DEAR News Of The Area, AS a dedicated member of our community, I firmly believe that the State-led Jetty masterplan is undeniably in our best interest. The recent community survey has echoed our collective desire for improvements at the jetty foreshores, including playgrounds, water play areas, boardwalks, enhanced picnic spots, improved

DEAR News Of The Area, THE revitalisation of the Jetty Foreshores will provide the much needed boost to what was once the major economic driver of the Coffs Harbour economy, being tourism. It has been over 30 years since the tourism offering in Coffs Harbour has seen any new accommodation offered.

DEAR News Of The Area, IT was enough to make a stone cry, almost! About a dozen young kids on their bikes leading in excess of 300 heroines and heroes to the finishing line at the back of Woolgoolga town beach. The Tour de Rocks is a bicycle event of a

The meeting to form the new dairy company was prompted by a division between those who were keen to see Coffs butter factory as a branch of the Coramba factory and others who wished the Coffs factory to be an independent, co-operative enterprise. The successful motion resolved the issue, then

DEAR News Of The Area, It comes down to these questions: Do the people of Coffs Harbour want residential dwellings east of the railway line, causing unmanageable traffic flow, and turning the Foreshore essentially into a massive car park? Do we want recreational publicly-owned facilities for our tourists to enjoy and our own

DEAR News Of The Area, I HAVE written on this very important subject before and as I sit here with my rosemary twig pinned on my jacket lapel after being at the Anzac March in the main street of Coffs it brings a tear to my eye to see these ex-servicemen

DEAR News Of The Area My wife took ill and I had to use the services of a tele doctor. I received an e-script but had to travel from Nambucca Heads to Bellingen to have it filled. Surely our three chemists in town can provide a community service by opening

DEAR News Of The Area, AS someone who does a bit of flying, I don't understand why Port Macquarie, Ballina and the Gold Coast offer competitive pricing when it comes to flights and Coffs Harbour is outrageously expensive. Next week my husband will fly Port to Melbourne $49 each way on

DEAR News Of The Area, BEFORE any development proceeds at the Jetty all levels of government must as a priority improve vehicle and pedestrian access. Not just for ease of movement and access but more importantly safety. Along with improved/increased parking facilities I see safety of people as the priority. If

POLITICS is attracting serious money these days. The current situation in the USA must be interesting to Australians because history says that practically everything that happens in the USA happens here in Australia - usually about five years down the track. Because artificial intelligence (AI) has been adopted so heavily when