DEAR News Of The Area, SO Warren Tindall says he is dismayed by Anne Thompson's 'broad generalities' in relation to multiple-use forestry (NOTA 24/11/23), and takes issue with what he says are 'dodgy opinions and hearsay'. However he then goes on to make ridiculous assertions about forest management and the timber industry,

DEAR News Of The Area, IN the past month, The House of Representatives in Canberra has found time to reflect on the work of Garry Nehl, with an official minute's silence. But Coffs Harbour and the citizens of the electorate of Cowper seem to have no memory at all of the

DEAR News Of The Area, RECENT news highlighting the purported dangers to the Boambee Creek Estuary due to the presence of certain chemicals in its mangrove areas raises alarms that might be unwarranted. While concerns for environmental health are valid, the assertions made regarding the impact of these chemicals on the

DEAR News Of The Area, CHRISTMAS is exciting. End-of-year activities, Christmas decorations, the coming summer holidays, and planned family get-togethers fuel the feeling of anticipation. Most of us know the Christmas story about baby Jesus in the manger, his parents Mary and Joseph, the shepherds and the wise men. But in

DEAR News Of The Area, MIDCOAST Council recently held a community conversation session at Hawks Nest, hosted by the Mayor and attended by Council Directors. Many subjects were discussed by the respective Directors including dredging of the Lower Myall. It was disturbing to hear that senior management believes the eastern entrance

DEAR News Of The Area, LOVE reading your newspaper each week. I am somewhat amused by Zali Steggall, the Member for Warringah, challenging misinformation about the likely impacts these offshore wind farms would have on sea life. If she is so pro-wind farms and supports the Labor government’s climate ideology, then

DEAR News Of The Area, MIDCOAST Council seem to be convinced the Tea Gardens Pool will operate more efficiently under a small operator or a community group arrangement, even though in their own findings this style of operation is shown to be in the ‘High Risk’ category The current operator, YMCA, is

THE lights are strung across the front of the house, the elf is back on the shelf and a synthetic pine tree has been placed in the living room and covered with tinsel and baubles. It can only mean one thing: tis the season… for Christmas movies! Like many families, mine

DEAR News Of The Area, I WRITE in response to Dr Sally Hunter’s letter in the last edition, ‘Cognitive dissonance at play over offshore wind farms’. I was astonished to see so many simple locals diagnosed with “cognitive dissonance”, Dr Hunter. Rather sad apparently the groups you name want, “simple answers,

DEAR News Of The Area, THIS Monday morning, I had the displeasure of meeting Scrooge personified. She is an elderly woman (just like me)! She had previously been pointed out to me by my cycling friends for refusing to share the path with cyclists. As I arrived from Happy Valley, just before