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

DEAR News Of The Area, I SHARE the concern of those readers who have written recently about their concerns over the future of the Jetty Foreshores area to the south of Marina Drive. However I believe of more immediate concern is the disgraceful state of the “paddock” on the north side

DEAR News Of The Area, IN response to Adam Fuller’s letter in NOTA on 24 November and his personal accusations I offer the following. Irony is largely a perception Adam and politicians are often blind to it. I stick by my claim that water issues are too important to be politicised

DEAR News Of The Area, I WOULD like to thank Warren Tindall (‘Forest extinctions’, NOTA 24/11/2023) for his critique of my letter (‘In support of multiple-use forests’, NOTA 17/11/2023). I firmly stand by my sentiments and remarks. I didn’t realise that apparent credentials such as ‘skin in the timber game’ or scientific

DEAR News Of The Area, BOWRAVILLE sawmill owner Matt Dyer’s recent reported comments (NOTA 24/11/23), as written by your correspondent Ned Cowie, regarding National Parks, fires and the Black Summer holocaust, demand a response. Mr. Dyer is quoted as recommending that “National Parks change their policy” about hazard reduction burning and that

DEAR News Of The Area, RECENTLY I’ve driven Stadium Drive, Coffs Harbour and stopped at the roundabout at the intersection of Pacific Highway and Stadium Drive. The weeds were at least one metre high there and it has become extremely hard to see if a vehicle is in the roundabout.

DEAR News Of The Area, WHEN I wrote about finding the middle ground to logging issues in April the cracks were showing. Now there are full blown holes gaping in our community. I don't want to lose our forests in the state they are, but I also don't want one timber