DEAR News Of The Area, OVER the past week the Coffs Harbour region played host to the Australian Secondary Schools 18 Years National Rugby League Championship. The decision to bring this championship to Coffs Harbour this year was based on a host of reasons linking sport and education, including the world-class

DEAR News Of The Area, I FEEL like the general public has no idea what the animal crisis currently is! So here is an update: - The animal shelters are full - The rescues are full - No kill shelters are full - Council pounds are full - Adoptions are at an all-time low - Surrender intake is

DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to comment on statements in Mr Greg Osborne’s letter to the editor, 21 July, about the Camden Head Pilot Station management. Firstly the letter infers that the community hasn’t been involved in the management of the Pilot Station and that the facility should be

DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to add some further points to the article ‘Vegetation of View’ published in the paper on Friday 28 June, which weren’t articulated in that article in which I was quoted. Firstly, we are talking about the Camden Head Headland which is zoned RE1 (Recreational)

DEAR News Of The Area, UNDERSTANDABLY, some don’t understand which level of government is responsible for what in Coffs Harbour. The writer of a letter to NOTA (5 July) is among them. The writer cries shame on City of Coffs Harbour for the state of the median strips on the Pacific

DEAR News Of The Area, COMMUNITY members concerned about the appearance of Coffs Harbour will be pleased to hear that Transport for NSW (TfNSW) have advised that repainting of the northern entrance sound walls is scheduled for completion this month of July. Regarding highway vegetation maintenance, this seems to boil down

DEAR News Of The Area, THE Coffs Harbour Chamber of Commerce is concerned at what Council takes into consideration when issuing licenses or permits for operators within Council managed public space at the Jetty Foreshores. The Chamber understands that independent vendors/traders that wish to operate permanently within the Jetty Foreshores must first

DEAR News Of The Area, I WASN’T aware that there were caves in Fernbrook, but Martin Smith has emerged from his to present to you and your readers a lengthy article decrying nuclear power. In his article to strengthen his argument he tells a lie. There are three Small Modular Reactors

DEAR News Of The Area, A POLL running alongside the Council elections in September will give the residents of Coffs Harbour, for the first time, a formal say on the State Government’s proposal to sell off their land holdings at the Jetty foreshore to a private developer. The opponents of this plan

DEAR News Of The Area, OVER the past week the Coffs Harbour region played host to the Australian Secondary Schools 18 Years National Rugby League Championship. The decision to bring this championship to Coffs Harbour this year was based on a host of reasons linking sport and education, including the world-class