffs Jetty Foreshore precinct is a perfect example of our local MP seemingly deaf to the majority of local

DEAR News Of The Area, AS much as I believe in freedom of speech I was really taken aback by the letter from a Mr K Higgs in Thursday’s 21 November issue of the News Of The Area. The gentleman's letter was full of falsehoods and showed his total lack of knowledge

DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to Gerry McGilvray “Show us the costings” (Coffs Coast NOTA 19 November 2024). All of a sudden the anti-development activists are concerned with pesky details like accurate costings. Where were these concerns when the former council majority hastily created their own uncosted and laughably amateurish

DEAR News Of The Area, IN reference to Lil Ganly’s letter in the Coffs and Nambucca NOTAs titled “The promise of the GKNP”, I’d suggest she looks back at the actual election commitment by NSW Labor. Their promise was “to deliver our commitment to establish the Great Koala National Park and

DEAR News Of The Area, A recent Facebook post by a longtime friend about the price of airfares to and from Coffs Harbour elicited a large number of comments. The furious agreement of the responses was that the cost of air travel to Sydney was exorbitant and especially those needed at short

DEAR News Of The Area, WELL done to the City of Coffs Harbour GM Natalia Cowley for her financial accountability. I would have thought it was her job to lead us through financial issues but if accolades are handed out for doing your job – well done. However my issue is

DEAR News Of The Area, A recent Facebook post by a longtime friend about the price of airfares to and from Coffs Harbour elicited a large number of comments. The furious agreement of the responses was that the cost of air travel to Sydney was exorbitant and especially those needed at short